What these places are are freeports—warehouses that, for the purposes of taxation, are not in the country they are in.

这些地方是自由港——出于征税目的，仓库不在它们所在的国家。

They often hide great artworks in " freeports" , offshore tax-free storage, to sit and increase in value, rather than to be seen and appreciated.

他们常把艺术杰作藏在自由港（离岸免税仓库）闲置等待升值，而非供人观看和欣赏。

With freeports, these multi-hundred million dollar pieces can be stored indefinitely without paying taxes or, in some cases, without even being reported to the host country.

有了自由港， 这些价值数亿美元的物品可以无限期储存而无需纳税，在某些情况下甚至无需向东道国报告。

Now obviously, Nicola and I didn't agree on everything, but in the short time that we did work together, I was pleased that we were able to announce two freeports in Scotland.

现在显然， 尼古拉和我并没有在所有事情上都达成一致，但在我们共同努力的短时间内，我很高兴我们能够在苏格兰宣布两个自由港。

Ah yes, good old freeports. And even Alex Salmond, her political partner and former mentor until relations between the two broke down, had some positive things to say as Nicola Sturgeon headed for the exits.

啊，是的，不错的旧自由港。甚至在两人关系破裂之前，她的政治伙伴和前导师亚历克斯·萨尔蒙德 (Alex Salmond) 在尼古拉·斯特金 (Nicola Sturgeon) 走向出口时也有一些积极的话要说。