2017翻譯碩士考研：《三十六計》英文表達(6)

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《孫子兵法》三十六計(Thirty-Six Stratagems)乃兵家之經典著作。語源于南北朝，成書于明清，是漢民族悠久文化遺產之一。古人學好三十六計，帶兵打勝券在握。現代人習之，在商場職場生活領域中，古為今用。而三十六計在外國也極受歡迎！那么我們就一起看看三十六計的英文表達吧!

第六套：敗戰計

Chapter 6: Desperate Stratagems

第三十一計 美人計

using seductive women to corrupt the enemy

▌原文

兵強者，攻其將;將智者，伐其情。將弱兵頹，其勢自萎。利用御寇，順相保也。

▌英文注釋

Send your enemy beautiful women to cause discord within his camp. This strategy can work on three levels.

First, the ruler becomes so enamoured with the beauty that he neglects his duties and allows his vigilance to wane.

Second, other males at court will begin to display aggressive behaviour that inflames minor differences hindering co-operation and destroying morale.

Third, other females at court, motivated by jealousy and envy, begin to plot intrigues further exacerbating the situation.

第三十二計 空城計

presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness

▌原文

虛者虛之，疑中生疑。剛柔之際，奇而復奇。

▌英文注釋

When the enemy is superior in numbers and your situation is such that you expect to be overrun at any moment, then drop all pretense of military preparedness, act calmly and taunt the enemy, so that the enemy will think you have a huge ambush hidden for them.

It works best by acting calm and at ease when your enemy expects you to be tense.

第三十三計 反間計

sowing discord among the enemy

▌原文

疑中之疑。比之自內，不自失也。

▌英文注釋

Undermine your enemy's ability to fight by secretly causing discord between him and his friends, allies, advisors, family, commanders, soldiers, and population. While he is preoccupied settling internal disputes, his ability to attack or defend is compromised.

第三十四計 苦肉計

deceiving the enemy by torturing one's own man

▌原文

人不自害，受害必真。假真真假，間以得行。童蒙之吉，順以巽也。

▌英文注釋

Pretending to be injured has two possible applications. In the first, the enemy is lulled into relaxing his guard since he no longer considers you to be an immediate threat.

The second is a way of ingratiating yourself to your enemy by pretending the injury was caused by a mutual enemy.

第三十五計 連環計

coordinating one stratagem with another

▌原文

將多兵眾，不可以敵，使其自累，以殺其勢。在師中吉，承天寵也。

▌英文注釋

In important matters, one should use several stratagems applied simultaneously after another as in a chain of stratagems. Keep different plans operating in an overall scheme; however, in this manner if any one strategy fails, then the chain breaks and the whole scheme fails.

第三十六計 走為上

decamping being the best; running away as the best choice

▌原文

全師避敵。左次無咎，未失常也。

▌英文注釋

If it becomes obvious that your current course of action will lead to  defeat, then retreat and regroup. When your side is losing, there are only three choices remaining: surrender, compromise, or escape.

Surrender is complete defeat, compromise is half defeat, but escape is not defeat.

As long as you are not defeated, you still have a chance.This is the most famous of the stratagems, immortalized in the form of a Chinese idiom: "Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is best".