The Statue of Liberty
自由女神像

The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor and dedicated on October 28, 1886, was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence , July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States: a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad.
自由女神像是一座位于美国纽约曼哈顿纽约港的巨型新古典主义塑像。这座塑像由法国雕塑家弗里德利·奥古斯特·巴托尔迪设计，1886年10月28日落成，是法国送给美国的礼物。雕像是一位身穿长袍的女性，代表罗马神话中的自由女神，她一手高举火炬，一手拿着刻有1776年7月4日《美国独立宣言》签署日期的书册，脚下还有断裂的锁链。这座雕像是自由和美国的象征：代表着美国对外来移民的欢迎。

Bartholdi was inspired by French law professor and politician Édouard René de Laboulaye, who is said to have commented in 1865 that any monument raised to American independence would properly be a joint project of the French and American peoples.
法国的法学教授和政治家爱德华·勒内·德·拉沃拉叶曾于1865年建议，法国和美国人民最好共同制作美国独立的纪念碑，巴托尔迪正是这样受到拉沃拉叶的启发。

In 1984, the Statue of Liberty was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The UNESCO “Statement of Significance” describes the statue as a “masterpiece of the human spirit” that “endures as a highly potent symbol — inspiring contemplation, debate and protest — of ideals such as liberty, peace, human rights, abolition of slavery, democracy and opportunity.”
1984年，联合国教科文组织将自由女神像列为世界遗产。该组织在“意义声明”中形容这座塑像是“人类精神的杰作”，“象征自由、和平、人权、废除奴隶制、民主和机遇的理想，激励着思考、辩论和抗争”。

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