战前37天（2014）

Gallic on the surface.
表面上是高卢人
Gallic to the core.
内里也是高卢人
But there were many in the foreign office who joked that
但是外♥交♥部♥有不少人开玩笑说
Monsieur Cambon was representing Russia too.
康邦先生也代表俄♥国♥
For in 1♥8♥9♥2 the impossible had happened.
因为1♥8♥9♥2年 最不可能的事情发生了
Republican France,
法兰西共和国
home to the Revolution, had signed a treaty with Tsarist Russia,
革命的故乡 却和专♥制♥暴♥政♥的代表沙皇俄♥国♥
the symbol of despotic tyranny.
签署了结盟条约
Why had they done this?
他们为什么这么做
Fear!
恐惧
Fear that they might be overwhelmed again by the German army.
他们恐惧德国铁骑会再次击溃他们
The foreign secretary will see you now, Your Excellency.
外交大臣现在要见你 阁下
So now, if Russia went to war
所以现在 如果俄♥国♥参战
it was likely that France would do so too.
法国也很可能会这么做
If France follows Russia into a Balkan war
如果法国跟着俄♥国♥卷入巴尔干战争
it will be difficult for Britain to follow France.
英国很难跟随法国参战
I know that sounds blunt.
我知道那听起来很不客气
But I think it's important to be clear.
但我觉得说清楚很重要
So there's no room for misunderstanding later.
这样就不会发生误解
Germany, happily, will postpone its own mobilisation
值得高兴的是 德国会推迟动员
until we have absolutely exhausted efforts at mediation.
直到我们穷尽一切调停的外交手段
But in the light of Russia's actions,
但鉴于俄♥国♥的行动
we are asking rather a lot of them I feel.
我觉得我们需要相当多的外交交涉了
It does sound blunt.
的确很不客气
Ah, for a moment there
有那么一瞬间
I thought you'd taken a vow of silence, Paul.
我还以为你许了缄默之誓呢 保罗
There is a war party in Germany.
德国有一帮主战派
He knows it. I know it too.
他知道 我也知道
But if France throws the fat in the fire by following Russia,
但是如果法国跟着俄♥国♥火上浇油
it will simply encourage that war party.
那只会刺♥激♥那些主战派
Don't you think?
你觉得呢
How easy it is to be complacent about Germany
你能在面对德国的时候满不在乎
when you are protected by the Channel.
还不是因为有英吉利海峡的保护
My dear fellow, it's not the Channel that protects us.
我亲爱的伙伴 保护我们的不是海峡
It's the Navy.
而是海军
Theirs is no ordinary mobilisation, of course.
他们当然做不到全面动员
The Russian railway system...
俄♥国♥的铁路系统
Is prehistoric.
老旧不堪
It would be quicker to get their men
用货运马车运兵上前线
to the front in horse and cart.
都比坐火车快
And therefore there is no need for us to panic.
因此我们没必要恐慌
Who panics here?
谁恐慌了
I'm saying we should not be hasty.
我是说我们不能鲁莽行事
The French will be. It's their nature.
但法国人肯定鲁莽 他们天性如此
But France has not mobilised.
可是法国还没有动员军队
On the contrary, I received a piece of information today...
恰恰相反 我今天收到一条消息
which I wish to share with you.
很乐意与你分享
On an initiative from the French Foreign Ministry
法国外♥交♥部♥倡议
to eliminate potential sources of friction
为消除德法间潜在的摩擦来源
all French military personnel have retreated ten kilometres
驻守法德边界的所有法方军事人员
from the Franco-German frontier, as from this morning.
将向后撤退10公里 今晨开始执行
They're getting some practice in. Shut up!
他们这是先练练吧 闭嘴
The French have not mobilised.
法国还没有动员军队
Not yet.
暂时而已
So, you are asking us to threaten someone
你是让我们在潜在威胁成真之前
in advance of them possibly threatening us?
先下手为强
Yes. Yes, I am.
是的 是的
What are you planning?
你在计划些什么
Either Germany fills her lungs or she dies.
德国要么备战 要么灭亡
This is the law of nations.
这就是国际准则
International life is a constant struggle to breathe.
不断挣扎以获得生存空间
You want to invade France?
你想入侵法国
And then we'll deal with the Russians.
接着我们再对付俄♥国♥佬
Is this vanity?
你是不是太自大了
It won't be like your uncle's day, Moltke.
现在不是你叔叔那个时代了 毛奇
I thought as a military man
我想你作为一个军人
you might have noticed the line of concrete forts
应该对他们1870年以来筑起的混凝土防线
they've built since 1870.
有所耳闻
Toul, Moulainville, Douaumont...
图勒 穆兰维尔 杜奥蒙
Very good Bethmann. You should set this to music.
真不错啊贝特曼 你该用这个编个小曲
Verdun.
凡尔登
Verdun. Oui, oui, pas oublier Verdun.
凡尔登 是的是的 别忘了凡尔登
Are we just to ignore these fortifications?
难道我们可以无视这些防御工事吗
Pretend they are not there? They do not exist?
假装它们不在那儿 假装它们不存在吗
We could spare France, of course, and concentrate on Russia.
我们当然可以晾着法国 专心对付俄♥国♥
But Paris would have to agree to certain conditions.
但巴黎方面必须给出一些承诺
Those, I've already outlined to our friends in London.
具体内容 我已和伦敦的朋友们拟定了
You're talking to London?
你在联♥系♥伦敦方面
They will receive my note tomorrow morning.
他们明早就会收到我的照会
Thank you.
谢谢
Quite incredible.
真是不可思议
Germany is practically asking for the keys to France.
德国等于是在要求法国不设防
If France agrees to remain neutral
如果法国同意
in the event of a German-Russian war
在德俄战争中保持中立
it gets as its reward from Germany, what?
它将从德国得到应得的报偿 会是什么
The German occupation of the fortresses of Verdun
战争期间德国有权占据
and Toul for the duration of that war!
凡尔登和图勒要塞
They don't seem to know
看来他们根本不明白
the difference between a threat and a bribe.
威胁和收买♥♥之间的区别
It's intended to provoke a French mobilisation.
他们是在故意激怒法国动员军队
Not convinced. It is, Edward.
不足为信 就是这样 爱德华
It would be like them telling us
这就好像他们跟我们说
"We won't attack you, but Winston here must allow German sailors
"我们不打英国 但温斯顿必须答应
to take command of the Royal Navy."
让德国水兵接管大英皇家海军"
You all keep saying "they" or "them".
你们总是说"他们"
How do you know it's not the work of just one man?
你们怎么知道这不是某一个人的主意
And rogues have loud voices.
无赖恶棍总是喊得最响
Doesn't mean they speak for everyone.
但他们并不代表大多数人的意见
Yah. I beg your pardon?
得了吧 这是什么意思
I think we must share this with the Cabinet.
我想我们有必要让内阁知情
They will be waiting, Winston.
他们已经等着了 温斯顿
The German proposal is inept. Of course it is.
德国的提议的确不合适 毫无疑义
But the principle...
但是其根本原则
but the principle behind it is not a bad one.
但这提议最根本的原则 并无恶意
What is this principle, Mr Chancellor?
这原则具体指什么 财政大臣
That we stuff our ally?
让我们抛弃盟友吗
Very good, Winston.
很尖锐 温斯顿
But the principle that Mr Burns here is talking about
但伯恩斯先生所说的原则
is one of separating any war in the east
是指杜绝任何东欧的战争
from any likely conflict in the west.
在西欧引发争端的可能性
Building a cavity wall between the two.
相当于在二者之间建一堵隔离墙
The sensible thing would be to send France a signal
为今之计 应当向法国暗示
that we do not share her enthusiasm for war.
我们对其参战的热情持保留态度
That we rein her in.
我们要让法国有所约束
Or leave her high and dry?
还是要让法国变得孤立无援
France is our, our...our ally, we do have certain obligations.
法国是我们的盟友 我们对其负有义务
We have an "understanding" with her.
我们只是和法国达成过"谅解"
That's putting it rather mildly, Lord Morley.
这种说法可不甚正式 莫莱勋爵
It is an "understanding".
那只是个"谅解"
That's the way the Foreign secretary
外交大臣在谈到
described the Entente Cordiale
英法"友好协议"的最初设想时
when it was first dreamt up.
就是这么描述它的
But exactly what this "understanding" entails
但这个"谅解"究竟对我们意味着什么
we around this table don't quite know.
在座各位都并不清楚
There's nothing that you're concealing from us,
你不会有什么事情对我们隐而未报吧
is there, Sir Edward?
爱德华爵士
Please... Sir Edward is still in cabinet.
请坐 爱德华爵士还在内阁开会
But I could have some tea brought for you.
但我可以先给您端杯茶
Thank you.
谢谢
Have you been waiting long?
你等了很久了吗