Simple Sabotage Field Manual — Page 4
Simple sabotage is often an act which the citizen performs according to his own initiative and inclination.
El sabotaje simple es con frecuencia un acto que el ciudadano realiza según su propia iniciativa e inclinación.
Acts of destruction do not bring him any personal gain and may be completely foreign to his habitually conservationist attitude toward materials and tools.
Los actos de destrucción no le reportan ningún beneficio personal y pueden ser completamente ajenos a su actitud habitualmente conservacionista hacia los materiales y las herramientas.
Purposeful stupidity is contrary to human nature.
La estupidez deliberada es contraria a la naturaleza humana.
He frequently needs pressure, stimulation or assurance, and information and suggestions regarding feasible methods of simple sabotage.
Con frecuencia necesita presión, estimulación o seguridad, así como información y sugerencias sobre métodos viables de sabotaje simple.
(1) _Personal Motives_
(1) _Motivos personales_
(a) The ordinary citizen very probably has no immediate personal motive for committing simple sabotage.
(a) El ciudadano común muy probablemente no tiene ningún motivo personal inmediato para cometer sabotaje simple.
Instead, he must be made to anticipate indirect personal gain, such as might come with enemy evacuation or destruction of the ruling government group.
En cambio, hay que hacerle anticipar un beneficio personal indirecto, como el que podría llegar con la evacuación del enemigo o la destrucción del grupo gubernamental en el poder.
Gains should be stated as specifically as possible for the area addressed: simple sabotage will hasten the day when Commissioner X and his deputies Y and Z will be thrown out, when particularly obnoxious decrees and restrictions will be abolished, when food will arrive, and so on.
Los beneficios deben expresarse de la manera más específica posible para el área a la que se dirige: el sabotaje simple acelerará el día en que el Comisario X y sus adjuntos Y y Z sean expulsados, en que los decretos y restricciones particularmente odiosos sean abolidos, en que lleguen los alimentos, y así sucesivamente.
Abstract verbalizations about personal liberty, freedom of the press, and so on, will not be convincing in most parts of the world.
Las verbalizaciones abstractas sobre la libertad personal, la libertad de prensa, etc., no resultarán convincentes en la mayoría de las partes del mundo.
In many areas they will not even be comprehensible.
En muchas áreas ni siquiera serán comprensibles.
(b) Since the effect of his own acts is limited, the saboteur may become discouraged unless he feels that he is a member of a large, though unseen, group of saboteurs operating against the enemy or the government of his own country and elsewhere.
(b) Dado que el efecto de sus propios actos es limitado, el saboteador puede desanimarse a menos que sienta que forma parte de un grupo numeroso, aunque invisible, de saboteadores que actúan contra el enemigo o el gobierno de su propio país y en otros lugares.
Vocabulary
- El
- The (masculine singular article)
- sabotaje
- Deliberate destruction or obstruction of work
- simple
- Easy, uncomplicated, or straightforward
- es
- Is (third person singular present of ser)
- con
- With (preposition indicating accompaniment)
- frecuencia
- Frequency or regularity of occurrence
- un
- A or one (masculine singular article)
- acto
- An action, deed, or act
- que
- That, which (relative pronoun)
- ciudadano
- A citizen or inhabitant of country
- realiza
- Carries out or accomplishes
- según
- According to or depending on
- su
- His, her, its, or their
- propia
- Own or belonging to oneself
- iniciativa
- Initiative or the power to begin
- inclinación
- Inclination, tendency, or preference
- Los
- The (masculine plural article)
- actos
- Actions, deeds, or acts (plural)
- de
- Of (preposition showing possession)
- destrucción
- Destruction or the act of destroying
- no
- Not or no (negation)
- le
- Him, her, or it (indirect object)
- reportan
- Report or bring to someone
- ningún
- None or any (negative adjective)
- beneficio
- Benefit or advantage
- personal
- Personal or individual (adjective)
- pueden
- Can or are able to
- ser
- To be (infinitive)
- completamente
- Completely or entirely
- ajenos
- Foreign, unrelated, or unknown
- actitud
- Attitude or manner of approach
- habitualmente
- Habitually or customarily
- conservacionista
- Conservationist or conservation-minded person
- hacia
- Toward or in the direction of
- los
- The (masculine plural article)
- materiales
- Materials or raw substances
- las
- The (feminine plural article)
- herramientas
- Tools or implements for work
- La
- The (feminine singular article)
- estupidez
- Stupidity or extreme foolishness
- deliberada
- Deliberate or intentional action
- contraria
- Contrary or opposed to something
- naturaleza
- Nature or essential characteristic
- humana
- Human or relating to humans
- Con
- With (preposition indicating accompaniment)
- necesita
- Needs or requires
- presión
- Pressure or force applied
- estimulación
- Stimulation or encouragement
- seguridad
- Safety or security from harm
- así
- Thus or in this manner
- como
- Like or in the same way
- información
- Information or facts provided
- sugerencias
- Suggestions or proposed ideas
- sobre
- On, about, or concerning
- métodos
- Methods or systematic procedures
- viables
- Viable or capable of working
- Motivos
- Motives or reasons for actions
- personales
- Personal or individual (plural)
- común
- Common or shared by many
- muy
- Very or to a great extent
- probablemente
- Probably or most likely
- tiene
- Has or possesses (third person)
- motivo
- Motive or reason for action
- inmediato
- Immediate or happening right away
- para
- For or in order to
- cometer
- To commit or perpetrate
- En
- In or within a location
- cambio
- Change or exchange
- hay
- There is or there are
- hacerle
- To make him/her or cause
- anticipar
- To anticipate or expect beforehand
- indirecto
- Indirect or not direct path
- podría
- Could or might be able
- llegar
- To arrive or reach destination
- evacuación
- Evacuation or removal of people
- del
- Of the (contraction de+el)
- enemigo
- Enemy or hostile opponent
- grupo
- Group or collection of people
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