分离主义者在周一（9月5日）的魁北克省选中获胜，承诺将在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普卸任后举行关于脱离加拿大的公投，这考验著总理马克·卡尼的国家团结诉求。但魁人政团未能在这个加拿大法语省份赢得多数派政府，给联邦派阵营带来一些安慰。
Separatists won provincial elections in Québec Monday, September 5, with a promise to hold a vote on leaving Canada after US President Donald Trump leaves office, testing Prime Minister Mark Carney's message of national unity. But the Parti Québécois fell short of a majority government in Canada's French-speaking province, offering some solace for the federalist camp.
魁人政团的胜利仍然颠覆了加拿大的政治版图，因为该国正面临美国发动的贸易战和吞并威胁。这也发生在加拿大产油省份、经济强省阿尔伯塔省举行独立公投仅两周前，该省将就是否启动脱离加拿大的程序进行表决。
The PQ win still upends Canada's political landscape as the country confronts a trade war and annexation threats levelled by the United States. It also comes just two weeks before Canada's oil-producing province of Alberta, an economic powerhouse, holds a separate vote on whether it wants to begin the process of leaving Canada.
选举结果使魁人政团领袖、49岁律师保罗·圣皮埃尔·普拉蒙登（以其缩写PSPP为人熟知）成为魁北克下一任省长。在蒙特利尔欢欣鼓舞的胜利庆祝会上，他的支持者高呼著著名的分离主义口号：「魁北克是一个国家。」部分结果显示，分离主义者仅获得约30%的选票，但联邦派政党之间的分票使结果向魁人政团有利的方向倾斜。特朗普卸任后独立？
The results make PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, a 49-year-old lawyer known by his initials as PSPP, Québec's next premier. At a jubilant victory party in Montréal, his supporters chanted a famous separatist slogan declaring that "Québec is a country." The partial results indicated that the separatists won only about 30% of the vote, but vote-splitting among the federalist parties tipped the result in the PQ's favor. Independence after Trump?
卡尼向PSPP表示祝贺，称「建设更强大的魁北克是我们建设更强大加拿大使命的核心。」总理在魁北克很受欢迎，分离主义者获胜不被视为对他对待特朗普立场的否定，后者的贸易战和吞并威胁激怒了加拿大人。相反，魁人政团在野超过十年后的崛起，与民众对负担能力的不满以及在日益英语化的国家中保护法语的持久渴望有关。
Carney congratulated PSPP, saying that "building a stronger Québec is core to our mission of building a stronger Canada." The prime minister is popular in Québec, and the separatist win was not seen as a repudiation of his stance toward Trump, whose trade war and annexation threats have infuriated Canadians. Instead, the PQ's rise after more than a decade in opposition has been tied to frustration over affordability and an enduring desire to protect the French language in an increasingly anglophone country.
他表示，关于魁北克独立的决定「需要允许知情且冷静辩论的条件。」他补充道，这不应「被一位不可预测的总统的戏剧性表演绑架」，从而排除了至少2029年前举行公投的可能性。
He has said a decision on Québec's independence "requires conditions that allow for an informed and calm debate." That shouldn't be "hijacked by the theatrics of an unpredictable president," he added, ruling out a referendum until at least 2029.
魁北克曾举行过两次关于脱离加拿大的公投。1980年，联邦派以舒服的优势获胜，但1995年的结果极其胶着，仅有50.58%的选民投票决定留在加拿大。“废除君主制？”
Québec has held two previous votes on leaving Canada. Federalists won comfortably in 1980, but the 1995 result was excruciatingly close, with just 50.58% voting to stay in Canada. 'Abolish the monarchy?'
魁人党或许没有多数支持建立独立的魁北克，但其针对英国君主制的计划似乎更受欢迎。
PSPP may not have majority backing for an independent Québec, but his plans to target the British monarchy appear far more popular.
加拿大是英联邦成员国。查尔斯三世是加拿大的国家元首，由总督在渥太华代表行使职权。省督则在各省（包括魁北克）代表君主制。
Canada is part of the British Commonwealth. King Charles III, Canada's head of state, is represented in Ottawa by the governor general. Lieutenant governors represent the monarchy in the provinces, including Québec.
魁人党领袖表示，他的政府可以切断对省督的拨款，称其为“浪费金钱的假面舞会”。
PSPP has said his government could cut off funds for the lieutenant governor, calling it a "masquerade that wastes money."