Zimmermann Telegram (1917)
Citation: Zimmermann Telegram, 1917; Decimal File, 1910-1929, 862.20212/82A (1910-1929), and Decoded Zimmermann Telegram, 1917; Decimal File, 1910-1929, 862.20212/69, General Records of the Department of State; Record Group 59; National Archives
引用：齐默尔曼电报，1917 年；十进制文件，1910-1929 年，862.20212/82A (1910-1929)，以及解码的齐默尔曼电报，1917 年；十进制档案，1910-1929 年，862.20212/69，国务院普通记录；记录组 59；国家档案馆
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This telegram, written by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann, is a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States.
这封电报由德国外交大臣阿瑟·齐默尔曼撰写，是发送给墨西哥的加密信息，提议建立针对美国的军事联盟。
The obvious threats to the United States contained in the telegram inflamed American public opinion against Germany and helped convince Congress to declare war against Germany in 1917.
电报中对美国的明显威胁激起了美国公众对德国的舆论，并帮助说服国会于 1917 年对德国宣战。
Between 1914 and the spring of 1917, the European nations engaged in a conflict that became known as World War I.
1914 年至 1917 年春，欧洲国家卷入了一场被称为第一次世界大战的冲突。
While armies battled in Europe, the United States remained neutral.
当军队在欧洲作战时，美国保持中立。
In 1916 Woodrow Wilson was elected President for a second term, largely because of the slogan "He kept us out of war." Events in early 1917 would change that hope.
1916 年，伍德罗·威尔逊 (Woodrow Wilson) 当选总统连任，很大程度上是因为“他让我们远离战争”的口号。 1917 年初发生的事件改变了这一希望。
In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause.
1917 年 1 月，英国密码学家破译了德国外交部长阿瑟·齐默尔曼 (Arthur Zimmermann) 致德国驻墨西哥部长冯·埃克哈特 (von Eckhardt) 的电报，其中向墨西哥提供美国领土，以换取墨西哥加入德国事业。
To protect their intelligence from detection and to capitalize on growing anti-German sentiment in the United States, the British waited to present the telegram to President Wilson.
为了保护他们的情报不被侦查，并利用美国日益高涨的反德情绪，英国人等待着将电报递交给威尔逊总统。
Meanwhile, frustration over the effective British naval blockade caused Germany to break its pledge to limit submarine warfare.
与此同时，对英国有效海上封锁的失望导致德国违背了限制潜艇战的承诺。
In response, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Germany in February.
作为回应，美国二月份与德国断绝了外交关系。
On February 24 Britain released the Zimmermann telegram to Wilson, and news of the telegram was published widely in the American press on March 1.
2月24日，英国公布了齐默尔曼致威尔逊的电报，该电报的消息于3月1日在美国媒体上广泛发表。
The telegram had such an impact on American opinion that, according to David Kahn, author of The Codebreakers , "No other single cryptanalysis has had such enormous consequences." It is his opinion that "never before or since has so much turned upon the solution of a secret message." On April 6, 1917, the United States Congress formally declared war on Germany and its allies.
这份电报对美国舆论产生了如此大的影响，据《密码破译者》一书的作者戴维·卡恩 (David Kahn) 称，“没有任何其他单一的密码分析能产生如此巨大的后果。”他认为“无论是之前还是之后，从来没有如此多地依赖于秘密信息的解决”。 1917年4月6日，美国国会正式对德国及其盟国宣战。
The Zimmermann telegram clearly had helped draw the United States into the war and thus changed the course of the war, which ended with an armistice, an agreement in which both sides agree to stop fighting, on November 11, 1918.
齐默尔曼电报显然有助于将美国拉入战争，从而改变了战争进程，并于 1918 年 11 月 11 日以停战协议结束，双方同意停止战斗。
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( Decoded message text of the Zimmermann Telegram )
（齐默尔曼电报的解密消息文本）
"We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare.
“我们打算在二月一号开始无限制潜艇战。
We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral.
尽管如此，我们仍将努力保持美利坚合众国的中立。
In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal or alliance on the following basis: make war together, make peace together, generous financial support and an understanding on our part that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
如果这一计划不成功，我们将在以下基础上向墨西哥提出建议或结盟：共同发动战争，共同缔造和平，慷慨的财政支持以及我们方面的谅解，即墨西哥将重新征服德克萨斯州、新墨西哥州和亚利桑那州失去的领土。
The settlement in detail is left to you.
详细的解决方案由您决定。
You will inform the President of the above most secretly as soon as the outbreak of war with the United States of America is certain and add the suggestion that he should, on his own initiative, invite Japan to immediate adherence and at the same time mediate between Japan and ourselves.
一旦确定与美利坚合众国爆发战争，你将把上述情况以最秘密的方式通知总统，并建议他主动邀请日本立即遵守，同时在日本和我们之间进行调解。
Please call the President's attention to the fact that the ruthless employment of our submarines now offers the prospect of compelling England in a few months to make peace." Signed, ZIMMERMANN.
请提请总统注意这样一个事实，即我们潜艇的无情使用现在提供了迫使英国在几个月内实现和平的前景。”签名，齐默曼。