雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第7章:運轉起來(1)

Part Two The Physical Running Up

第五章：運轉起來

One's-self I sing, a simple separate person,

我要用寬廣遼闊的詞語，

Yet utter the word DeMocratic, the word En-Masse.

來歌唱個體的人。

Of physiology from top to toe I sing,

我要從頭到腳歌唱生命的全部，

Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse,

僅有外表，或僅有頭腦，絕非繆斯女神所愛。

I say the Form complete is worthier far,

我歌唱生命的全程，

The Female equally with the Male I sing.

我歌唱女人，也歌唱男人。

Of Life immense in passion, pulse and power,

我歌唱他們的激情、勇敢和力量，

Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine,

自由地行於天賜的法則之下。

The Modern Man I sing.

現世的人們啊，我爲你們歌唱。

The surrender at Stalingrad had marked the beginning of the end for Germany. The war had turned.

斯大林格勒的挫敗，標誌着德國的終曲已然敲響，這場戰爭開始轉折。

Yet in the south and west there was little evidence of progress for the Allies.

但是目前，盟軍在南線和西線的成功並不明顯，

The African war dragged on, the Luftwaffe still mounted raids on Britain.

非洲戰場依舊苟延殘喘，德國空軍仍然不斷地突襲英國。

And the ports were sheltering the survivors of what had been the most damaging convoy battle of the war, fought in mid-Atlantic while Alan had waited in New York.

當艾倫在紐約等待回國的時候，大西洋上發生了激烈的戰鬥，護航隊損失慘重。碼頭上擠滿了死裏逃生的倖存者，這是艾倫回國後首先布入眼簾的影像。