莫非作戰定律(四) - 翻譯

原文刊於http://www.wretch.cc/blog/LYCH2006/6632958
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/LYCH2006/6958616


61. If the Platoon Sergeant can see you, so can the enemy.
如果你的排副可以看到你，敵人也可以看到你。
（所以小兵都把自己的排副當敵人，恨得牙養養。）

62. Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down, never
stay awake when you can sleep.
可以坐著就別站著，可以躺著就別坐著，可以睡就別醒著。
（當學生的人也是這樣嗎？）

63. The most dangerous thing in the world is a Second Lieutenant with a map
and a compass.
世界上最危險的事情就是一名少尉帶著一份地圖和一個指北針。

64. Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.
例外證明規則，並破壞作戰計劃。
（好...............好多例外啊！）

65. Everything always works in your HQ, everything always fails in the
Colonel's HQ.
你的總部搞定所有的事；上校的總部搞砸所有的事。
（這真是上班族的心聲。）

66. The enemy never watches until you make a mistake.
敵人不會注意你，直到你犯了錯。
（那..............我會注意到敵人犯錯嗎？）

67. One enemy soldier is never enough, but two is entirely too many.
一個敵人絕對不夠，兩個就太多了。

68. A clean (and dry) set of BDU's is a magnet for mud and rain.
一套乾爽潔淨的戰鬥服會馬上沾滿泥巴和雨水。

69. The worse the weather, the more you are required to be out in it.
天氣越差你就越必須待在室外。
（我覺得出去玩的時候好像也是這樣。）

70. Whenever you have plenty of ammo, you never miss. Whenever you are
low on ammo, you can't hit the broad side of a barn.
當你有大量彈藥時，你不會失手；當你只有一點彈藥時，你連穀倉都打不到。
（所以說有大量彈藥的時候，有二十個敵人也不嫌少？？）


71. The more a weapon costs, the farther you will have to send it away to
be repaired.

越貴的武器就要送到越遠的地方修理。
（非常貼切的描述。）

72. The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the
weapon's operator.

武器的複雜程度與操作人員的智商成反比。
（說實在，我覺得天兵不一定總是操作複雜的武器。）

73. Field experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

所謂的戰場經驗就是在你需要之後才會得到的東西。

74. No matter which way you have to march, its always uphill.

不管你的行軍路線是哪一條，一定是上坡。

75. If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything.

如果搜集足夠的資訊，一支偵察隊可以證明任何事。
（我應該沒有翻錯吧？）

76. For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
(in boot camp)

在新兵訓練營中每一個動作都會有正反意見。
（嗯......我的理解對嗎？）

77. Air strikes always overshoot the target, artillery always falls short.

空中攻擊總是炸過頭；砲擊總是打太近。
（現在有精確制導武器了，還會有這樣的狀況嗎？）

78. When reviewing the radio frequencies that you just wrote down, the most
important ones are always illegible.

當你重新檢視你剛寫下的無線電頻率時，最重要的幾個總是字跡最潦草的。
（你應該慶幸至少無線電沒有失靈。）

79. Those who hesitate under fire usually do not end up KIA or WIA.

那些在敵火下猶豫不決的人通常不會陣亡或受傷。
（多做多中彈，少做少中彈，不做不中彈？？）

80. The tough part about being an officer is that the troops don't know what
they want, but they know for certain what they don't want.

身為一個軍官的困難處在於部隊不知道他們想要什麼，但他們絕對知道他們不想要什麼。
（有誰幹過軍官的出來說一下吧！）

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"This is my rifle."
"There are many like it, but this one is mine."
"Without my rifle, I am nothing."
"Without me, my rifle is nothing."

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