14歲荷蘭少女挑戰最年輕環球獨航者記錄

14歲的荷蘭女孩勞拉終於贏得法律訴訟，獲准單人環球航行，以創造該航行的最年輕水手新紀錄。去年曾試圖獨自駕船環遊世界的勞拉，但終因法院禁止而未能成行。這件事讓她一度登上世界各大媒體的新聞頭條(headline)。如今，這位少年勇者的夢想終於起航。

Judges have given the green light for a 14-year-old Dutch girl to sail solo around

14歲的荷蘭少女終於獲准可以獨自航行環遊世界了。

A court in Holland rejected a call by social services to extend Laura Dekker’s supervision order because of fears for her ‘social and emotional wellbeing’.

荷蘭一家法庭日前拒絕了社會服務機構以顧慮其“社交心理健康爲由”繼續監管勞拉•德克爾的請求。

Laura, who has the backing of her parents, needs to complete a solo round-the-world trip before she turns 17 in September 2012 to set a world record.

在父母的支持下，勞拉只有在2012年9月，也就是十七歲生日之前完成單人環球之旅，才能創造新的世界紀錄。

Laura Dekker first made headlines last year when a Dutch court barred her from attempting a solo round-the-world voyage. Now she is 14, the ban has been lifted.

去年勞拉•德克爾一度成爲各大報紙的頭條，當時荷蘭一家法庭對其單人環球之旅的計劃下達了禁令。如今她已經14歲了，該條禁令已自動解除。

She hopes to embark on her voyage within two weeks.

她希望兩週內啓航。

Judges at Middelburg Family Court said they believed a guardianship order imposed

米德爾堡家事法庭的法官堅信，少年兒童保護當局爲阻止勞拉進行單人旅行而在勞拉13歲時對其實行的監管令無效。

Presiding judge Suzanne Kuypers said: ‘With this decision, the responsibility for

首席法官蘇珊妮•庫伯斯表示：“根據該決議，勞拉的監管權歸屬其家長。勞拉是否能夠開始自己的航行，這要取決於他們。”

Laura’s lawyer, Peter de Lange, said she was not in court because she was on her boat, Guppy.

勞拉的律師彼得•德•蘭格表示，勞拉並未出庭，因爲她正在自己的“Guppy”號帆船上。

‘She will be unbelievably happy with this. Justice has been done. She is looking forward to making the journey.’

“她對這一判決結果會喜出望外。判決是公正的。她期待着這次旅行。”

The Council for Child Protection, the Dutch government's umbrella childcare agency, had asked the court to extend for another year a guardianship order that had prevented her from setting sail.

荷蘭政府下屬的少年兒童保護當局曾向法庭再次申請爲期一年的監護令，以便阻止勞拉的旅行計劃。

But the youth protection group looking after Miss Dekker had disagreed with authorities and said she was 'ready to sail.'

但一直負責照看勞拉的少年兒童保護組織對於政府此舉頗有微詞，該組織稱勞拉“已準備好起航”。

Writing on her blog last weekend, Miss Dekker was hopeful the court would lift the order, saying she took comfort from the fact that the welfare workers who have monitored her education and preparations for months believe she is ready.

勞拉上週末在博客中寫道，自己對法庭取消監護令滿懷希望；幾個月來，負責監護勞拉學業與行前準備的社會福利工作者相信她已做好準備。對於他們的信任她表示很欣慰。

Since making headlines around the world last year as a 13-year-old, Miss Dekker has obtained a bigger boat and equipped it with modern navigation and safety equipment.

2009年，當時年僅13歲的勞拉成爲世界各大媒體頭條，如今她已經擁有一艘裝配了現代化導航系統以及安全設施的船隻。

She has also studied everything from how to stitch her own wounds to how to cope with sleep deprivation and how to put out fires on board her 11.5-metre twin-mast ketch.

她還學習了相關知識，從如何縫合傷口，到如何應付睡眠不足的狀況，再到如何撲滅高11.5米的雙桅杆帆船上的火情，可謂應有盡有。

'Laura has worked very hard in recent weeks on her survival techniques,' Mr de Lange said.

彼得說：“勞拉最近幾周正在刻苦學習生存技能。”

“If everything works out the way I want, I can leave for Portugal sometime in the next two weeks,' Laura wrote in her blog

勞拉在博客中寫道：“如果一切如我所願，兩週後的某一時刻我將啓程前往葡萄牙。” .

Laura and her supporters have carefully plotted a nearly two-year route from port to port around the world, including an alternative path around Africa to avoid the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden.

勞拉和她的支持者們已仔細制定出此次爲期近兩年的環球航行線路圖，其中包括一條環繞非洲的備用線路，以便避開海盜出沒的亞丁灣。

Laura was born on a yacht in New Zealand waters while her parents were sailing around the world and holds New Zealand and Dutch passports.

勞拉降生時，她的父母正在駕船環遊世界；她出生在一艘停靠於新西蘭海域的遊艇上，因此她同時持有新西蘭和荷蘭的護照。

While her father has always backed Miss Dekker's plan, her mother initially opposed it before giving her daughter her assent earlier this year.

對於勞拉的計劃，父親總是舉雙手贊成；而起初持反對意見的母親也於今年早些時候改變了態度。

Laura could now become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, beating the mark now held by Australian 16-year-old Jessica Watson.

勞拉很有可能打破由來自澳洲16歲的傑西卡•沃森創下的記錄，成爲最年輕的單人環球航行水手。

She spent 210 days sailing her yacht, Ella's Pink Lady, around the world.

傑西卡曾駕駛着自己的“Ella's Pink Lady”號遊艇環遊世界，一共花費了210天的時間。