《艺术家》成第84届奥斯卡赢家

The long-anticipated Oscars released the winners on Sunday. It was a night filled with firsts, and an especially good night for the French.
期待已久的奥斯卡金像奖周日公布了赢家。对法国人而言，这是一个充满第一，特别美好的夜晚。

"The Artist," a black and white homage to the early days of Hollywood, won five awards including best picture, director and lead actor. The best actress went to Meryl Streep. Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer won supporting actor and actress.
《艺术家》，一部向早期好莱坞致敬的黑白片，赢得包括最佳影片、最佳导演和最佳男演员在内的五项大奖。最佳女演员归属梅丽尔•斯特里普。克里斯托弗•普卢默和奥克塔维亚•斯宾瑟获得最佳男女配角。

"The Artist", the black-and-white silent film about Hollywood's rocky transition to the "talkies," took the biggest honors at the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday night, including best picture, director and lead actor.
《艺术家》是一部关于好莱坞向“有声电影”摇晃过渡的黑白默片，它在周日晚上举行的第84届奥斯卡金像奖上取得最大的荣誉，包括最佳影片、最佳导演和最佳男演员。

The Artist was the first silent film to nab best picture honors since the first Academy Awards were held in 1929. And for the first time in Academy Awards in history, a French actor and a French filmmaker took the academy's top acting and directing awards. When receiving the award, Jean Dujardin couldn't hide his extreme excitement.
《艺术家》是自1929年首届奥斯卡金像奖举办以来，首部夺得最佳影片荣誉的默片。在奥斯卡金像奖的历史上，法国演员和法国电影制片人首次获得金像奖最高的演员奖和导演奖。获得该奖时，让•杜雅赫丹掩盖不住他的极端兴奋。

The best lead actress goes to Meryl Streep for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." She plays the feisty British leader both as a woman at the height of her powers in the 1980s, and as an old and lonely woman suffering from dementia in the present day.
最佳女演员归属在《铁娘子》中扮演英国前首相玛格丽特•撒切尔的梅丽尔•斯特里普。她饰演的是在上世纪80年代权利达到最高峰的强悍的英国女领导人，以及目前患上痴呆的孤独老女人。

It was Streep's third Oscar, and her first in 30 years.
这是斯特里普的第三个奥斯卡奖，也是她30年来的第一个。

The 82-year-old Christopher Plummer became the oldest acting winner ever.
82岁的克里斯托弗•普卢默是史上最老的获奖演员。

He won the best supporting actor for his role as an elderly widower who comes out as gay in "Beginners."
他凭借在《初学者》中饰演的老鳏夫，结果却是同性恋者的角色获得最佳男配角。

Octavia Spencer won for her role in "The Help" as a headstrong black maid whose willful ways continually land her in trouble with white employers in 1960s Mississippi.
奥克塔维亚•斯宾瑟凭借其在《帮助》中的角色而获奖，她扮演的是一个顽固的黑人女仆，她的顽固方法让她和她的雇主在20世纪60年代的密西西比河上不断惹上麻烦。

The acclaimed domestic drama "A Separation" is the first Iranian film to win the award of the Best Foreign Language Film.
在国内获得好评的戏剧《一次离别》是首部赢得最佳外语片奖的伊朗影片。

Martin Scorsese's Paris adventure "Hugo" also won five Oscars, all in technical categories.
马丁•斯科塞斯的巴黎奇遇《雨果》也获得五项奥斯卡奖，全都是技术类的。