Duty，Honor，Country翻译

课文原文与翻译 Unit Eight A Duty，Honor，Country General Westmoreland, General Grove, distinguished guests, and gentlemen of the Corps! As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, "Where are you bound for, General?" And when I replied, "West Point," he remarked, "Beautiful place. Have you ever been there before?" No human being could fail to be deeply moved by such a tribute as this.Coming from a profession I have served so long, and a people I have loved so well, it fills me with an emotion I cannot express. But this award is not intended primarily to honor a personality, but to symbolize a great moral code -- the code of conduct and chivalry of those who guard this beloved land of culture and ancient descent. That is the animation of this medallion. For all eyes and for all time, it is an expression of the ethics of the American soldier. That I should be integrated in this way with so noble an ideal arouses a sense of pride and yet of humility which will be with me always Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. They build your basic character. They mold you for your future roles as the custodians of the nation's defense. They make you strong enough to know when you are weak, and brave enough to face yourself when you are afraid. They teach you to be proud and unbending in honest failure, but humble and gentle in success; not to substitute words for actions, not to seek the path of comfort, but to face the stress and spur of difficulty and challenge; to learn to stand up in the storm but to have compassion on those who fall; to master yourself before you seek to master others; to have a heart that is clean, a goal that is high; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; to reach into the future yet never neglect the past; to be serious yet never to take yourself too seriously; to be modest so that you will remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength. They give you a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a freshness of the deep springs of life, a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of an appetite for adventure over love of ease. They create in your heart the sense of wonder, the unfailing hope of what next, and the joy and inspiration of life. They teach you in this way to be an officer and a gentleman. And what sort of soldiers are those you are to lead? Their story is known to all of you. It is the story of the American man-at-arms. My estimate of him was formed on the battlefield many, many years ago, and has never changed. I regarded him then as I regard him now -- as one of the world's noblest figures. He needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. He has written his own history .I do know the glory of their death. They died unquestioning, uncomplaining, with faith in their hearts, and on their lips the hope that we would go on to victory. Always, for them: Duty, Honor, Country. And 20 years after, on the other side of the globe, again boiling suns of relentless heat, those torrential rains of devastating storms; the loneliness and utter desolation of jungle trails; the bitterness of long separation from those they loved and cherished; the deadly pestilence of tropical disease; the horror of stricken areas of war; their resolute and determined defense, their swift and sure attack, their indomitable purpose, their complete and decisive victory -- always victory. Always through the bloody haze of their last reverberating shot, the vision of gaunt, ghastly men reverently following your password of: Duty, Honor, Country. The code which those words perpetuate embraces the highest moral laws and will stand the test of any ethics or philosophies ever promulgated for the uplift of mankind. Its requirements are for the things that are right, and its restraints are from the things that are wrong.The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training -- sacrifice.However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind. Others will debate the controversial issues, national and international, which divide men's minds; but serene, calm, aloof, you stand as the Nation's war-guardian, as its lifeguard from the raging tides of international conflict, as its gladiator in the arena of battle. For a century and a half you have defended, guarded, and protected its hallowed traditions of liberty and freedom, of right and justice.Let civilian voices argue the merits or demerits of our processes of government.These great national problems are not for your professional participation or military solution. Your guidepost stands out like a ten-fold beacon in the night: Duty, Honor, Country. This does not mean that you are war mongers.On the contrary, the soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato, that wisest of all philosophers: "Only the dead have seen the end of war." The shadows are lengthening for me. The twilight is here. My days of old have vanished, tone and tint. They have gone glimmering through the dreams of things that were. In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.But in the evening of my memory, always I come back to West Point.Always there echoes and re-echoes: Duty, Honor, Country.Today marks my final roll call with you, but I want you to know that when I cross the river my last conscious thoughts will be of The Corps, and The Corps, and The Corps. I bid you farewell. 责任、荣誉、国家 道格拉斯-麦克阿瑟 威斯特摩兰将军，格罗夫将军，各位嘉宾，各位学员： 今天早晨，我走出旅馆的时候，看门人问道，“将军，您上哪去?，，我答道，“去西点军校。”“那可是个好地方。您从前去过那儿吗?’’这样的殊荣，没有人不为之动容。这荣誉来自我长期以来所从事的这个职业，来自我深深热爱的这个民族。我的感情无法用语言来形容但是这种奖赏主要并非彰个人，而是代表一种伟大的道德标准一那些捍卫这块可爱土地的人的行为标准与骑士气概。能有幸以这种方式与这一崇高的理想联系在一起，我感到无上的光荣，又感到十分谦卑，这种感情将永远伴随着我。 “责任”、“荣誉”、“国家”一这三个神圣的词语庄严地决定了你们应该成为怎样的人． 能成为怎样的人，会成为怎样的人。它们是你们力量的源泉，在即将灰心时鼓起勇气，在信心动摇时重建信念，在几乎绝望时创造希望。它们塑造了你们的基本性格。它们培养你们成为将来保卫国家的卫士。它们使你们意志坚强，了解自己何时脆弱不堪；在胆怯时仍能勇于面对自己。它们教你在真正的失败面前骄傲不屈、而在成功面前谦卑和蔼；不以言代行，不寻求坦途，而去面对困难与挑战的重压与激励。学会屹立于风浪之中，但对倒下的人满怀同情；心灵纯洁，目标高远；学会笑的同时，永远不忘怎样哭泣；展望未来，也不忘过去：为人持重，却不妄自尊大；保持谦虚，以便铭记真正伟大的简单，真正智慧的宽怀，真正力量的温和。它们赋予你坚强的意志，想象的品质，旺盛的情感，生命源泉的鲜活力：’在气质上果敢压过怯懦，渴望冒险胜于贪图安逸。它们在你心中创造惊异感，对未来的无限希望以及对生活的乐趣和灵感。它们正是以这种方式教你们成为一位军官和绅士。 你们将要率领的士兵是怎样的人呢?他们的故事，你们全都熟悉。那是美国士兵的故事。 代对他们的评价是在多年前的战场上形成的，并且从未改变。我始终认为他们是世界上最高 尚的人之一。他们无需我或任何人来颂扬。他们已经写下了自己的历史。我不知道他们是否 蹦身高贵，但我知道他们死得非常光荣。他们牺牲时毫不犹豫、无怨无悔、满怀信念，嘴角 挂着希望一我们将最终走向胜利。他们自始至终信奉“责任”、“荣誉”、“国家”。 20年后，在地球的另一端，历史又重演，炙热阳光下的无情暴晒，肆虐风暴中的倾盆大 雨，渺无人烟的丛林中的羊肠小道，与爱人、亲人长期离别的痛楚，战争地区的恐怖。他们坚定顽强的守卫，快速有效的进攻，不屈不挠的意志，关键彻底的胜利——永远的胜利，总是通过他们最后一枪回声的血雾和这些瘦削憔悴战士的视野才得以实现。他们庄严地履行着“责任”、“荣誉”、“国家”这一号令。 这些词语所体现的不朽准则包含着最高的道德法则，经得起任何促进人类进步的伦理和 哲学的考验。它所要求的是力行正确，远离谬误。战士，首当其冲，要履行宗教修炼中的最 伟大行为——牺牲。无论战争如何恐怖，他们响应召唤，奉献自己，为国捐躯，这是人类发展的最崇高境界。 人们会围绕悬而未决、众说纷纭的国内外问题争论不休。但是你们却保持着沉着、镇定、 无争的心态，充当着国家的保卫者，国际冲突汹涌大潮的救生员，竞技场上的角斗士。一个 半世纪以来，你们捍卫、守护、保卫着自由、权利与正义的神圣传统。让平民百姓去辩论国 家在施政过程中的功过是非。这些重大的国内问题无须你们的职业参与或军事解决。如同黑 夜间十倍亮度的灯塔——你们的路标：“责任”、“荣誉”、“国家”。 这并非说你们是好战之辈，恰恰相反，士兵比任何人都祈愿和平，因为他们必须承受最 痛的战争创伤。但是我们的耳旁常回响起最为睿智的哲人柏拉图的不祥预言：“只有死者才能看到战争的终结。” 我已到桑榆暮年，行将就木。生命的黄昏已经降临，昔日的光彩早已消逝。它们随着对 往日的念想，消失在余辉中。在无数梦境中，我又依稀听到隆隆的炮火声，战场上奇怪而哀 伤的低语。可是，在晚年的回忆里，我总是回到西点。那里总是不断回响着：“责任”、“荣誉”、“国家”。今天虽然是我最后一次与你们一起点名，但仍然希望你们知道，当我弥留之际，我最后的清醒意识一定是军团、军团、军团。 就此向诸位告别。 PAGE 1