The nation of Myanmar also known as Burma is holding a major election on Sunday. Tens of millions of voters are hitting to the polls in what amounts to their first free election in decades.

本周日缅甸举行大选。千万选民几十年来第一次进行了自由选举。

Aung San Suu Kyi has a role in this. She's a Nobel Peace Prize winner and an incredibly popular figure in Burmese politics.

昂山素季也参加了该选举。她获得了诺贝尔文学奖并在缅甸政治中是一位非常受欢迎的人物。

Suu Kyi can't become president because the country has a law against anyone with close foreign relatives from being president. Suu Kyi's late husband was British, as are her two sons. But if her political party, the National League for Democracy, wins on Sunday, Suu Kyi says she could be above the president, meaning she could essentially have the power to lead her country.

素季不会成为该国的总统因为缅甸法律禁止有任何有外总统的人成为缅甸总统。素季的前夫以及她的两个儿子都是英国人。但是素季参与的政党，全国民主联盟在周日赢得了竞选，素季说，她的可能在总统至上，这意味着素季实际上是有权利领导她的国家了。

Aung San Suu Kyi is arguably one of the most loved people in Myanmar and a big part of the affection that people have for her has to do with her father.

昂山素季可能是在缅甸备受爱戴的人物，人们对她的爱戴很大原因跟她的父亲有关。

Her father was Aung San, a military officer who helped fight for Burma's independence after being a British colony for about a century. He is revered here as the founding father of independent Burma, now officially known as Myanmar. He was gunned down by political rivals in 1947 when Aung San Suu Kyi was only 2 years old.

昂山素季的父亲昂山是一位军官，缅甸成为英国的殖民地约一个世纪，昂山帮助缅甸赢得了独立。在缅甸昂山被尊称为“缅甸独立之父”。1947年，在昂山素季两岁的时候，昂山被政治对手枪杀。

For much of the first 40 years of her life, Aung San Suu Kyi lived overseas. It wasn't until 1988 that she really moved back to Burma. That opened up the launch of her political career. In 1990, Aung San Suu Kyi led a newly founded party, the National League for Democracy in elections.

在40岁以前，昂山素季居住在海外。直到1988年，她真正回了缅甸。这开启了她的政治生涯。1990年，昂山速记领导了一个新成立的政党，全国民主联盟参与选举。

And by all accounts, her party won.

据说，这次她的政党这次赢得了选举。

But then the military rulers of this country, they annulled the results. They placed Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for much of the next 20 years. In 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest. It was part of a transition to a civilian system of government.

但是当时该国的军事统治者，宣布结果无效。他们将昂山素季软禁了20年。在2010年，昂上素季从软禁中释放。这是该国向民主政治体制过渡的一部分。

Aung San Suu Kyi and her party were allowed to compete in by-elections in 2012, and they won dozens of seats in parliament. Among the electoral victories there was Aung San Suu Kyi herself.

昂山素季和她的政党允许参加2012年补选，他们赢得了数十个议会席位。在选举昂山素季本人胜利。

Aung San Suu Kyi is a living symbol in this country. Part of the respect that people have for her is due to the sacrifices she made that were shared by many people in this country during decades of strict authoritarian military rule.

昂上素季是缅甸国家的绝佳的象征。人们对她的尊敬部分是由于在遭受数十年独裁统治的缅甸，她为该国人民所做的牺牲。

The nation of Myanmar also known as Burma is holding a major election on Sunday. Tens of millions of voters are hitting to the polls in what amounts to their first free election in decades.

Aung San Suu Kyi has a role in this. She's a Nobel Peace Prize winner and an incredibly popular figure in Burmese politics.

Suu Kyi can't become president because the country has a law against anyone with close foreign relatives from being president. Suu Kyi's late husband was British, as are her two sons. But if her political party, the National League for Democracy, wins on Sunday, Suu Kyi says she could be above the president, meaning she could essentially have the power to lead her country.

Aung San Suu Kyi is arguably one of the most loved people in Myanmar and a big part of the affection that people have for her has to do with her father.

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Her father was Aung San, a military officer who helped fight for Burma's independence after being a British colony for about a century. He is revered here as the founding father of independent Burma, now officially known as Myanmar. He was gunned down by political rivals in 1947 when Aung San Suu Kyi was only 2 years old.

For much of the first 40 years of her life, Aung San Suu Kyi lived overseas. It wasn't until 1988 that she really moved back to Burma. That opened up the launch of her political career. In 1990, Aung San Suu Kyi led a newly founded party, the National League for Democracy in elections.

And by all accounts, her party won.

But then the military rulers of this country, they annulled the results. They placed Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for much of the next 20 years. In 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest. It was part of a transition to a civilian system of government.

Aung San Suu Kyi and her party were allowed to compete in by-elections in 2012, and they won dozens of seats in parliament. Among the electoral victories there was Aung San Suu Kyi herself.

Aung San Suu Kyi is a living symbol in this country. Part of the respect that people have for her is due to the sacrifices she made that were shared by many people in this country during decades of strict authoritarian military rule.