战前37天（2014）

No, you won't! You've cooked this broth. You will eat it.
不行 你犯下的错误你自己来弥补
What is especially humiliating
最令人感到屈辱的是
is that the Serbs are now laughing at us.
塞尔维亚人现在正笑话我们呢
You've seen their reply to the Austrian note?
您已经看到他们对奥地利通牒的回复了吗
I'd appreciate it if you left me to finish my breakfast.
我希望你让我好好享用完早餐
'Now, in the days following Austria's rejection 'of the Serbian reply,
在奥地利拒绝了塞尔维亚回复后的日子里
we found ourselves asking,
我们发现大家都在关注
"What will Russia do? What will Russia do?" '
俄♥国♥会作何反应 俄♥国♥会作何反应
Foreign Secretary?
外交大臣
Not now!
没空
What is it? And why have you not come to me? What?
怎么回事 你怎么一直没来见我 怎么了
'Russia, our absolutist ally,
虽然我们和俄♥国♥是盟友
was a perennial mystery to us.
却总觉得她难以捉摸
签订《英俄协约》
英国和俄♥国♥于1907年
'We'd been friends with Russia since 1907
我们和俄♥国♥自1907以来一直是友好关系
'and that was a good thing in Asia.
就亚洲方面来看 那是好事
'It stopped us bickering about India and Afghanistan.
那解决了我们关于印度和阿富汗的争端
But in Europe?'
但在欧洲方面如何呢
Ready.
好了
That's it, sir.
给您 长官
What is it?
那是什么
'Well, it meant we were now underwriting
那意味着我们现在必须支持
'the decisions of a very erratic ally.'
一个反复无常的盟国所作出的决定
It's the Russian army.
是俄♥国♥♥军♥队
The Tsar appears to have ordered a section of it to mobilise
沙皇好像下令调遣部分军队
in the southern districts facing the Austrian Empire.
向南面奥匈帝国方向进发了
What in God's name has he done that for? I don't know.
他这是想干什么 我不知道
It's, it's not been confirmed yet, of course.
当然 这尚未得到完全证实
Well, I just have to hope
那我只能希望
your sources are as wretched as they usually are.
你的消息源一如既往的不准
It's a precautionary thing, I'm sure.
我认为只是预防性质的调动
At any rate, it will take four weeks to come to fruition.
毕竟最快也要4周才能完全就位
But they've just wrecked my peace conference.
但这样一来我的和会就全无指望了
Well, perhaps you won't need it.
也许和会根本用不着开
Nothing will bring Austria to her senses quicker
能使奥地利恢复理智的最有效举动
than Britain supporting its Russian ally.
莫过于英国公开支持其盟友俄♥国♥了
How much more belligerent do you think the Tsar will become
如果沙皇幻想我皇家海军和远征军
if he imagines the Royal Navy
能任凭他差遣
and a British Expeditionary Force are at his disposal?
他会变得有多好战
But, Foreign Secretary,
但是 外交大臣
it's the effect on Germany that's the relevant thing.
关键在于德国会对此作何反应
Germany wants to take part in my conference.
德国人希望参加我的和会
We don't need a conference.
我们不需要和会
The quickest way to influence Austria is to frighten Germany.
能阻止奥地利的最好办法就是吓阻德国
The best way to frighten Germany is to support Russia!
而吓阻德国的最好办法就是支持俄♥国♥
The key to this problem is to cut across international rivalries,
当前最重要的是打断各国相互较劲的势头
not reinforce them.
而不是火上浇油
I'm seeing the Russian Ambassador in...
我会见俄♥国♥大使的时间是...
It's a quarter to six.
是5:45
Right, well, now, in actual fact.
对哦 那就是现在了
He's getting the deluxe treatment.
他会得到超额待遇
I'm taking him to see the Prime Minister.
我要带他去见首相
Good! But I think you should know
很好 但您要知道
the man on the Russia desk is saying
负责俄♥国♥方面的人对您有议论
that you don't take their concerns seriously.
说您根本不重视他们的担忧
I'm not here to please the Russian desk.
我的职责又不是哄他们开心
They're turning into bloody Russians in there, by the way.
话说回来 他们自己都快变成俄♥国♥人了
I'm an elected politician. I know that.
我是公选的政♥治♥家 这我知道
And I answer to Parliament.
我只对议会负责
Of course. But do not alienate Russia over this, sir.
自然 但您别在此时疏远俄♥国♥ 先生
If we fail to bend a little towards her here,
如果我们不稍微支持他们一点
she will make things difficult for us in India.
俄♥国♥人决不会让我们在印度好过
'Of course, the thing about our Russian alliance,
当然 说到我们的俄♥国♥盟友
the awkward thing,
最尴尬的一点就是
'was that it tied us to this man - Tsar Nicholas II.
那让我们和沙皇尼古拉二世这个人联♥系♥在了一起
'No-one ever knew what he was going to say next.
没人知道他接下来会说什么
'He was whimsical and unpredictable, as powerful men often are,
像他这样位高权重的人通常喜怒无常捉摸不定
'answering only to God,
他只向上帝负责
'but capable of acting like God, too.
同时也能像上帝那般呼风唤雨
'Now, the man in charge of his war machine was
当前 掌控他的战争机器的人
'General Vladimir Sukhomlinov.'
弗拉基米尔·苏克霍姆利诺夫将军
Enfilade fire from this direction!
从这个方向开火
'Here he is, re-enacting the 1812 Battle of Borodino.'
现在他正在重现1812年的博罗季诺战役
此战后俄方渐占上风
拿破仑侵俄战争转折点
And it was here that Kutuzov deployed the guards.
库图佐夫就是将军队部署在这里的
'All part of the young prince's tuition, you understand,
想必您已猜到 这是年轻王子的必修课之一
'and the royal family's general entertainment,
而且也是沙皇家庭的日常娱乐
'and this woman, who hates the Battle of Borodino,
但这位烦透了博罗季诺战役的年轻女人
'is General Sukhomlinov's young wife.'
是苏克霍姆利诺夫将军的妻子
No, Alexei. That's the infantry.
错了 阿列克谢 那是步兵团
You never find horses in a trench.
战壕里怎么能跑马呢
'This man now had 13 army corps
这个人向俄奥边境
moving towards the Austrian Empire.
调动了13个集团军
'And this was not a pleasant thought for us in London,
这对伦敦可不是个好消息
'for we are talking one million, one hundred thousand men.'
因为那可是110万大军
We had to show our support for the Serbs.
我们不得不支持塞尔维亚
There would be a rebellion in Russia if we didn't. Rubbish!
否则我国内部可能会出现暴♥动♥ 胡说八道
We both know that's not true, Count Benckendorff.
您明知不会那样的 贝肯多夫伯爵
Are you saying that the Russian does not care at all
你难道建议俄♥国♥对塞尔维亚兄弟
about his Serb brother?
弃之不顾吗
I'm saying most Russians will have more luck
我是说绝大多数俄♥国♥人蒙着眼在地图上乱戳
locating Serbia on a map, with a blindfold and a pin.
戳到塞尔维亚的机会 都比俄♥国♥出现暴♥动♥的可能大
Count, let's not forget how we got here.
伯爵 我们还是想想怎么到这一步的吧
Austria's case against your Serb friends
奥地利想打击你塞国朋友的原因
is that they provide a safe haven for Bosnian terrorists.
就在于该国为波斯尼亚恐♥怖♥分♥子♥提供庇护
Well, we all deplore that, I think.
我们都反对这种行径
We do have a little difficulty understanding why
但我们有点难以理解为什么
Russia has felt it necessary to mobilise her army.
俄♥国♥认为应该动员军事力量
It's the same thing as you did yesterday with the Royal Navy!
你们昨天不也让皇家海军进入警戒状态了吗
It's not the same thing at all!
这根本不是一回事
But it is!
其实就一样
This is not a mobilisation.
我们这并非动员
In our administrative departments
我国政♥府♥称之为
it is called "A period preparatory to war".
"暂时性的备战措施"
Are you impressed with those apostrophes, Edward?
你觉得这么变通是不是很高明 爱德华
Edward is not impressed.
爱德华显然不这么想
You see, Count, playing with the word
伯爵 您这么耍弄文字游戏
cannot alter the fact that, quite soon,
也无法改变的事实就是 用不了多久
you will have over one million men at arms
俄♥国♥就会有百万大军全副武装
moving towards the Austrian frontier.
朝着俄奥边境集结
You object to us "mobilising" an army that will take ten days
我们的军队要花10天才能动员起来
to assume a proper war footing?
这你们也要反对
Not four weeks?
不是4周吗
There is an old idea, William Gladstone's idea.
有一个观点 是威廉·格莱斯顿提出的
曾反对发动鸦♥片♥战争
19世纪英国盛世名相
It says that our two countries sit on the edges of Europe
他认为英俄两国位于欧洲边缘
and if we should ever fall out...
一旦我们不能团结一致
The lands in between should fall under the dominion of Germany.
那欧洲大♥陆♥将尽数落入德国人手中
You need only affirm your friendship to Russia, tonight,
只要你们现在就坚定支持俄♥国♥
and you will see the Austrians pull in their horns.
奥地利马上就会鸣金收兵
And the Germans, too.
德国亦然
We know also that our two empires
我们还知道 贵国与我国
are drawing ever closer together in Asia.
在亚洲的利益越来越接近
Soon, it is likely that our cartographers shall collide
很快我们两国的制图员就会纠结
not far from the North West Frontier of India.
印度西北的边界该怎么划
It would be a shame, would it not,
当然 如果两国士兵也碰撞交锋起来
if our grenadiers collided, too?
岂不是非常可惜
When you are so close together,
当两个国家如此接近
and you are not friends,
却又并非朋友
it is very difficult to avoid friction.
那冲突便是在所难免了