雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第5章:解謎接力賽(106)

The last of the German supply ships had been sunk on 23 June 1941.

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1941年6月23日，他們擊沉了一艘德國運輸船。

But that day there was something else to think about.

那一天，還有其它的事情需要思考。

Tweedledum had turned upon the slumbering Red King.

叮噹兄現在把劍對準了沉睡的紅國王。

It was not only Stalin who was caught napping;

不但斯大林毫無準備，

the Luftwaffe Enigma evidence pointing to an imminent German invasion had been the subject of another fight between GC and CS on the one hand and the service chiefs on the other.

政密學校在得到海軍謎機破譯出來的情報後，也與部門領導陷入了爭執，

They had not been able to believe their ears.

因爲後者無法相信自己的耳朵。

But now the world war had begun.

世界大戰真的爆發了。

From now on the Atlantic lay at Germany's back, and the Mediterranean was a sideshow.

從現在開始，大西洋成了德國的後線，而地中海成了邊線。

The game had changed, and the period of anarchy was over.

遊戲的局勢變了，迷霧時代結束了。

In the spring of 1941 Alan developed a new friendship.

1941年春天，艾倫結交了一段新的友誼，

It was with Joan Clarke, a fact which presented him with a very difficult decision.

是與瓊·克拉克，這是一個艱難的決定。

First they had gone out together to the cinema a few times, and spent some leave days together.

起初他們一起去了幾次劇院，並一起度了幾天假。

Soon everything was pointing in one direction.

接着一切都走上了另外一條路。

He proposed marriage, and Joan gladly accepted.

艾倫提議結婚，瓊欣然同意。