Arriving in Scotland a few years ago, I was greeted by a poster boasting that Glasgow has “the latitude of Smolensk and the attitude of Barcelona”. It was a vivid example of the mixture of comradeship and admiration with which Scots look towards Catalonia. Barcelona, the Catalan capital, has many things that Glaswegians covet: better weather, better food, better football. In a striking homage to Catalonia, the Scots even chose an architect from its capital, Enric Miralles, to design their new parliament building.
幾年前我去蘇格蘭，剛剛到達，一條標語便映入眼簾：格拉斯哥擁有“斯摩棱斯克(Smolensk)的緯度和巴塞羅那的態度”。這條標語生動地展現出，蘇格蘭人對加泰羅尼亞既惺惺相惜，又心向往之。加泰羅尼亞首府巴塞羅那擁有許多格拉斯哥人夢寐以求的東西：更宜人的氣候、更美味的食物、更強的足球隊。為了向加泰羅尼亞致敬，蘇格蘭人甚至出人意料地選擇了來自巴塞羅那的建筑師恩里克?米拉萊斯(Enric Miralles)，來設計其新的議會大樓。
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