with a celebration of what it is to be Russian.

2014冬季奧運也以俄羅斯式的慶典圓滿落幕

But whereas the opening ceremony was Russia-self-defined,

相較於開幕是俄國的自我定義

the closing ceremony presented Russia through european eyes -

閉幕典禮則以歐洲人的觀點呈現 -

the director and the Italian screenwriter.

義大利的導演和編劇(同一人)

Foreigners have certainly had much to say about these Olympics.

這次奧運對其他國家而言肯定有些意見

For some particularly in the West

對某些國家 特別是西方國家

they were the homophobic games,

這是一場罹患恐同症的奧運

the terrorist games about to be blown up at any moment,

一場隨時可能遭受恐怖炸彈攻擊的比賽

the profligate games costing a record demolishing $51 billion dollars.

耗資500億美金 揮霍無度史上最貴的奧運

They were even the dog killing games.

甚至有流浪狗因此遭撲殺

It wasn't just foreigners：

不只是他國

Pussy Riot risked whippings and arrests here for a punk protest music video,

Pussy Riot樂團無懼遭鞭打及逮捕只為拍攝他們的反政府龐克MV

and Aleksei A. Navalny's website shone a spotlights on the many allegations of corruption.

Aleksei A. Navalny的網站也讓許多關於政治貪腐的指控登上檯面

It's often easy to forget that the Olympics are actually a sporting competition,

似乎很容易讓人忘了奧運其實是運動競賽

particularly when they come with as much political baggage as the Sochi games.

特別是像索契奧運這般背負著沉重政治包袱

And on the sporting front says the host nation：

然而若以體育方面作評論

you are on top of the world.

俄國真的是風光得意了

Despite the disappointments of Russia's men's hockey team

儘管俄羅斯男子冰上曲棍球隊

and young Yulia Lipnitskaya,

及年少的俄羅斯花樣滑冰運動員Yulia Lipnitskaya表現不佳

Russian athletes finished the competition in first place on the medals table.

俄國運動選手仍奪下最多金牌

So, President Vladimir Putin is proud,

俄國總統普亭為此深感驕傲

and, in the main, Russians're proud, too.

基本上 俄國人民也感到很驕傲

There's nothing like victory to boost the national mood.

沒有什麼比勝利更能提振民氣了

Putin actually made no uh...you know, no attempt to to hide it.

普亭實際上 恩... 也從未隱瞞

He said that this is...the Olympics is devoted to the resurgence of the Russian nation.

他說這個 這次奧運就是為了俄羅斯的復興

For him it was a extremely important to do this

對他來說 這種透過運動為國家富強

sort of national building effort through sports.

所作的努力是極為重要的

Global events can always spoil a big party, though.

但全球矚目事件總是能毀了一場盛大派對

Ukraine's ongoing crisis has overshadowed these games to a certain extent.

烏克蘭當前的危機也在某種程度上為奧運蒙上陰影

And once the circus leaves town, it's the people who live in this region

一旦喧囂已過 住在這裡的人們

will be best placed to answer the question：

將最有資格回答這個問題

Was it all worth it ？

這一切值得嗎？