纪录片《凡尔赛宫》 72凡尔赛宫又一次彻底的灾难（在线收听）

The Assembly of Notablesincluded

显贵会议包含了

all the most powerful figures in Louis' realm.

路易统治下的所有权贵人物

They had the authority to see that Calonne's reforms

他们有权看着加隆的改革议案

became the law of the land.

变成这个国家的法律

Calonne's reforms will be introduced to them,

加隆的改革方案将会介绍给他们

they will give it their endorsements,

然后他们得签署同意书

thus showing a degree of almost national support,

这表明了全国性的支持

and the king will go on happily.

然后国王很开心地继续议程

Of course, it doesn't happen like that.

这种情况当然不会发生

The Assembly of Notables turns into an absolute bear garden,

显贵会议乱成一团

an absolute dogfight.

变成了狗咬狗

What Calonne was doing

加隆所做的

was asking an assembly of privileged people

是要求这些特权阶层的集会

to vote away their own privileges.

投票废除他们自身的特权

In other words, asking turkeys to vote early for Christmas.

或者说 要火鸡投票将圣诞节提前

And so, inevitably, they rejected it.

他们毫无疑问拒绝了议案

The king realises that Calonne has failed to persuade

国王意识到加隆没能说服

the political elite to go down his route.

这些政治精英们跟随他的改革道路

He gets sacked. The ideas which he proposes are withdrawn.

他被解雇了 他的提议也被撤消了

So it's aprettyunmitigated disaster.

这就是场彻头彻尾的灾难