War Letters

战争信件

November 11, 2001 · American Experience (PBS) · 原文

Soldier, WWII (read by Eric Stoltz): I don't think any man can exactly explain combat.

二战士兵（埃里克·斯托尔茨读）：我认为没有人能够准确解释战斗。

It's beyond words.

这是无法言喻的。

Dickwitch, WWI (read by David Hyde Pierce): If a fellow gets a yellow streak and backs down the other boys won't have anything to do with him.

迪克维奇，第一次世界大战（大卫·海德·皮尔斯读）：如果一个人获得黄色条纹并退缩，其他男孩将不会与他有任何关系。

Captain David Embree, Civil War (read by Giovanni Ribisi): Suddenly I heard the bullet go crash!

大卫·恩布里上尉，内战（乔瓦尼·里比西朗读）：突然我听到子弹爆炸的声音！

and I knew by the sound that it had burst a human skull.

我听声音就知道它炸开了一个人的头骨。

Korean War (read by Lawrence Turner): But what about the wounds you can't see?

朝鲜战争（劳伦斯·特纳朗读）：但是那些你看不到的伤口呢？

The phantoms, the nightmares, the ghosts in your head?

你脑海中的幻影、噩梦、鬼魂？

Wife of soldier, Korean War (read by Joan Allen): ...

朝鲜战争士兵的妻子（琼·艾伦朗读）：……

it will be wonderful to have you home again.

您再次回家真是太好了。

We will get a nice car & have a nice home fixed just like we want it.

我们将得到一辆好车，并拥有一个漂亮的家，就像我们想要的那样。

Soldier, WWII (read by Bill Paxton): I like to sit up these warm bright nights and watch the white clouds and dark shadows move in the night.

二战士兵（比尔·帕克斯顿读）：我喜欢在这些温暖明亮的夜晚坐着，看着白云和黑影在夜色中移动。

That's when I miss you the most darling.

那时我最想念你，最亲爱的。

Soldier, WWI (read by Giovanni Ribisi): It was forty days of unremitting hell.

第一次世界大战士兵（乔瓦尼·里比西朗读）：这是四十天的地狱般的生活。

In fact, the comparison is hardly fair to hell.

事实上，这种比较根本不公平。

Richrad Baltzegar writes to Michael Engel, Vietnam War (read by Bill Paxton): Every second I was expecting to die; I really was.

理查德·巴尔泽加 (Richrad Baltzegar) 写信给迈克尔·恩格尔 (Michael Engel)，《越南战争》（比尔·帕克斯顿 (Bill Paxton) 读）：每一秒我都在期待死亡；我确实是。

Soldier, WWII (read by Eric Stoltz): I thought I had been tired before in my life, but nothing like this.

二战士兵（埃里克·斯托尔茨读）：我以为我以前很累，但从来没有像现在这样。

Soldier, WWII: Mom tell them the truth about my age and get me out of here.

二战士兵：妈妈告诉他们我的真实年龄，然后带我离开这里。

Soldier, WWII: I would be terribly grateful if I would get just one word from you.

二战士兵：如果我能从你那里得到一句话，我将非常感激。

1st Lt.

第一中尉

Dean Allen writes to his wife, Joyce, Vietnam War (read by Esai Morales): Maybe sometime I'll try to tell you how scared I am right now.

迪恩·艾伦 (Dean Allen) 写信给他的妻子乔伊斯 (Joyce)，《越南战争》（由埃塞·莫拉莱斯 (Esai Morales) 朗读）：也许有一天我会尝试告诉你我现在有多么害怕。

1st Lt.

第一中尉

Edward Lukert , WWI (read by Edward Norton): You'll have me back soon.

爱德华·卢克特，第一次世界大战（爱德华·诺顿读）：你很快就会让我回来的。

The war cannot last forever.

战争不可能永远持续下去。

Various Voices: "So long" "I love you" "All our love to you always" "See you soon" "Miss you all very much" "See you soon" "Your Son" "Your husband" "Your Marjorie" "Your devoted Son and Brother" "Your wayward son" "Your fighting Son & Brother" "Johnny" "Tim" "Hugh" "Ernest" "Ed" "Jack" "P.S.

各种声音：“再见”“我爱你”“我们永远爱你”“很快再见”“非常想念你们”“很快再见”“你的儿子”“你的丈夫”“你的马乔里”“你忠诚的儿子和兄弟”“你任性的儿子”“你战斗的儿子和兄弟”“约翰尼”“蒂姆”“休”“欧内斯特”“埃德”“杰克”“P.S.”

Write to me."

写信给我。”

Slate: "THIS WEEK THEY ARE TEACHING US TO KILL"

Slate：“这周他们教我们杀人”

Dear Louisa: For the Nth time, thanks for your package.

亲爱的路易莎：第N次感谢您的包裹。

Please don't send me any more underwear, socks, or candy.

请不要再给我寄内衣、袜子或糖果。

The Milk of Magnesia was absolutely unnecessary.

镁乳是完全没有必要的。

I'M HAVING NO MORE BOWEL TROUBLE AND DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY.

我不再有肠道问题，也不会出现任何问题。

This week they're teaching us to kill.

这周他们教我们杀人。

Now you probably looked away and shuddered.

现在你可能会移开视线并浑身发抖。

I don't like the idea, either, but we all know it's for our own good.

我也不喜欢这个主意，但我们都知道这是为了我们好。

The most strenuous work we do is bayonet drill.

我们做的最费力的工作就是刺刀钻。

We lunge about and are required to growl, grimace, and look at each other with hate.

我们冲来冲去，并被要求咆哮、做鬼脸、充满仇恨地看着对方。

They teach us how to withdraw our bayonets in a certain manner, because steel sticks to warm human flesh.

他们教我们如何以某种方式拔出刺刀，因为钢铁会粘在温暖的人肉上。

They even teach us how to scientifically stomp on a man.

他们甚至教我们如何科学地踩人。

This will be invaluable in case anyone ever tries to pick on me.

如果有人试图欺负我，这将是无价的。

By the way everything is done in double time -- puff puff.

顺便说一句，一切都是在双倍时间内完成的——噗噗。

It makes my heart sick to think of the state of our once happy and yet beloved country .

一想到我们曾经幸福而又深爱的国家的状况，我就感到心痛。

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to see two brave armies armed with all the deadly instruments that art and wealth could procure and to think that when they meet in the bloody battlefields what destruction and misery they can produce.

看到两支勇敢的军队装备着艺术和财富可以买到的所有致命武器，并想到当他们在血腥的战场上相遇时，他们会造成多大的破坏和痛苦。

What is most horrid of all in this contest is that brother will meet brother and father will meet son in the strife.

这场较量中最可怕的是，兄弟相见，父亲相见，相争。

No matter what side I might take, might bring me in contact with a cousin or uncle, & god forbid that I should ever be found in arms against either.

无论我站在哪一边，都可能让我与堂兄或叔叔接触，上帝保佑我永远不会被发现与任何一个人持武器。

Ann, I will be in your town by the 27th, but should I not be prompt do not despair for these are squirrelly times.

安，我将于 27 号到达你的城镇，但如果我不及时，请不要绝望，因为现在是松鼠时期。

We were all subjected to several different kinds of gas today, with and without masks.

今天，无论有没有戴口罩，我们都接触到了几种不同类型的气体。

As usual, I cannot rid my clothes of the odor.

像往常一样，我无法去除衣服上的气味。

It sure is horrible stuff, honey.

这确实是一件可怕的事情，亲爱的。

Deadly and usually insures a slow and horrible death.

致命的，通常会导致缓慢而可怕的死亡。

There is one kind which kills quickly, Chlorine, but I do not prefer any kind or brand myself.

有一种可以快速杀死细菌，即氯，但我自己不喜欢任何种类或品牌。

I had to have a photo taken today for an "Officer's Identification Book" which every officer must carry.

今天我必须拍张照片，作为每个军官都必须携带的“军官身份证”。

I believe they take the book when your body is found and send the photo to the War Department.

我相信当你的尸体被发现时他们会拿走这本书并将照片发送给陆军部。

There's no danger tho.

还好没有什么危险。

You'll have me back soon.

你很快就会让我回来的。

The war cannot last forever.

战争不可能永远持续下去。

Well, here it is --We have been told that our whole company will be shipping to Vietnam.

嗯，就是这样——我们被告知我们整个公司将运往越南。

Our commander told us that there is no sense trying to fool ourselves, we are going for sure.

我们的指挥官告诉我们，欺骗自己是没有意义的，我们一定会去。

The only thing that makes me mad is how do they expect you to tell your parents.

唯一让我生气的是他们希望你如何告诉你的父母。

They act as though it is an everyday experience, and that we should feel that way.

他们表现得好像这是一种日常经历，我们也应该有这样的感觉。

I don't mind going, but there are some guys here who just won't make it.

我不介意去，但是这里有些人就是无法成行。

Tell mom I wished I could have told her myself, but I just didn't know how.

告诉妈妈我希望我能亲自告诉她，但我只是不知道该怎么做。

P.S.

附：

Tell her not to worry.

告诉她不要担心。

It's nothing I can't handle.

没有什么是我处理不了的。

Slate: "I DON'T THINK ANY MAN CAN EXPLAIN COMBAT"

Slate：“我认为没有人可以解释战斗”

The moon is shining through the soft haze with brightness almost prophetic.

月亮透过柔和的薄雾照耀着，明亮得近乎预言。

For the last half hour I have stood alone in the awful stillness of its glimmering light gazing upon the strange sad scene around me striving to say, "Thy Will Oh God Be Done."

在过去的半个小时里，我独自站在微光闪烁的可怕寂静中，凝视着我周围奇怪的悲伤场景，努力说：“上帝啊，愿你的旨意成真。”

The acres of little shelter tents are dark and still as death.

数英亩的小避难帐篷漆黑一片，死一般寂静。

As I gazed sorrowfully upon them, I thought I could almost hear the slow flap of the grim messenger's wings, as one by one he sought and selected his victims for the morning sacrifice....

当我悲伤地凝视着他们时，我想我几乎能听到这位冷酷的使者翅膀缓慢拍打的声音，因为他正在一一寻找并选择他的受害者进行早晨的祭祀……

Already the roll of the moving artillery is sounding in my ears.

我的耳边已经响起了行进的大炮的轰鸣声。

The battle draws near and I must catch one hour's sleep for tomorrow's labor.

战斗临近，我必须睡一小时，准备明天的工作。

We had a little disturbance out here a week ago Sunday and it was sumpin'.

一周前的周日，我们在这里遇到了一点骚乱，情况非常糟糕。

I was not certain what was going on until I came off of the hill on my way to the Hospital.

直到我下了山去医院的路上，我才确定发生了什么事。

Then I saw the smoke from the fires.

然后我看到了火灾中冒出的烟雾。

I expected to see my maker most any moment that morning.

我最希望那天早上随时都能见到我的创造者。

I hurried up to the Surgery and already the casualties were pouring in.

我赶紧赶到手术室，伤员已经涌进来。

It was hell for a while.

有一段时间简直就是地狱。

These poor devils brought in all shot up and burned.

这些可怜的家伙把所有的东西都射了进来并烧毁了。

We gave them plenty of morphine and sent them out in the Wards to die.

我们给他们注射了大量的吗啡，然后把他们送进病房等死。

Don't quote me, but this is the real dope.

不要引用我的话，但这才是真正的废话。

We have just three battleships that can fight now.

我们现在能战斗的战列舰只有三艘。

Aircraft lost are certainly over two hundred.

损失的飞机肯定超过两百架。

If you think these damn slant eyes didn't do a thorough job, guess again.

如果你认为这些该死的斜视没有彻底完成任务，那么你再猜一下。

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

我们祝大家圣诞快乐，新年快乐。

And Remember Pearl Harbor.

并记住珍珠港事件。

I know I haven't written you a letter for some time.

我知道我已经有一段时间没有给你写信了。

Too busy with Uncle Sam's affairs just now.

刚才山姆大叔的事情太忙了。

It was here, old man, that I got my first Hun with the bayonet.

老伙计，就是在这里，我用刺刀遇到了第一个匈奴人。

We were pressing through a thicket when this big plug-ugly Hun suddenly loomed up in front of me.

当我们穿过灌木丛时，这个又大又丑的匈奴人突然出现在我面前。

It was my first hand to hand fight.

这是我第一次肉搏战。

I parried off his blow and had him through his throat.

我挡开他的攻击，掐断了他的喉咙。

He went down like a log ...

他像一根木头一样倒下了……

that was it for Jerry.

杰瑞就是这样。

He never even made a sound.

他甚至没有发出任何声音。

I know you would ask me if I was afraid.

我知道你会问我是否害怕。

Now I am not going to stick my chest out and exclaim "Like hell I was" or anything of the sort.

现在我不会挺身而出并感叹“我真是太糟糕了”或类似的话。

I sure was afraid, and you and any other chap would be too, but what I was afraid of most was that I would be yellow.

我确实很害怕，你和其他人也会害怕，但我最害怕的是我会变成黄色。

If a fellow gets a yellow streak and backs down the other boys won't have anything to do with him and that was what I was afraid of most, of getting a yellow streak.

如果一个人得到黄色条纹并退缩，其他男孩将不会与他有任何关系，这就是我最害怕的，得到黄色条纹。

Your Old Friend and Comrade in Mischief, Dickwitch

你恶作剧的老朋友和同志，迪克维奇

Don't worry, I didn't get another purple heart.

别担心，我没有再获得紫心勋章。

My buddies are all dead.

我的伙伴们都死了。

Out of our Infantry Company 21 killed, 29 wounded, and 27 of us are left to talk about the 5 hours of hell we went through.

我们的步兵连有 21 人阵亡，29 人受伤，我们中的 27 人留下来谈论我们所经历的 5 个小时的地狱般的经历。

It's too late to bitch, but the truth will not be told to the U.S. A lot of men are killed but they tell you only half the number.

现在抱怨已经太晚了，但真相不会告诉美国。很多人被杀，但他们只告诉你一半的数字。

I can't sleep good anywhere now.

我现在哪儿都睡不好。

I'm trying to forget the horror of Sunday morning.

我试图忘记周日早上的恐怖。

Mom, I'm sick of this shit.

妈妈，我受够了这种狗屎。

I don't think any man can exactly explain combat.

我认为没有人能够准确解释战斗。

Take a combination of fear, anger, hunger, thirst, exhaustion, disgust, loneliness, homesickness, and wrap that all up in one reaction and you might approach the feelings a fellow has.

将恐惧、愤怒、饥饿、口渴、疲惫、厌恶、孤独、思乡综合起来，将所有这些综合起来，你就可能会体会到一个人的感受。

It makes you feel mighty small, helpless and alone.

它让你感到自己的渺小、无助和孤独。

The battle seems like something in a faraway land.

这场战斗似乎发生在遥远的土地上。

The roar is even as bad as the movies have it.

咆哮声甚至像电影里那样糟糕。

The cries of the wounded are pitiful.

伤员的哭声十分凄惨。

The dead seem forsaken.

死者似乎被遗弃了。

Things rage on all around them, but they are still and quiet.

他们周围的一切都在肆虐，但他们却很安静。

Slate: This was the last letter that Paul Curtis ever wrote.

Slate：这是保罗·柯蒂斯写的最后一封信。

He was killed the next day.

第二天他就被杀了。

We have been working up towards that 38th parallel.

我们一直在朝着北纬 38 度方向努力。

'Twas pretty awful the first time we found one of our boys lying in the snow, stripped of his shoes and clothes.

“我们第一次发现我们的一个男孩躺在雪地里，鞋子和衣服都被脱光了，这真是太可怕了。

We cussed and we cried too.

我们也骂过，也哭过。

Gosh he could have been anyone of the gang from home.

天哪，他可能是家里的帮派中的任何一个。

Anyway, he was some mother's son.

无论如何，他是某个母亲的儿子。

Had a dream last night.

昨晚做了一个梦。

I was sitting near our kitchen range at home.

我坐在家里的厨房附近。

Mom was baking and she just pulled some beautiful rolls out of the oven.

妈妈正在烘烤，她刚刚从烤箱里拿出一些漂亮的面包卷。

When I woke up, I had a hunk of snow and I was chewing on it.

当我醒来时，我发现了一大块雪，我正在嚼它。

Our squad leader just came by and told us to shave and wash up.

我们的班长刚刚过来叫我们刮胡子、洗漱。

What does he think?

他怎么想？

We all washed up just a week ago.

一周前我们都洗完澡了。

I am out on ambush with eleven men and a medic -- after everything is set up in position I have nothing to do but think about why I am here.

我和十一个人以及一名医务人员一起去伏击——一切都准备就绪后，我无事可做，除了思考我为什么在这里。

Why do I have to be the one to tell someone to do something that may get him blown away?

为什么我必须成为那个告诉某人做一些可能让他震惊的人？

Being a good platoon leader is a lonely job.

成为一名优秀的排长是一项孤独的工作。

I don't want to really get to know anybody over here because it would be bad enough to lose a man -- I damn sure don't want to lose a friend.

我不想真正认识这里的任何人，因为失去一个人就已经够糟糕了——我真的不想失去一个朋友。

But as hard as I try not to get involved with my men I still can't help liking them, and getting close to a few.

但尽管我努力不与我的男人交往，我仍然情不自禁地喜欢他们，并与其中一些人接近。

They come up and say "hey do you want to see picture of my wife or girl?"

他们走过来说“嘿，你想看我妻子或女孩的照片吗？”

Like I said it gets lonely trying to stay separate.

就像我说的，试图保持分离会变得孤独。

Maybe sometime I'll try to tell you how scared I am now.

也许有一天我会试着告诉你我现在有多害怕。

There is nothing I can do about it, but wait for another day to start + finish.

我对此无能为力，只能等另一天开始+结束。

Slate: Four days later, Dean Allen stepped on a land mine and was killed.

Slate：四天后，迪恩·艾伦踩到地雷身亡。

Slate: "I MISS YOU SO MUCH, IT SEEMS MY HEART WILL BURST"

Slate：“我非常想念你，我的心似乎要爆炸了”

It's a bright cold beautiful day here in Iowa.

这是爱荷华州明亮寒冷的美好一天。

How are you today, my sweet hubby?

我亲爱的老公，你今天怎么样？

Jan is snoozing in her afternoon nap & Jay plays cowboy all day long & he hardly even takes a nap anymore.

简在午睡中打瞌睡，杰伊整天扮演牛仔，他几乎不再小睡了。

I think it is high time you are coming home because Jan is beginning to call every man she sees in a magazine "Daddy."

我认为你该回家了，因为简开始称呼她在杂志上看到的每个男人为“爸爸”。

It will be wonderful to have you home again.

您再次回家真是太好了。

You can come home at night to a nice comfy chair & Jay will bring you your slippers & pipe (?!) & I will bring you a nice tall glass of something cold in one of our new iced tea glasses.

晚上你可以回到家，坐在一张舒适的椅子上，杰伊会给你带来你的拖鞋和烟斗（？！），我会给你带来一杯漂亮的高脚杯，装在我们新的冰茶杯里。

The shadows are growing long on the lawn.

草坪上的影子越来越长。

It's 4:30 & soon will be dark again & your day just beginning....

现在是 4:30，很快就会再次天黑，你的一天才刚刚开始......

Take good good care of yourself, Sweetie.

好好照顾自己，亲爱的。

You have a fine little Baby Girl, she is 5 days old today and is doing well and she will be waiting for you when you return, but your dear wife has passed to the other side today.

你有一个漂亮的小女婴，她今天出生五天了，一切都很好，当你回来时她会等你，但你亲爱的妻子今天已经去世了。

Dear Boy it is sad news - but remember God's Will not ours to be done.

亲爱的孩子，这是一个悲伤的消息 - 但请记住上帝的旨意而不是我们要完成的。

Now be brave and remember the Baby will want your care and attention when you come back again.

现在勇敢一点，记住当你再次回来时，宝宝会需要你的照顾和关注。

May God give you strength to bear your burden is my prayer for you.

愿上帝赐予你力量来承担你的重担，这是我为你祈祷的。

Somewhere in the Philippines -- In combat again -- a lot to say but -- A, very tired - B.

在菲律宾的某个地方——再次战斗——有很多话要说，但是——A，很累——B。

very very dirty.

非常非常脏。

-- C Busy, Busy, as all hell -- Been moving constantly -- Excuse brevity -- I love you -- you make my foxhole warm and soft -- Sweet heart -- yours,

-- C 忙，忙，真是太忙了 -- 一直在移动 -- 请原谅简洁 -- 我爱你 -- 你让我的散兵坑变得温暖而柔软 -- 甜心 -- 你的，

Slate: Sidney Diamond was killed in the Philippines.

Slate：西德尼·戴蒙德在菲律宾被杀。

He was 22.

那年他22岁。

No letter again today.

今天又没有信了。

I hope I get one this afternoon.

我希望今天下午能收到一份。

The poor postman, he hates to come without a letter.

可怜的邮递员，他讨厌没有信就来。

He never looks my way when he hasn't got one.

当他没有得到的时候，他从不看我一眼。

When I go to Church these noontimes, I kneel and I start to pray.

当我中午去教堂时，我跪下来开始祈祷。

And I can't describe the feeling that comes over me.

我无法描述我的感觉。

You and God and love are all mixed up.

你、上帝和爱都混在一起了。

It's such a strong feeling, it just surges out of me and wraps itself around you wherever you are, whatever you are doing.

这是一种如此强烈的感觉，无论你在哪里，无论你在做什么，它都会从我体内涌出并包裹在你周围。

My mind usually sees you in a plane, and I can feel myself putting my arms around you, and cradling your head against my breast and protecting your body with mine -- my spirit, really, I guess.

我的脑海里通常会看到你在飞机上，我能感觉到自己用双臂搂住你，把你的头靠在我的胸前，用我的身体——我的精神，真的，我想，保护你的身体。

I love you so, and miss you so.

我是那么爱你，也那么想念你。

Be strong and have faith.

坚强并有信心。

I just received your letter in this morning's mail.

我今天早上刚收到你的来信。

I held it in my hand for a minute while a little voice in the back of my head whispered, "This is it.

我把它握在手里一会儿，脑后有个小声音低声说：“就是它了。

This is the one."

就是这个。”

I never said I was the greatest guy on earth; you did.

我从来没有说过我是地球上最伟大的人；我从来没有说过我是世界上最伟大的人。你做到了。

Anyway, he's there.

无论如何，他就在那里。

I'm here.

我在这儿。

"Be careful," you tell me.

“小心点，”你告诉我。

"Take care." I almost laughed out loud.

“小心。”我差点笑出声来。

We wouldn't want to see me hurt, would we?

我们不想看到我受伤，不是吗？

There's no need to worry about me.

不用担心我。

I'll be all right....

我会没事的......

Do I say something brilliant like "may all your troubles be little ones?"

我是否会说“愿你所有的烦恼都是小事”之类的话？

How about "If you ever need a friend"?

“如果你需要一个朋友”怎么样？

That presumes a future.

这预示着未来。

There are 500,000 N.

有500,000 N。

Koreans and Chinese on the other side of that hill bound and determined to make sure I don't have a future.

山的另一边的韩国人和中国人决心确保我没有未来。

Over here where your past is your last breath, your present is this breath, and your future is your next breath, you don't make too many promises.

在这里，你的过去是你的最后一口气，你的现在是你的这一口气，你的未来是你的下一口气，你不会做出太多的承诺。

Which leaves me what?

这给我留下了什么？

Slate: Two days later, Leon charged an enemy machine gun nest and was killed.

Slate：两天后，莱昂冲进了敌人的机枪阵地并被杀。

Last night I saw a very amazing thing.

昨晚我看到了一件非常奇妙的事情。

About 8:30 P.M.

晚上 8:30 左右

we were just sitting around talking when one of the boys looked to the north and saw of all things a rainbow.

我们正坐在一起聊天，其中一个男孩向北望去，看到了一道彩虹。

It was at least an hour after sundown, so how a rainbow could form without sunlight I don't know, but there it was.

日落后至少一个小时，所以我不知道没有阳光的情况下彩虹是如何形成的，但它就在那里。

I like to sit up these warm bright nights and watch the white clouds and dark shadows move in the night.

我喜欢坐在这些温暖明亮的夜晚，看着白云和黑影在夜色中移动。

That's when I miss you the most darling -- at night when everything is so still and quiet.

那是我最想念你的时候——亲爱的——在夜里，一切都是那么安静。

Sometimes I pretend we are just sitting there with our arms about each other our hearts beating as one.

有时我假装我们只是坐在那里，双臂相拥，心跳如一。

Best I don't dwell on the subject cause I miss you so much right now it seems as though my heart is going to burst...

最好我不要纠缠这个话题，因为我现在非常想念你，我的心似乎要破裂了......

Slate: By the time Audrey received this letter, Jack Emery had been killed in Burma.

Slate：当奥黛丽收到这封信时，杰克·埃默里已经在缅甸被杀。

People who live at home in Luxury and Ease, quietly possessing their habitation, Enjoying their Families in peace, have but a very faint idea of the continual Anxiety the man endures who is in a Camp.

那些在家里过着奢侈安逸的人，安静地拥有自己的居所，安享天伦之乐，却对在营地里的人所忍受的持续的焦虑知之甚少。

What Sweet Felicities have I left at home; A charming Wife -- pretty Children -- Good Beds--good food -- good Cookery -- all agreeable -- all harmonious.

我在家里留下了多少甜蜜的幸福；迷人的妻子——漂亮的孩子——好床——美味的食物——美味的烹饪——一切都令人愉快——一切都很和谐。

Here, all Confusion -- smoke and Cold -- hunger and filthyness -- A pox on my bad luck.

在这里，一切混乱——烟雾和寒冷——饥饿和肮脏——我运气不好，出了痘。

The bullet came obliquely from the left and front and passed several feet in front of me.

子弹从左前方斜射来，从我前面几英尺处经过。

It seemed that I could almost hear it singing from the time it left its bed in the rebel's gun.

似乎从它离开叛军枪口的那一刻起，我就几乎能听到它的歌声。

Suddenly I heard the same ball go crash!

突然我听到同一个球撞击的声音！

and I knew by the sound that it had burst a human skull.

我听声音就知道它炸开了一个人的头骨。

And then I saw Sergt.

然后我看到了瑟格特。

Chauncy Goldsmith quivering and dying.

昌西·戈德史密斯颤抖着死去。

We could not refrain from casting a glance at the man who lay there trembling in every limb and the blood spirting from his nostrils.

我们忍不住看了一眼躺在那里、四肢颤抖、鼻孔喷出鲜血的人。

In the heat of action such scenes do not much affect one but at a time like this it is awful indeed.

在激烈的战斗中，这样的场景不会对人产生太大影响，但在这样的时刻，这确实是可怕的。

I have come to the conclusion that Destiny is a Deity that shields and protects, or permits to be stricken down, as his wisdom chooses.

我得出的结论是，命运是一位神，他会根据他的智慧选择来保护和保护，或者允许被击倒。

The argonne; forty days with the booming of the guns, the nerve racking whine of the projectiles and the crash of the bombs ever in my ears, breathing and eating the damnable gases that have shocked the civilized world.

阿贡；四十天里，枪声隆隆，炮弹令人心碎的哀鸣声和炸弹的撞击声一直在我耳边呼吸和吞噬着震惊文明世界的可恶气体。

Forty days of struggling, toiling and praying with very little food and sleep.

四十天的挣扎、劳作和祈祷，食物和睡眠都很少。

It was forty days of unremitting hell.

这是四十天无休止的地狱。

In fact, the comparison is hardly fair to hell.

事实上，这种比较根本不公平。

It rained continually from the time we got there until the time we left.

从我们到达那里到离开的时候，一直在下雨。

The rain was finely woven and clammy as a funeral garment.

雨丝密密麻麻，湿漉漉的，像一件丧服。

It had a way of soaking through the skin, on into the body of a man until his very heart seemed to be pumping the rain water along his veins instead of blood.

它可以渗透皮肤，进入一个人的身体，直到他的心脏似乎沿着他的血管泵出雨水而不是血液。

It would wet all the world.

它会湿润整个世界。

Dearest Family, We now have a mix of wounded and battle-fatigued soldiers.

最亲爱的家人，我们现在有受伤和疲惫不堪的士兵。

Each category tugs at your heart.

每个类别都牵动着你的心。

The wounded were happy to be missing only one arm or leg...

伤员很高兴只失去了一只手臂或一条腿……

I have a terrible earache but as usual I have to work.

我的耳朵疼得厉害，但像往常一样我必须工作。

The patients need me.

病人需要我。

A few days ago, I was giving medications before lights out.

几天前，我在熄灯前服药。

As I finished with this one very young soldier and was tucking his blankets around him, he said, "My mother always kissed me goodnight when she tucked me in bed." So I kissed him on the forehead.

当我和这位非常年轻的士兵打完交道并给他盖上毯子时，他说：“当我母亲给我盖被子时，她总是吻我晚安。”于是我吻了他的额头。

He blushed, covered his head with the blanket, and everyone else called "Mommy, Mommy."

他脸红了，用毯子盖住了头，其他人都喊着“妈妈，妈妈”。

Dear Mike, I have a little war story to tell.

亲爱的迈克，我有一个关于战争的小故事要讲。

Two weeks ago the Bien Hoa Air Base was mortared.

两周前，边和空军基地遭到迫击炮袭击。

All of a sudden a large red ball of fire soared into the sky.

突然，一个巨大的红色火球冲天而起。

You can imagine how scared we were.

你可以想象我们有多害怕。

Every second I was expecting to die; I really was.

每一秒我都在等待着死亡；我确实是。

The past week has been one continuous HIGH.

过去一周是连续的高点。

I went to Saigon and smoked opium.

我去了西贡吸鸦片。

The setting was great.

环境很棒。

A lamp with a small red flame, and a Vietnamese woman softly singing some weird song.

一盏带有红色小火焰的灯，一个越南女人轻声唱着一些奇怪的歌曲。

A withered man cooked the opium over a flame into a long wooden pipe.

一个枯萎的人在火焰上将鸦片煮成一根长木管。

I rested my head on a wood block, and quickly inhaled and exhaled the smoke.

我把头靠在一块木头上，快速地吸入和呼出烟雾。

The greatest feeling.

最大的感受。

God, I don't know how I made it back to Bien Hoa.

天哪，我不知道我是怎么回到边和的。

Hello John, Ann and all the Little Ones: The weather has been very cold over here with plenty of snow, snow, and more snow.

约翰、安和所有的小家伙们大家好：这里的天气非常冷，下了很多雪，雪，还有更多的雪。

As I look at the kids sledding, throwing snow balls, it brings back many memories of the good times I had when I was a kid.

看着孩子们拉雪橇、扔雪球，我想起了很多小时候的美好时光。

All us lads took out our Flexible Flyers and went belly whopping down the hills.

我们所有的小伙子都拿出了灵活的飞行器，大腹便便地冲下了山。

We made snow men with it and packed it into hard, round balls that caught other kids in the head and melted down the backs of their necks.

我们用它堆了雪人，然后把它包成坚硬的圆球，这些球击中了其他孩子的头部，融化了他们的后颈。

When our feet got cold we would call it a day.

当我们的脚变冷时，我们就到此为止了。

When we were kids snow sure was fun.

当我们还是孩子的时候，下雪确实很有趣。

There's a lot of snow on the Western Front these days and the country looks like a Christmas card.

这些天西线下了很多雪，这个国家看起来就像一张圣诞贺卡。

It's beautiful.

很美丽。

But the Flexible Flyers have turned into tanks.

但灵活的飞行器已经变成了坦克。

The snowballs are grenades.

雪球是手榴弹。

The wet stuff trickling down the back of necks is often blood.

从脖子后面流下来的湿东西通常是血。

And when you're numb with cold there's no place to go to.

当你冻得麻木的时候，就没有地方可去了。

Nothing to look forward to.

没什么值得期待的。

Nothing but snow.

除了雪，什么也没有。

Cold, wet, beautiful snow.

寒冷、潮湿、美丽的雪。

Hoping this letter finds you all in the best of health.

希望这封信让大家身体健康。

Dear Reverend: Here I sit thinking of the little church back home, wondering how you are getting along.

亲爱的牧师：我坐在这里，想起家乡的小教堂，想知道你过得怎么样。

Don't think I am down-hearted, but ever since I volunteered I've felt like a cog in a huge wheel.

别以为我很沮丧，但自从我志愿工作以来，我感觉自己就像一个巨大轮子上的齿轮。

The cog may get smashed up, but the machine goes on.

齿轮可能会被撞坏，但机器仍会继续运转。

And I can't feel God is in it.

我感觉不到上帝在里面。

How can there be fairness in one man being maimed for life, suffering agonies, another killed instantaneously, while I get out of it safe?

一个人终生残废，遭受痛苦，另一个人瞬间被杀，而我却安全逃脱，这怎么可能公平呢？

Does God really love us individually or does He love His purpose more?

神真的爱我们个人还是更爱他的目的？

Is it better to believe he makes the innocent suffer for the guilty and that things will be squared up some day.

是否应该相信他让无辜者为有罪者受苦，并且有一天事情会得到解决？

Sounds rather calculating, doesn't it, and not a bit like the love of a Father.

听起来很算计，不是吗，一点也不像父爱。

What I would like to believe is that God is in this war, not as a spectator, but backing up everything that is good in us.

我愿意相信的是，上帝在这场战争中，不是作为旁观者，而是支持我们一切美好的事物。

He won't work any miracles for us because that would be helping us to do the work He has given us to do on our own.

他不会为我们创造任何奇迹，因为那会帮助我们完成他交给我们自己做的工作。

I don't know whether God goes forth with armies but I do know that He is in lots of our men or they would not do what they do.

我不知道上帝是否带着军队出征，但我确实知道他在我们很多人的心里，否则他们就不会做他们所做的事情。

Myself and eight other Negro soldiers were on our way from Camp Claiborne, LA., to Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

我和其他八名黑人士兵正在从洛杉矶克莱伯恩营前往亚利桑那州瓦丘卡堡的途中。

We had to lay over until the next day for our train.

我们不得不推迟到第二天去乘火车。

We could not purchase a cup of coffee at any of the lunchrooms around there.

我们无法在附近的任何一家餐厅购买一杯咖啡。

The only place where we could be served was at the railroad station but, of course, we had to go into the kitchen.

唯一可以为我们提供服务的地方是火车站，但当然，我们必须去厨房。

As you know, Old Man Jim Crow rules.

如您所知，吉姆·克劳老人统治着。

But that's not all; 11:30 a.m.

但这还不是全部。上午 11:30

about two dozen German prisoners of war, with two American guards, came into the station.

大约有两打德国战俘和两名美国警卫进入了车站。

They sat at the tables, had their meals served, talked, smoked, in fact had quite a swell time.

他们坐在餐桌旁，吃饭，聊天，抽烟，事实上，他们玩得很开心。

I stood on the outside looking on, and I could not help but ask myself these questions: are we not American soldiers, sworn to fight for and die if need be for this our country?

我站在外面看着，我忍不住问自己这些问题：我们不是宣誓为我们的国家而战、为国家而死的美国士兵吗？

Then why are they treated better than we are?

那为什么他们的待遇比我们好呢？

Why does the Government allow such things to go on?

政府为何允许这样的事情继续发生？

Some of the boys are saying that you will not print this letter.

有些男孩说你不会打印这封信。

I'm saying that you will.

我是说你会的。

I've got a bunch of letters in my pocket that are dirty and falling apart.

我口袋里有一堆又脏又散的信。

They keep me going until new ones come.

他们让我继续前进，直到新的到来。

Being part of front line troops, we are usually the first to march thru the towns which have cost so much blood and sweat to liberate.

作为前线部队的一员，我们通常是第一个穿过那些付出了多少血汗才得以解放的城镇的。

But the people are grateful.

但老百姓却心存感激。

They know that when we come, the war is over for them.

他们知道，当我们到来时，战争对他们来说就结束了。

As soon as we enter, we are showered with all they have to spare.

我们一进去，我们就看到了他们剩下的一切。

What they have to give is simple but when you're tired and worn out from fighting you accept their gifts with a lump in your throat.

他们必须给予的东西很简单，但是当你因战斗而疲惫不堪时，你就会哽咽地接受他们的礼物。

I know now, for certain, what we are fighting for!

我现在确切地知道我们在为什么而战！

Our mission is to free all the nations of oppression.

我们的使命是让所有国家摆脱压迫。

Give the children of this and the coming generations a chance to learn the true meaning of Freedom.

让这一代人和子孙后代有机会了解自由的真正含义。

Please give my regards to the Morimotos, lots of love.

请代我向森本一家致以深深的爱意。

Mom and Dad: Last night one more Marine died.

爸爸妈妈：昨晚又有一名海军陆战队员死亡。

No one will ever hear or care about it except his parents and us.

除了他的父母和我们之外，没有人会听到或关心这件事。

There is no nation to mourn for him or fly our flag at half-mast.

没有任何国家为他哀悼，也没有为他降半旗。

Yet this Marine did more for his country than any President or Senator ever did.

然而，这位海军陆战队员为他的国家所做的事情比任何总统或参议员都多。

His name was Corporal Lee Clark.

他的名字叫李·克拉克下士。

He was a good marine and a better person.

他是一名优秀的海军陆战队员，也是一个更好的人。

He didn't deserve dying in a damn country not worth fightin' for.

他不应该死在一个不值得为之奋斗的该死的国家。

But he is dead and those back home whose freedom he was defending will never know his name.

但他已经死了，那些他捍卫自由的家乡人将永远不会知道他的名字。

Cpl.

下士。

Lee Clark is dead but those who knew him and fought with him will never forget him.

李·克拉克死了，但那些认识他并与他并肩作战的人永远不会忘记他。

He had about 38 days left in the Marine Corps and in Viet Nam.

他在海军陆战队和越南的服役时间还剩大约 38 天。

38 days to start living again, to see the world, and home, 38 days left and he is dead.

距离重新开始生活、见识世界、回家还有 38 天，还剩 38 天，他就死了。

Dearest Mom and Lou, A year ago today I was sweating out shells on Anzio Beachhead - today I am sitting in Hitler's luxuriously furnished apartment in Munich writing a few lines home.

最亲爱的妈妈和卢：一年前的今天，我在安齐奥滩头堡上挥汗如雨，今天我坐在希特勒位于慕尼黑的豪华公寓里写几行字回家。

What a contrast.

多么鲜明的对比啊。

A still greater contrast is between his quarters here and the living hell of Dachau concentration only 10 miles from here.

更大的反差是他在这里的住所和距离这里仅 10 英里的达豪集中营的人间地狱。

I had the misfortune of seeing the camp yesterday and I still find it hard to believe what my eyes told me.

昨天我很不幸地看到了这个营地，但我仍然很难相信我的眼睛所告诉我的。

In two years of combat you can imagine I have seen a lot of death, furious death mostly.

在两年的战斗中，你可以想象我见过很多死亡，大部分是愤怒的死亡。

But nothing has ever stirred me as much as this.

但没有什么比这更让我激动的了。

I can't shrug off the feeling of utter hate I now hold for these people.

我无法摆脱对这些人的极度仇恨。

I've shot at Germans with intent to kill before but only because I had to or else it was me -- now I hold no hesitancy whatsoever.

我以前曾向德国人开枪，意图杀人，但只是因为我不得不这么做，否则就是我——现在我毫不犹豫。

How can people do things like that?

人们怎么能做出这样的事情呢？

I never believed they could until now.

直到现在我才相信他们能做到。

Dearest Mother: November 11th 1918 will always be remembered by yours truly.

最亲爱的母亲：1918 年 11 月 11 日，您将永远铭记在心。

We moved out at 4:00 AM in a heavy mist and marched about 4 km.

凌晨4:00，我们在大雾中出发，行军约4公里。

At 9:30 there was a terrific German barrage.

9点30分，德军发起了猛烈的炮火攻击。

I sure thought it was all up.

我确实以为一切都结束了。

At 10:45 the order came to cease firing.

10时45分，停止射击的命令传来。

Rumors started to spread that it was the end and I am sure I was not the only one to utter a prayer that it was true.

谣言开始传播，说这一切已经结束，我确信我不是唯一一个祈祷这是真的的人。

Then, 11 o'clock, and a dead silence!

然后，十一点了，一片死寂！

That was absolutely the happiest moment of my life.

那绝对是我一生中最幸福的时刻。

The rest of the day little groups of smiling Germans came up to the line with tobacco and wine.

当天剩下的时间里，一小群微笑的德国人带着烟草和酒来到了排队的地方。

At dusk as far as the eye could reach there was a regular Fourth of July celebration.

黄昏时分，目光所及之处，都会举行例行的国庆节庆祝活动。

Also all along the lines were campfires, a thing not seen for years.

沿途还有篝火，这是多年未见的景象。

It was great and I had some sleep beside a roaring fire.

太棒了，我在熊熊的炉火旁睡了一会儿。

Mother dear, I will come marching home one of these days and we will all be together and happy again, won't we?

亲爱的妈妈，有一天我会踏着回家的路，我们会再次幸福地在一起，不是吗？

Lloyd

劳埃德

I'm coming home!

我要回家了！

It's official as of this morning.

从今天早上起就正式了。

It will be sometime before I crash in your door, a few weeks, maybe, but I'm coming home.

我可能要过一段时间才会撞进你的门，也许几周后，但我要回家了。

That little house is going to look like a palace to me.

那个小房子对我来说看起来就像一座宫殿。

And, you people like Kings, and, Queens.

而且，你们这些人喜欢国王和皇后。

Is it true some people eat three times a day, or more?

是不是有些人一天吃三顿甚至更多？

And they sit on a chair, by a table.

他们坐在桌子旁边的椅子上。

What's the matter, they can't dig a hole in the backyard like everybody else?

怎么了，他们不能像其他人一样在后院挖洞吗？

I have spent 12 months over here.

我在这里度过了12个月。

The longest 30 years of my life.

我一生中最长的30年。

A short time ago I was 18, and all I was worried about was cars, girls, and how much beer a real man could drink.

不久前，我才18岁，我所担心的只是汽车、女孩，以及一个真正的男人能喝多少啤酒。

Don't get me wrong.

别误会我的意思。

I still want a hot car, a hot girl, and a cold beer, but there were times I would have traded them all for a warm blanket.

我仍然想要一辆热车、一个性感女孩和一杯冰啤酒，但有时我会把它们全部换成一条温暖的毯子。

A wool hat.

一顶羊毛帽子。

A shoelace.

一条鞋带。

A goddamned shoelace!

该死的鞋带！

There were times when I would have traded my soul for a cup of hot coffee.

有时我愿意用自己的灵魂来换取一杯热咖啡。

But I am coming home now.

但我现在要回家了。

You know, it's almost funny.

你知道，这几乎很有趣。

We see a guy in a wheel chair, a guy on crutches, we break our backs trying to help him.

我们看到一个坐在轮椅上的人，一个拄着拐杖的人，我们竭尽全力试图帮助他。

But what about the wounds you can't see?

但那些看不见的伤口呢？

The phantoms, the nightmares, the ghosts in your head?

你脑海中的幻影、噩梦、鬼魂？

I am going to tell you now.

我现在就告诉你。

You'll need a lot of patience with me.

你需要对我有很大的耐心。

Patience, and, understanding.

耐心，还有理解。

See you soon.

再见。

See you soon.

再见。

See you soon.

再见。

My Dearest Evelyn: This should be the letter to end all letters.

我最亲爱的伊芙琳：这应该是所有信件的结束信。

When you next hear from me, it'll be in person.

当你下次收到我的来信时，我会亲自来的。

So long, honey, and pucker up -- 'cause here I come.

再见，亲爱的，皱起眉头——因为我来了。

It never seemed like a war.

这看起来从来都不像一场战争。