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武夷山 辑译
在建军节这一天,收集并翻译几条含有army字样或与“军队”意义相关的英语名言,与大家分享。
The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country”
― George S. Patton Jr.
士兵就是军队。若士兵不行,整个军队也好不到哪里去。士兵也是公民。事实上,公民的最高义务与特权便是拿起武器保家卫国。
----美国巴顿将军(1885-1945)
A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.”
― Steven Pressfield
骑兵的马应该比骑兵还要聪明,但是决不能让马知道这一点。
----Steven Pressfield,美国作家,1943年生。上面这句话出自他2004年发表的描写亚历山大大帝的小说,The Virtues of War。
Only easy day was yesterday.
― US Navy SEALs
只有过去了的一天才是轻松的。
----美国海军海豹突击队的箴言
Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people. You do not make national policy; it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out these tasks with which you are entrusted.”
― Muhammad Ali Jinnah
别忘了,军队是人民的仆人。你们并不制定国家政策;是我们文官在做决策,而你们的职责就是完成好委托给你们的这些任务。
----巴基斯坦之父真纳(1876-1948)
“I feel an army in my fist.”
― Friedrich Schiller, DieRäuber
我的拳头里驻扎着军队。
----引自德国大诗人席勒(1759-1805)的著名诗作《强盗》
“If I charge, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, revenge me.”
― U.S. Marine Corps
如果我冲锋,跟着我;如果我退缩,毙了我;如果我牺牲了,为我报仇。
----美国海军陆战队的箴言
War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.
― Sebastian Junger, War
战争就是生命乘以谁都没有听说过的一个数字。
----Sebastian Junger,美国记者,1963年生。上面这句话引自他2010年发表的记叙阿富汗战争的著作《战争》。
Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
饵兵勿食,归师勿遏。
----孙子《孙子兵法》
The most dangerous people in the world are not the tiny minority instigating evil acts, but those who do the acts for them. For example, when the British invaded India, many Indians accepted to work for the British to kill off Indians who resisted their occupation. So in other words, many Indians were hired to kill other Indians on behalf of the enemy for a paycheck. Today, we have mercenaries in Africa, corporate armies from the western world, and unemployed men throughout the Middle East killing their own people - and people of other nations - for a paycheck. To act without a conscience, but for a paycheck, makes anyone a dangerous animal. The devil would be powerless if he couldn't entice people to do his work. So as long as money continues to seduce the hungry, the hopeless, the broken, the greedy, and the needy, there will always be war between brothers.”
― Suzy Kassem
世上最危险的人不是那一小撮煽动恶行的坏人,而是那些为虎作伥的人。例如,英国人侵略印度的时候,很多印度人同意为英国人干活,去屠杀反抗英军占领的印度人。换句话说,很多印度人受金钱的驱使,为着敌人去屠杀其他印度人。如今,我们在非洲有西方世界的雇佣军,在整个中东地区有很多失业者,他们都在受金钱的驱使而屠杀本国人以及外国人。做事不讲良心,只认金钱,会使任何人都变成危险的野兽。恶魔若不能引诱人为其干活,是没有多大本事的。因此,只要金钱在不断引诱饥饿者、绝望者、破产者、贪婪者和贫穷者,就永远会存在兄弟之间的战争。
----Suzy Kassem,拥有埃及血统的美国女作家,1975年生
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