Treaty of Alliance with France (1778)
Citation: Treaty of Alliance with France; 2/6/1778; Perfected Treaties, 1778 - 1945; General Records of the United States Government, Record Group 11; National Archives Building, Washington, DC.
引文：与法国结盟条约； 1778 年 2 月 6 日；完善条约，1778 - 1945；美国政府总记录，记录组 11；国家档案馆，华盛顿特区。
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The American Colonies and France signed this military treaty on February 6, 1778.
美洲殖民地和法国于 1778 年 2 月 6 日签署了这项军事条约。
It formalized France’s financial and military support of the revolutionary government in America.
它正式确定了法国对美国革命政府的财政和军事支持。
Believing that they would benefit militarily by allying themselves with a powerful nation, the Colonies formed an alliance with France against Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.
殖民地相信通过与一个强大的国家结盟可以在军事上受益，因此在独立战争期间与法国结盟对抗英国。
According to this first military treaty of the new nation, the United States agreed to provide a defensive alliance to aid France should England attack.
根据这个新国家的第一个军事条约，美国同意提供一个防御联盟，以在英国进攻时援助法国。
American diplomats Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee negotiated in France on behalf of the American Colonies.
美国外交官本杰明·富兰克林、塞拉斯·迪恩和阿瑟·李代表美国殖民地在法国进行谈判。
The treaty is written in both English and French.
该条约以英语和法语写成。
The two sides also agreed that neither France nor the United States would make peace with England until the independence of the United States was recognized.
双方还同意，在美国独立得到承认之前，法国和美国都不会与英国讲和。
As part of the alliance between "the most Christian King and the United States of North America," neither party could conclude a peace "with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other."
作为“最基督教的国王和北美合众国”之间联盟的一部分，任何一方都不能“在未经另一方正式同意的情况下与英国”缔结和平。
France also recognized the independence of the United States, as dependent upon a military victory.
法国还承认美国的独立取决于军事胜利。
The treaty stipulated that "The essential and direct End of the present defensive alliance is to maintain effectually the liberty, Sovereignty, and independance absolute and unlimited of the said united States, as well in Matters of Gouvernement as of commerce."
该条约规定，“目前防御联盟的根本和直接目的是有效维护上述美国的自由、主权和绝对且不受限制的独立，以及在政府和商业事务上的自由、主权和独立。”
The United States and France agreed "not to lay down their arms, until the Independence of the united states shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the Treaty or Treaties that shall terminate the War."
美国和法国同意“在终止战争的条约正式或默示保证美国的独立之前，不会放下武器”。
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The most Christian King and the United States of North America, to wit, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhodes island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, having this Day concluded a Treaty of amity and Commerce, for the reciprocal advantage of their Subjects and Citizens have thought it necessary to take into consideration the means of strengthening those engagements and of rondring them useful to the safety and tranquility of the two parties, particularly in case Great Britain in Resentment of that connection and of the good correspondence which is the object of the said Treaty, should break the Peace with france, either by direct hostilities, or by hindring her commerce and navigation, in a manner contrary to the Rights of Nations, and the Peace subsisting between the two Crowns; and his Majesty and the said united States having resolved in that Case to join their Councils and efforts against the Enterprises of their common Enemy, the respective Plenipotentiaries, impower'd to concert the Clauses & conditions proper to fulfil the said Intentions, have, after the most mature Deliberation, concluded and determined on the following Articles.
最基督教的国王和北美合众国，即新罕布什尔州、马萨诸塞湾、罗德岛、康涅狄格州、纽约州、新泽西州、宾夕法尼亚州、特拉华州、马里兰州、弗吉尼亚州、北卡罗来纳州、南卡罗来纳州和佐治亚州，在这一天缔结了一项友好和商业条约，为了他们的臣民和公民的互惠利益，他们认为有必要考虑加强这些接触的方法，并使其对北美的安全和安宁有用。双方，特别是如果英国对这种联系以及作为上述条约目的的良好通信感到不满，应该通过直接敌对行动或阻碍法国的商业和航行来破坏与法国的和平，以违反民族权利和两国之间存在的和平的方式；国王陛下和上述美国在该案中决定加入其理事会并共同努力打击其共同敌人的企业，有权协调适当条款和条件以实现上述意图的各自全权代表，在经过最成熟的审议后，缔结并决定了以下条款。
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If War should break out betwan france and Great Britain, during the continuance of the present War betwan the United States and England, his Majesty and the said united States, shall make it a common cause, and aid each other mutually with their good Offices, their Counsels, and their forces, according to the exigence of Conjunctures as becomes good & faithful Allies.
如果法国和英国之间爆发战争，在美国和英国之间目前的战争继续进行期间，国王陛下和上述美国，应将其作为共同的事业，并根据形势的紧急情况，通过斡旋、顾问和军队相互援助，成为善良而忠实的盟友。
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艺术。
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The essential and direct End of the present defensive alliance is to maintain effectually the liberty, Sovereignty, and independance absolute and unlimited of the said united States, as well in Matters of Gouvernement as of commerce.
当前防御联盟的根本和直接目的是有效地维护上述美国的自由、主权和绝对且不受限制的独立，以及在政府和商业事务上的自由、主权和独立。
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艺术。
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The two contracting Parties shall each on its own Part, and in the manner it may judge most proper, make all the efforts in its Power, against their common Ennemy, in order to attain the end proposed.
两个缔约方应各自以自己认为最适当的方式，竭尽全力对抗其共同的敌人，以实现所提议的目标。
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艺术。
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The contracting Parties agree that in case either of them should form any particular Enterprise in which the concurrence of the other may be desired, the Party whose concurrence is desired shall readily, and with good faith, join to act in concert for that Purpose, as far as circumstances and its own particular Situation will permit; and in that case, they shall regulate by a particular Convention the quantity and kind of Succour to be furnished, and the Time and manner of its being brought into action, as well as the advantages which are to be its Compensation.
缔约双方同意，如果其中任何一方组建任何特定企业，且可能需要另一方同意，则希望获得对方同意的一方应在情况及其自身具体情况允许的情况下，随时并善意地为此目的联合采取一致行动；在这种情况下，他们应通过一项特定公约规定提供援助的数量和种类、实施援助的时间和方式，以及作为补偿的利益。
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If the united States should think fit to attempt the Reduction of the British Power remaining in the Northern Parts of America, or the Islands of Bermudas, those Countries or Islands in case of Success, shall be confederated with or dependent upon the said united States.
如果美国认为适当地尝试削减英国在美洲北部或百慕大群岛的势力，那么这些国家或岛屿如果成功，应与上述美国结盟或依赖于上述美国。
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The Most Christian King renounces for ever the possession of the Islands of Bermudas as well as of any part of the continent of North america which before the treaty of Paris in 1763.
这位最虔诚的基督教国王永远放弃对百慕大群岛以及 1763 年巴黎条约签订之前北美大陆任何部分的所有权。
or in virtue of that Treaty, were acknowledged to belong to the Crown of Great Britain, or to the united States heretofore called British Colonies, or which are at this Time or have lately been under the Power of The King and Crown of Great Britain.
或根据该条约，被承认属于大不列颠王国，或属于此前称为英国殖民地的美国，或目前或最近处于大不列颠国王和王室权力之下。
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If his Most Christian Majesty shall think proper to attack any of the Islands situated in the Gulph of Mexico, or near that Gulph, which are at present under the Power of Great Britain, all the said Isles, in case of success, shall appertain to the Crown of france.
如果基督教陛下认为可以攻击位于墨西哥湾或墨西哥湾附近目前在英国管辖下的任何岛屿，则所有上述岛屿一旦成功，将归属于法国王室。
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艺术。
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Neither of the two Parties shall conclude either Truce or Peace with Great Britain, without the formal consent of the other first obtain'd; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms, until the Independence of the united states shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the Treaty or Treaties that shall terminate the War.
未经另一方事先正式同意，双方均不得与英国缔结停战或和约；他们相互承诺不放下武器，直到美国的独立得到终止战争的条约的正式或默示保证。
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艺术。
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The contracting Parties declare, that being resolved to fulfil each on its own Part the clauses and conditions of the present Treaty of alliance, according to its own power and circumstances, there shall be no after claim of compensation on one side or the other whatever may be the event of the War.
缔约双方声明，决心根据各自的力量和情况履行本同盟条约的条款和条件，无论战争发生如何，双方不得提出任何赔偿要求。
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艺术。
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The Most Christian King and the United states, agree to invite or admit other Powers who may have received injuries from England to make common cause with them, and to accede to the present alliance, under such conditions as shall be freely agreed to and settled between all the Parties.
最基督教的国王和美国同意邀请或接纳可能受到英国伤害的其他国家与他们共同奋斗，并在所有各方自由同意和解决的条件下加入目前的联盟。
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艺术。
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The two Parties guarantee mutually from the present time and forever, against all other powers, to wit, the united states to his most Christian Majesty the present Possessions of the Crown of france in America as well as those which it may acquire by the future Treaty of peace: and his most Christian Majesty guarantees on his part to the united states, their liberty, Sovereignty, and Independence absolute, and unlimited, as well in Matters of Government as commerce and also their Possessions, and the additions or conquests that their Confederation may obtain during the war, from any of the Dominions now or heretofore possessed by Great Britain in North America, conformable to the 5th & 6th articles above written, the whole as their Possessions shall be fixed and assured to the said States at the moment of the cessation of their present War with England.
双方从现在起永远相互保证，反对所有其他列强，也就是说，美国向最基督教的陛下保证法国在美洲的现有财产以及通过未来和平条约可能获得的财产：最基督教的陛下向美国保证，它们的自由、主权和独立是绝对的和无限的，以及在政府事务和商业事务上的自由、主权和独立。其邦联在战争期间可能从大不列颠现在或迄今为止在北美拥有的任何自治领获得的财产以及增加或征服的财产，符合上述第五条和第六条的规定，其全部财产应在与英格兰的当前战争结束时固定并保证给上述各州。
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In order to fix more precisely the sense and application of the preceding article, the Contracting Parties declare, that in case of rupture between france and England, the reciprocal Guarantee declared in the said article shall have its full force and effect the moment such War shall break out and if such rupture shall not take place, the mutual obligations of the said guarantee shall not commence, until the moment of the cessation of the present War between the united states and England shall have ascertained the Possessions.
为了更准确地确定前条的含义和适用，缔约双方声明，如果法国和英国之间破裂，则该条中声明的相互保证应在战争爆发之时起完全效力，如果这种破裂不发生，则在美国和英国之间目前的战争停止之时确定所有权之前，上述保证的相互义务不开始生效。
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The present Treaty shall be ratified on both sides and the Ratifications shall be exchanged in the space of six months, sooner if possible.
本条约应由双方批准，并应在六个月内交换批准书，如果可能的话，应尽早交换。
In faith where of the respective Plenipotentiaries, to wit on the part of the most Christian King Conrad Alexander Gerard royal syndic of the City of Strasbourgh & Secretary of his majestys Council of State and on the part of the United States Benjamin Franklin Deputy to the General Congress from the State of Pensylvania and President of the Convention of the same state, Silas Deane heretofore Deputy from the State of Connecticut & Arthur Lee Councellor at Law have signed the above Articles both in the French and English Languages declaring Nevertheless that the present Treaty was originally composed and concluded in the French Language, and they have hereunto affixed their Seals
各位全权代表，即斯特拉斯堡市最虔诚的基督教国王康拉德·亚历山大·杰拉德国王和陛下国务委员会秘书，以及美国宾夕法尼亚州代表大会代表和同一州的代表大会主席本杰明·富兰克林、康涅狄格州代表西拉斯·迪恩和法律顾问阿瑟·李，谨此签署上述协议法语和英语的条款声明本条约最初是用法语起草和缔结的，并在此加盖印章
Done at Paris, this sixth Day of February, one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight.
一千七百七十八年二月六日，订于巴黎。
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GERARD B FRANKLIN SILAS DEANE ARTHUR LEE
杰拉德·B·富兰克林·塞拉斯·迪恩·阿瑟·李