内容简介

 《他的敌人 他的朋友》一书作者是约翰·突尼斯。小说讲述了一名二战中因在法国诺让海滨小镇屠杀村民而被判为战犯的德国中士如何在战后的一场足球比赛中同他所杀害之人的儿子相处的故事。战争结束二十年后作为德国足球队的一名球员的德国中士重返小镇，同法国队进行一场足球比赛。他必须面对瓦兰，当年教过他如何踢球，但又杀害他父亲的男孩。小说花了大量的篇幅用人性化的思考讲述如何面对罪恶的对手。随着足球赛的结束，我们也看到了故事的结局。铁石心肠的人看到两个被扭曲人生的人在那片刻的互动也会唏嘘不已。本书使我们看到了战争的两面性。本次翻译实践节选书中的第一至第五章节进行翻译。

第一章介绍了一个纳粹军官曾经是法国诺让小镇村民唯一可以向他抱怨和抗议的德国士兵。因此村里人对待这个德国中士比较友好。同时也叙述了小男孩与德国中士深厚的友谊。 

      第二章通过不同村民之口讲述了他们对中士的感激与喜爱。中士是一个似乎是永久迅速进驻诺让小镇的德国士兵。德国中士服从命令、尽职尽责。因此他所在的诺让小镇受到来自卡昂最高统帅的关注并被认为应授予诺让小镇一枚奖章以表达正确的德国军队的态度。 

      第三章介绍了诺让小镇周围的地理环境以及德国侵略者命令当地村民修建的军士堡垒。描述了生活在诺让小镇村民对待侵略者德国士兵的情绪变化。并介绍了镇上进驻了不同以往的德国士兵。这些新进驻的部队似乎永远保持警觉，并时刻准备任何事情。使得镇上笼罩着不安的气氛中。 

      第四章介绍了德国中士和法国小男孩一起漫步在格兰德街，德国中士看到佩雷克莱门特先生正在指导当地小孩子踢足球，按捺不住自己内心的冲动也加入了进去。由于这个德国中士娴熟的控球技术，华丽的过人，所以每当这个德国中士踢球的时候总是引起镇上男女老少围观。 

      第五章介绍了镇上唯一的教师瓦兰先生同德国中士深厚的友谊。这种情况在战争时间是不寻常的。之后通过记述村里一名寡妇杜邦夫人向瓦兰教师寻求帮助来说明瓦兰教师是村里值得信赖并乐于帮助别人的人。

INTRODUCTION

The novel His Enemy His Friend is written by John R. Tunis. The story tells of a German sergeant, a convicted war criminal remembered by the French as the Butcher of Nogent-Plage, who returns to the area twenty years after the war's end to play soccer. He must face the boy he taught to play soccer in that town, Varin. Varin is also the son of one of men that Nazi officer killed. In the novel the game is described greatly and brings a very human nature of crowds when faced with villainous opponents. With the game over the conclusion must come to the book and it will sadden even the hardest of hearts to read the actions of these two men whose lives have been twisted together to share a single moment. This book effectively helped us see two sides of the war. In this process, five chapters were chosen to be translated.

Chapter one gives an account of a Nazi officer who was once the only person dare to complain about the German soldiers and protest against them which won him friendliness among villagers. Besides, the story tells about the deep friendship between German sergeant and the little boy as well.

Chapter two recounts villagers’gratitude and love to the sergeant from their individual perspective. The sergeant seems to be the most agile of soldiers coming into Nogent-Plage. His highly obeying orders and fulfilling responsibilities attracted Caen supreme commander’s attention to grant a medal for the town to express the correct attitude of the German army.

Chapter three introduces the geographical environment around the town and the sergeant fortress that the German invaders commanded local villagers to build. It describes villagers’ mood changes about the German invaders through that period of time and pictured the German soldiers’ difference from the past in this town. These new forces seem to always be alert and ready to anything. That hangs over the nervous atmosphere in the town.

Chapter four shows a scene when the German sergeant and French boy walked together in the grand street and saw Mr. Pere Clement directing the local kids to play football, he was unable to press his inner impulse and also joined in. His adept and excellent ball technology always draw whether men and women, the elderly and children’s attention and made them gather in Nogent-Plage.

Chapter five is mainly about the only teacher Mr. Varin who was living in this town and talked about his profound unusual friendship with the German sergeant in war time. That the widow Mrs. Dupont sought help from Mr. Varin completely proves he is a trustworthy and amiable people in the village.