2011年2月14日星期一

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英文:

On the night of 14 November 1940, the German Luftwaffe bombed the English city of Coventry. The raid destroyed more than 50,000 houses and shops, and killed 554 citizens and wounded 865. The 14th century St Michael's Cathedral, Coventry's most famous building, was destroyed.Churchill knew beforehand, through Ultra* intercepts, that Coventry was about to be bombed, but to evacuate the population or to engage in great strength the bomber fleet as it approached, was to tell the Germans that their Enigma security system had been penetrated. The British prime minister therefore made no preparations for the raid. This was the only way to protect Ultra, one of the most important weapons of victory in the whole war.

譯畢查看古先生譯文,發現'Ultra''Enigma'是需要背景知識才能譯出來的,我沒做功課,只是快快譯了便是,因此貽笑大方。

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譯習:

一九四零年十一月十四日的晚上,德國空軍轟炸英國城市考文垂。那次突襲摧毀了超過五萬間房屋和商店,五百五十四名平民遇難,八百六十五名受傷。考文垂最著名的十四世紀建築聖邁克爾大教堂被炸毀。透過「終極」攔截,邱吉爾預先知道考文垂就快要被炸了,但在轟炸前夕去撤離民眾或忙於調動轟炸機艦,就是告訴德軍他們的謎碼保安系統已被破解。所以,邱吉爾對突襲甚麼防備也不做,這是唯一保護「終極」的方法,而「終極」是整場戰爭致勝的關鍵武器之一。


(古德明選段,蘋果日報副刊2011.2.14.)

(古譯:一九四○年十一月十四日晚,德國空軍轟炸英格蘭城市科芬特里,五萬多所房屋、商店被毀,市民有五百五十四人被炸死,八百六十五人被炸傷。市內最著名的建築物聖麥可大教堂,建於十四世紀,也遭摧毀。邱吉爾早已截取得絕密情報,知道科芬特里將被轟炸,但假如撤退居民,或大舉迎擊來犯的轟炸機隊,等於告訴德國說,他們的恩尼格瑪密碼系統已遭破解。這位英國首相於是沒有部署防範,一任德軍空襲。這是保 衞絕密情報的唯一辦法,而絕密情報是全盤戰事取勝的最重要武器之一。

*英國利用恩尼格瑪譯碼器,破解德國軍事密碼,所得絕密情報稱為 Ultra。)

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