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."
潜在的破坏者应当查明在这类工作中_通常_会出现哪些类型的错误决策和操作失误,然后据此设计其破坏行动,以扩大那个"误差空间"。
2. POSSIBLE EFFECTS
2. 可能产生的效果
Acts of simple sabotage are occurring throughout Europe.
简单破坏行动正在欧洲各地发生。
An effort should be made to add to their efficiency, lessen their detectability, and increase their number.
应当努力提高这些行动的效率,降低其被察觉的可能性,并增加其数量。
Acts of simple sabotage, multiplied by thousands of citizen-saboteurs, can be an effective weapon against the enemy.
简单破坏行动,经由数以千计的公民破坏者加以实施,可以成为对抗敌人的有效武器。
Slashing tires, draining fuel tanks, starting fires, starting arguments, acting stupidly, short-circuiting electric systems, abrading machine parts will waste materials, manpower, and time.
割破轮胎、放尽油箱燃料、纵火、挑起争吵、故意装傻、使电气系统短路、磨损机器零件,这些行为将会消耗敌方的材料、人力和时间。
Occurring on a wide scale, simple sabotage will be a constant and tangible drag on the war effort of the enemy.
大规模发生的简单破坏行动,将对敌方的战争努力造成持续且切实的拖累。
Simple sabotage may also have secondary results of more or less value.
简单破坏行动还可能产生或多或少具有价值的次要效果。
Widespread practice of simple sabotage will harass and demoralize enemy administrators and police.
简单破坏行动的广泛实施将骚扰敌方行政人员和警察,并使其士气低落。
Further, success may embolden the citizen-saboteur eventually to find colleagues who can assist him in sabotage of greater dimensions.
此外,成功的经历可能会使公民破坏者更加大胆,最终寻找能够协助其实施更大规模破坏行动的同伴。
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.
最后,敌占区或沦陷区的本地居民亲身实践简单破坏行动,可能使这些人积极地将自身认同与联合国的战争努力联系起来,并鼓励他们在盟军入侵和占领期间公开提供协助。
3. MOTIVATING THE SABOTEUR
3. 激励破坏者
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.
如何煽动公民积极实践简单破坏行动,并使其在持续较长的时期内坚持从事这种破坏活动,是一个特殊的问题。
Vocabulary
- 潜在
- qiánzài — Potential; latent; existing but not yet visible.
- 破坏者
- pòhuàizhě — Saboteur; person who deliberately damages things.
- 应当
- yīngdāng — Should; ought to; must; indicating obligation.
- 查明
- chámíng — Investigate and ascertain; find out clearly.
- 这类
- zhè lèi — This kind of; this type of; these sorts.
- 工作
- gōngzuò — Work; job; labor; to work.
- 通常
- tōngcháng — Usually; generally; commonly; ordinarily.
- 出现
- chūxiàn — Appear; emerge; come into view.
- 哪些
- nǎxiē — Which ones; what; plural interrogative pronoun.
- 类型
- lèixíng — Type; kind; category; classification.
- 错误
- cuòwù — Error; mistake; wrong; incorrect.
- 决策
- juécè — Decision-making; policy decision; strategic choice.
- 操作
- cāozuò — Operation; to operate; manipulation; handling.
- 失误
- shīwù — Mistake; error; slip; oversight.
- 然后
- ránhòu — Then; afterwards; subsequently; next.
- 据此
- jùcǐ — Accordingly; on this basis; therefore.
- 设计
- shèjì — Design; plan; scheme; to design.
- 破坏
- pòhuài — Destroy; damage; sabotage; wreck.
- 行动
- xíngdòng — Action; operation; movement; to act.
- 扩大
- kuòdà — Expand; enlarge; increase; amplify.
- 那个
- nàge — That; that one; demonstrative pronoun.
- 误差
- wùchā — Error; deviation; discrepancy; margin.
- 空间
- kōngjiān — Space; room; area; scope.
- 可能
- kěnéng — Possible; likely; possibility; might.
- 产生
- chǎnshēng — Produce; generate; create; result in.
- 效果
- xiàoguǒ — Effect; result; outcome; effectiveness.
- 简单
- jiǎndān — Simple; uncomplicated; easy; straightforward.
- 正在
- zhèngzài — In progress; in the process of; currently.
- 欧洲
- Ōuzhōu — Europe; European continent.
- 各地
- gèdì — Various places; everywhere; all regions.
- 发生
- fāshēng — Happen; occur; take place; occur.
- 努力
- nǔlì — Effort; strive; endeavor; try hard.
- 提高
- tígāo — Improve; increase; raise; enhance.
- 这些
- zhèxiē — These; these ones; plural demonstrative.
- 效率
- xiàolǜ — Efficiency; effectiveness; rate of output.
- 降低
- jiàngdī — Lower; reduce; decrease; diminish.
- 察觉
- chájué — Perceive; notice; detect; discover.
- 可能性
- kěnéngxìng — Possibility; likelihood; chance; potential.
- 增加
- zēngjiā — Increase; add; grow; augment.
- 数量
- shùliàng — Quantity; number; amount; volume.
- 经由
- jīngyóu — Via; by way of; through; by means.
- 数以千计
- shù yǐ qiānj — Thousands; numbering in the thousands.
- 公民
- gōngmín — Citizen; member of a state or nation.
- 加以
- jiāyǐ — Add; apply; impose; in addition.
- 实施
- shíshī — Implement; carry out; execute; enforce.
- 可以
- kěyǐ — Can; may; be able to; acceptable.
- 成为
- chéngwéi — Become; turn into; serve as.
- 对抗
- duìkàng — Resist; oppose; counteract; fight against.
- 敌人
- díren — Enemy; opponent; adversary; foe.
- 有效
- yǒuxiào — Effective; valid; efficacious; working.
- 武器
- wǔqì — Weapon; arms; firearm; instrument.
- 轮胎
- lúntāi — Tire; pneumatic tyre on vehicle.
- 油箱
- yóuxiāng — Fuel tank; petrol tank on vehicle.
- 燃料
- ránliào — Fuel; combustible material for energy.
- 纵火
- zònhuǒ — Arson; deliberately set fire; incendiarism.
- 挑起
- tiǎoqǐ — Provoke; stir up; incite; trigger.
- 争吵
- zhēngchǎo — Quarrel; argument; dispute; bicker.
- 故意
- gùyì — Intentional; deliberate; on purpose; wilful.
- 电气
- diànqì — Electrical; electric; electricity; power.
- 系统
- xìtǒng — System; network; organized arrangement.
- 短路
- duǎnlù — Short circuit; electrical malfunction.
- 磨损
- mósuǔn — Wear; abrasion; deterioration; friction.
- 机器
- jīqì — Machine; apparatus; equipment; device.
- 零件
- língjiàn — Part; component; spare part; unit.
- 行为
- xíngwéi — Behavior; conduct; action; deed.
- 将会
- jiānghuì — Will; shall; going to; future tense.
- 消耗
- xiāohào — Consume; deplete; use up; waste.
- 敌方
- díf方ng — Enemy side; opposing force; adversary.
- 材料
- cáiliào — Material; resource; data; information.
- 人力
- rénlì — Manpower; human resources; labor force.
- 时间
- shíjiān — Time; period; duration; moment.
- 大规模
- dà guīmó — Large-scale; extensive; widespread; massive.
- 战争
- zhànzhēng — War; warfare; conflict; combat.
- 造成
- zàochéng — Cause; create; bring about; result.
- 持续
- chíxù — Continue; persist; maintain; sustain.
- 切实
- qièshí — Practical; concrete; tangible; real.
- 拖累
- tuōlěi — Drag down; burden; handicap; encumber.
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