Generation Euro Students Award 2023 QA ⑥

2023年5月31日にECB主催で開催された Generation Euro Students Award での、ベルギーチームからラガルド総裁への質問。
他チームからの質問は下記記事のいちばん下のリンクから辿れます。

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 ベルギーチームとの質疑応答は、動画の 23:30 ~ 24:40

Question

What did you study and how exactly did you become the President of the ECB?

ベルギーチーム、ミラーナ嬢からラガルド総裁への質問

Answer

Thank you for your question.
My background is very academic.
I studied Latin and ancient Greek that was a family tradition.
My mother was a professor of Latin and ancient Greek so we just had to do what she wanted us to do.

Then after that I studied political science, 
I studied English literature, 
and I studied law.
And I eventually became a lawyer.
And I decided to become a lawyer because I wanted to participate in the abolishment of the death penalty.
That was my goal.
Unfortunately when I finished my study, the death penalty had been eliminated from the legal arsenal of France.
So there went my vocation.
But I was a very very happy lawyer for 20 years.
And I have my little bit of study of economic science,
but I’d rather not talk about it.
Because then people managed to underestimate me which is always a mistake.

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And I have my little bit of study of economic science,
but I’d rather not talk about it.
Because then people managed to underestimate me which is always a mistake.

それから経済学を少し勉強したんだけど。
それについては話さない方がいいでしょう。
もし話したら私を過小評価する人たちがいるでしょうから、そんなのいつも間違いですよ。

中央銀行総裁をなめんじゃねーよ、と🤣
いやもちろんそういう品のない言い方ではありませんけど。
でもぶっちゃけるときっとそういう意味。

Words

the abolishment of the death penalty
    死刑制度の廃止