Simple Sabotage Field Manual — Page 3
The potential saboteur should discover what types of faulty decisions and the operations are _normally_ found in this kind of work and should then devise his sabotage so as to enlarge that "margin for error."
Le saboteur potentiel devrait découvrir quels types de décisions erronées et d'opérations se trouvent _normalement_ dans ce type de travail, puis concevoir son sabotage de manière à élargir cette « marge d'erreur ».
2. POSSIBLE EFFECTS
2. EFFETS POSSIBLES
Acts of simple sabotage are occurring throughout Europe.
Des actes de sabotage simple se produisent partout en Europe.
An effort should be made to add to their efficiency, lessen their detectability, and increase their number.
Un effort devrait être fait pour accroître leur efficacité, réduire leur détectabilité et augmenter leur nombre.
Acts of simple sabotage, multiplied by thousands of citizen-saboteurs, can be an effective weapon against the enemy.
Des actes de sabotage simple, multipliés par des milliers de citoyens-saboteurs, peuvent constituer une arme efficace contre l'ennemi.
Slashing tires, draining fuel tanks, starting fires, starting arguments, acting stupidly, short-circuiting electric systems, abrading machine parts will waste materials, manpower, and time.
Lacérer des pneus, vider des réservoirs de carburant, allumer des incendies, provoquer des disputes, agir stupidement, court-circuiter des systèmes électriques, abraser des pièces de machines gaspillera des matériaux, de la main-d'œuvre et du temps.
Occurring on a wide scale, simple sabotage will be a constant and tangible drag on the war effort of the enemy.
Se produisant à grande échelle, le sabotage simple constituera un frein constant et tangible à l'effort de guerre de l'ennemi.
Simple sabotage may also have secondary results of more or less value.
Le sabotage simple peut également avoir des résultats secondaires d'une valeur plus ou moins grande.
Widespread practice of simple sabotage will harass and demoralize enemy administrators and police.
La pratique généralisée du sabotage simple harcèlera et démoralisera les administrateurs et la police ennemis.
Further, success may embolden the citizen-saboteur eventually to find colleagues who can assist him in sabotage of greater dimensions.
De plus, le succès peut encourager le citoyen-saboteur à trouver éventuellement des collègues qui peuvent l'aider dans un sabotage de plus grande envergure.
Finally, the very practice of simple sabotage by natives in enemy or occupied territory may make these individuals identify themselves actively with the United Nations war effort, and encourage them to assist openly in periods of Allied invasion and occupation.
Enfin, la pratique même du sabotage simple par les habitants des territoires ennemis ou occupés peut amener ces individus à s'identifier activement à l'effort de guerre des Nations Unies, et les encourager à apporter une aide ouverte lors des périodes d'invasion et d'occupation alliées.
3. MOTIVATING THE SABOTEUR
3. MOTIVER LE SABOTEUR
To incite the citizen to the active practice of simple sabotage and to keep him practicing that sabotage over sustained periods is a special problem.
Inciter le citoyen à la pratique active du sabotage simple et le maintenir dans cette pratique sur des périodes prolongées est un problème particulier.
Vocabulary
- Le
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- saboteur
- Person who deliberately damages or destroys property
- potentiel
- Potential; possible capacity or capability for something
- devrait
- Should; conditional form of devoir (to must)
- découvrir
- To discover; to find out or uncover something
- quels
- Which; what (plural interrogative or relative pronoun)
- types
- Types; kinds or categories of things
- de
- Of; from (preposition indicating possession or origin)
- décisions
- Decisions; choices or conclusions made after consideration
- erronées
- Erroneous; incorrect or mistaken in nature
- et
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- opérations
- Operations; actions or processes of functioning
- se
- Oneself; reflexive pronoun for third person singular
- trouvent
- Find themselves; located or situated (from trouver)
- normalement
- Normally; usually or typically in standard circumstances
- dans
- In; inside or within a place or time
- ce
- This; that (demonstrative adjective for masculine)
- type
- Type; kind or category of something
- travail
- Work; labor or employment activity
- puis
- Then; afterward or next in sequence
- concevoir
- To conceive; to devise or design something
- son
- His; her; its (possessive adjective singular)
- sabotage
- Sabotage; deliberate destruction or obstruction of work
- manière
- Manner; way or method of doing something
- élargir
- To enlarge; to make wider or broader
- cette
- This; that (demonstrative adjective feminine singular)
- marge
- Margin; edge or allowable range of variation
- erreur
- Error; mistake or inaccuracy in judgment
- EFFETS
- Effects; results or consequences of an action
- POSSIBLES
- Possible; able to happen or be done
- Des
- Some; plural of a (indefinite article plural)
- actes
- Acts; deeds or actions performed by someone
- simple
- Simple; easy or uncomplicated in nature
- produisent
- Produce; create or cause to happen (from produire)
- partout
- Everywhere; in all places or locations
- en
- In; to (preposition indicating location or direction)
- Europe
- Europe; the continent of Europe
- Un
- An; one (indefinite article masculine singular)
- effort
- Effort; exertion or attempt to achieve something
- être
- To be; fundamental verb of existence or state
- fait
- Made; done or fact (from faire, past participle)
- pour
- For; in order to or on behalf of
- accroître
- To increase; to make greater in amount
- leur
- Their; to them (possessive or indirect object pronoun)
- efficacité
- Efficacy; effectiveness or ability to produce results
- réduire
- To reduce; to make smaller or less
- augmenter
- To augment; to increase in size or amount
- nombre
- Number; quantity or total count of items
- multipliés
- Multiplied; increased in number many times over
- par
- By; through or per (preposition indicating agent)
- des
- Some; plural indefinite article or preposition de+les
- milliers
- Thousands; plural of mille (thousand)
- citoyens
- Citizens; people legally belonging to a state
- saboteurs
- Saboteurs; plural of saboteur (destructive agents)
- peuvent
- Can; are able to (from pouvoir, third person)
- constituer
- To constitute; to make up or form
- une
- A; one (indefinite article feminine singular)
- arme
- Weapon; instrument used for attack or defense
- efficace
- Effective; successful in producing desired results
- contre
- Against; in opposition to or opposed to
- ennemi
- Enemy; person or group in opposition or conflict
- pneus
- Tires; pneumatic coverings of wheels on vehicles
- vider
- To empty; to remove contents from something
- réservoirs
- Reservoirs; containers for storing liquid or gas
- carburant
- Fuel; substance burned to produce energy
- allumer
- To light; to ignite or turn on
- incendies
- Fires; destructive burning of buildings or materials
- provoquer
- To provoke; to cause or incite something
- disputes
- Disputes; arguments or disagreements between people
- agir
- To act; to do or perform an action
- court
- Short; brief or of limited length
- systèmes
- Systems; organized sets of interconnected parts
- électriques
- Electrical; relating to or powered by electricity
- pièces
- Pieces; parts or components of something
- machines
- Machines; mechanical devices for performing work
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