雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第6章:連接兩個世界(4)
His liaison job accomplished, Alan left Washington at the end of December.
The British contribution had not yet been overtaken by the American.
英國的功勞尚未被美國取代，The Casablanca conference, from 14 to 24 January, saw Churchill as Roosevelt's equal.
在1月14日到24日的卡薩布蘭卡會議上，丘吉爾仍然可以和羅斯福平起平坐。
For the last time, the Americans supported a British strategy to regain the Mediterranean.
美國要幫助英國贏回地中海，For the first time, Britain was to act as an American base.
這是英國首次作爲美國的基地，It was also the equilibrium point of the war.
也是戰爭的一個轉折點。It was taking far longer than expected to clear North Africa, Montgomery missing some ultra-fine chances, with disastrous consequences all over the globe.
因爲蒙哥馬利錯過了一些絕好的機會，所以清掃北非戰場耗費的時間，比預期的長了很多，The Russian front was still undecided.
而且蘇聯前線依然懸而未決。Nothing was clear, despite the demand for 'unconditional surrender'.
雖然同盟國計劃把敵人打到無條件投降，The crude 'strategic bombing' was endorsed, for want of anything better.
但現在還什麼都不能確定。
