King Charles has said that deepening his understanding of the horrors of slavery has made him more determined to address the wrongs of the past(纠正过去的错误), as Caribbean leaders and campaigners intensified(加剧，加强) demands for an apology and reparations(赔偿) from Britain.
查尔斯国王表示，对奴隶制恐怖历史的深入了解让他更加决心纠正过去的错误。与此同时，加勒比领导人和活动人士加大了对英国道歉和赔偿的施压力度。
“We cannot change the actions of those who came before us(先人，前辈),” Charles told leaders at the opening of the Commonwealth summit(峰会) in Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday. “We can, however, learn from the past.
“我们无法改变先人的行为，”查尔斯周二在安提瓜和巴布达举行的英联邦峰会开幕式上对各国领导人说，“但我们能够从过去中学习。”
“The transatlantic(跨大西洋的) trade in enslaved persons still casts a shadow over(给……蒙上阴影) these islands and other members of our Commonwealth,” he said. “That shameful chapter of history is one that fills my heart with horror and my soul with the most profound personal sorrow.(那段可耻的历史篇章让我心中充满恐惧，灵魂深处感到最沉痛的个人悲伤。)”
“跨大西洋奴隶贸易至今仍给这些岛屿和英联邦其他成员国蒙上阴影，”他说，“那段可耻的历史篇章让我心中充满恐惧，灵魂深处感到最沉痛的个人悲伤。”