战前37天（2014）

It arrived in Berlin just 23 minutes
在皇帝陛下签署动员令
after the Kaiser had signed our mobilisation papers.
仅仅23分钟后 这个提案就送来了
Open those doors...
把门打开
and bring champagne.
上香槟
What is it?
怎么了
The best champagne. What is it?
上最上等的香槟 说的什么
Gentleman, I just received word
先生们 我刚刚收到
from Prince Lichnowsky in London.
伦敦那边李赫诺夫斯基亲王的消息
"French and..."
"法国和..."
Chancellor, you represent the civilian arm of Germany.
总理 你代表的是德国的公民
You read it.
你来读
"French and British neutrality guaranteed
"如果德国不对法国发起攻击"
"if Germany refrains from attacking France."
"英法将保持中立"
Only Russia is left in the field.
俄♥国♥孤立无援了
I have 25,000 trains in motion.
我已调动了25000列火车
Will Russia back down now also? She might well do that.
俄♥国♥现在也有可能撤军吗 很有可能啊
25,000 trains are moving westwards.
25000列西行的火车
They don't have brakes?
难道刹不住车吗
Our forward units are about to enter Luxembourg.
我们的先头部队马上就要进入卢森堡了
Then stop them, Moltke, and deploy the entire army to the east!
那就下令撤军 毛奇 向东线调军
I can't, it's too late. It's a command, you halfwit.
不行 太晚了 这是命令 蠢货
Stop them and turn the army to the east.
从西线撤军 把军队调往东部
Let's go!
走
To England. To Sir Edward Grey.
敬英格兰 敬爱德华·格雷爵士
It will be complete chaos!
会整个乱成一团的
The whole world will be thrown into chaos!
整个世界都会乱成一团
The army.
军队而已
You said the whole world. It's just the army.
你说全世界 其实只是军队而已
It is simple, Moltke.
很简单 毛奇
Applaud this man's superb diplomacy...
首先为他出众的外交技巧鼓掌
..And then begin shifting your men to the east.
然后掉转兵锋杀向东线
We'll discuss reservations once you've finished.
等你办完这件事 我们再讨论其他问题
Well, on with it, mobilise yourself first.
首先 动员你自己
This isn't leadership.
这根本不是明主所为
You might start by getting those Luxembourg patrols back
你最好趁进入卢森堡的先遣队没惹出麻烦之前
before they do some damage.
赶紧把他们调回来
It isn't.
昏庸之至
Even with that absurd marshal's batten in your hand.
就算你手里拿着可笑的元帅权杖
Moltke!
毛奇
Your one good hand.
你那仅存的一只健全的手
When do wars start?
战争是什么时候开始的
When a declaration is signed?
声明是什么时候签署的
or when an embassy is closed?
大使♥馆♥又是什么时候关闭的
Or do we delude ourselves that
又或者我们在自欺欺人
these formalities are what count?
这些形式其实并不重要
I know this.
但我知道
Our fellows were not meant to be in Luxembourg on August 1st.
我们的士兵不该在8月1日进入卢森堡
We had not declared an argument with that country,
我们与该国没有发生冲突
let alone declared a war.
更别提战争
Yet, at seven in the evening
然而 晚上7点时
a detachment of the 69th Infantry Regiment
第69步兵团的一支小分队
crossed over into Luxembourg.
跨过国界 进入了卢森堡
They were under the command of a Lieutenant Feldmann,
指挥官费尔德曼上尉接到命令
who'd been told to seize the town's telegraph office.
带领他们去攻占镇电报局
No casualties were suffered that day
那天没有出现人员伤亡
unless you count Private Mayer with his sprained ankle.
除非你算上二等兵梅耶扭伤的脚踝
But this strange little engagement was the curtain-raiser
但这场诡异的小型交锋
to an all-out war on the Western Front.
开启了西部战线的全面战争
Or it would have been,
或者说本该是开端
had Sir Edward Grey's peace plan
如果爱德华·格雷爵士的和平方案
not reached Berlin just in time.
没能及时到达柏林
Feldmann was told to come home.
费尔德曼受令撤退
The war in the west had been cancelled.
西线战事被叫停了
Scheisse.
该死
Dear Georgie,
亲爱的乔治
having just received the glorious communication from your Government
刚刚收到贵国政♥府♥的好消息
offering French neutrality under guarantee of Great Britain,
承诺在英国保证下维持法国中立
I am delighted to convey my own government's
我十分高兴地向您传达我政♥府♥
enthusiasm for the proposal.
对这一提议的积极态度
How does an army of several million men
好几百万人组成的军队
defeat another army of several million men?
如何打败另一支好几百万人的军队
I will likely resign from the government if we enter this war.
如果我们加入战争 我就从政♥府♥辞职
For God's sake,
老天
state the conditions under which Britain will remain neutral.
你说什么情形下英国能保持中立
that you do not go to war with France.
你们不和法国开战的情形
Madness. They could have saved us.
疯了 他们本可以救我们免于一死的
Those German railway platforms are now half a mile long.
那些德国铁路站台 现在有半英里长
German troops are heading towards the Belgian border.
德军正向比利时边境进发
You'll be told there isn't a better time to be young
别人会告诉你 年轻是最好的
and that you are the envy of those too old to fight.
那些年迈无法参战的人 都羡慕你
I've never seen myself as a soldier.
我从不觉得我是个士兵
The immense expense of blood will, in the end, be for nothing.
付出巨大的生命代价 最终却是徒劳无功
It is you who can stop it.
只有你才能阻止事态恶化