英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2022/09/07 05:30

◎管淑平

Promises of freedom and riches are made to convicts in cramped jail cells. Frantic phone calls ensue between relatives and inmates weighing the offer.

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  俄羅斯士兵在烏克蘭馬立波的亞速鋼鐵廠巡邏。（美聯社檔案照）

被關在擁擠監獄裡的罪犯被承諾，可獲得自由和金錢，接著囚犯與家屬之間一陣密集電話聯絡，考慮這項提議。

Then prisoners vanish, leaving their loved ones to sift through reports of the wounded arriving in hospitals.

然後這些受刑人不知去向，使他們的親屬必須仔細從送醫傷患的報導中尋找訊息。

With a regular army stretched thin after nearly six months of a bloody invasion of Ukraine, there’s increasing evidence that the Kremlin is making ugly choices in its ugly war and recruiting Russia’s prisoners to fight.

由於經過將近6個月的血腥侵略烏克蘭行動，正規兵力吃緊，愈來愈多證據顯示，克里姆林宮正在這場醜陋戰爭中做出醜陋的選擇，招募俄國的囚犯上戰場。

"They will accept murderers, but not rapists, pedophiles, extremists, or terrorists", one prisoner said. "Amnesty or a pardon in six months is on offer."

「他們會接受殺人犯，但不接受性侵犯、戀童癖、極端份子或恐怖份子」，一名囚犯說，「開出的條件是6個月內給予特赦，或者赦免其刑。」

新聞辭典

dangle：動詞，以某事物為條件（說服對方做某事）。例句：We dangled more discounts to lure buyers.（我們提出更多折扣來吸引買家。）

sift：動詞，過濾，仔細檢查。例句：We sifted through all these documents and found something useful.（我們仔細查看所有這些文件，發現一些有用的資料。）

stretch：動詞，到某個限度，耗盡。例句：Those kids are stretching my patience to the limit.（那些小孩在考驗我的耐性。）

英倫翻譯轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1538676