還是喜歡那個厚厚的軍禮

My dear Mrs Ryan

親愛的瑞恩太太：

 

It's with the most profound sense of joy that I write to inform you your son,Private 詹姆士 Ryan,is well and at this very moment ,on his way home from European battlefields.

我滿懷欣喜之情通知您，您的兒子，列兵詹姆斯?瑞恩平安無事。此刻，他正在從歐洲戰場返鄉的途中。

 

Reports from the front indicate 詹姆士 did his duty in combat with great courage and steadfast dedication even after he was informed of the tragic loss.Your family has suffered in this great campaign to rid the world of tyranny and oppression.

來自前線的報告表明，在他得知三個哥哥在這場為剷除獨裁和壓迫的世界大戰中，不幸犧牲的消息後，仍以非凡的勇氣和赤誠之心履行了他的職責。

 

I take great pleasure in joining the secretary of war,the men and women of the United States Army，and the citizens of a grateful nation, in wishing you good health and many years of happiness with 詹姆士 at your side.

我很榮幸的，以最高統帥和全軍將士，以及對您充滿感激之情的全國人民的名義
祝您，在詹姆斯瑞恩的陪伴下，幸福，安康。

 

Nothing ,not even the safe return of a beloved son,can compensate you or the thousands of other American families who have suffered great loss in this tragic war.

任何事情，包括您的愛子歸來，都無法彌補您以及千百萬美國家庭在這場災難性戰爭中所飽受的巨大損失。

 

And I might share you with some words,which have sustained me through long,dark nights of peril,loss and heartache.And I quote"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assurage the anguish of your bereavement,and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost.And the solemn pride that must be yours to have so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.Abraham Licoln"

我在此與你共享一段在危險絕望中支持我的話。現引用如下「我，懇求上帝撫平您失去愛子的哀傷，心中留下對英烈們的珍貴記憶，以及您當之無愧的為自由而奉獻的神聖的自豪感 —亞伯拉罕.林肯」

 

Yours very sincerely and respectfully,

George C.Marshall,General,Chief of staff.

您最最忠誠的美軍總參謀長喬治.馬歇爾

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