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Now, listen to me, you son of a gun, you won't understand a word of what I'm going to say, but I came to Berlin to find a rat, and I found two of the grandest people I've ever met. I leave to you, you Prussian stiff-neck you, this girl in trust, and if you don't take care of her, I'll raise the whole of England against you. The Navy will steam up your stinking Stolpchensee, and I'll lead the Army down Unter den Linden, and we'll...

听着，你这个混小子， 接下来我说的你一个字都听不懂，可我来 柏林是为了找一个鼠辈，结果遇上了我见过的最了不起的两个人。 我把她交给你， 你这个死脑筋的普鲁士佬，这姑娘托付给你了，你要是照顾不好她， 我就鼓动整个英国跟你作对。 海军会开到你们那臭烘烘的施托尔普湖，我会带着陆军沿菩提树下大街开进来，咱们就……

The trouble with you young fellows is you want to go changing everything. What's the result? You spent all your leave in a nursing home full of foreigners. You cost the Treasury a lot of money. You make the Foreign Office very cross. Yes, very cross. And what do you get for it? Your beauty's spoiled. You weren't any fashion plate before. I'd be surprised if any woman would look twice at you. - So would I. - When you were here in January, I told you very clearly it was not your concern, it was an Embassy job. Well, sir, I thought I'd take a chance. A chance? A chance?! You can't afford to take a chance with your career, my boy. You are in the Army as a career, aren't you? Not for five minutes? You were putting up a pretty good show. You go barging in on this nonsense, and you come very near to getting yourself kicked out. - You don't want to get kicked out, do you? - No, sir. Well, let me tell you one thing. Don't bother your head with things you don't understand and you won't go far wrong. Never go off at half-cock. Keep cool. Keep your mouth shut and avoid politicians like the plague. That's the way to get on in the Army.

你们这些年轻人的毛病，就是什么都想改。结果呢？ 整个假期都泡在一个满是外国人的疗养院里。 让财政部花了一大笔钱。 让外交部气得够呛。 对，气得不轻。 你换来什么了？那张脸毁了。 你以前也不见得多帅气。 要是有女人肯多看你一眼，我才奇怪。 -我也奇怪。-你一月在这儿的时候，我跟你说得清清楚楚， 这不归你管，是大使馆的差事。 长官，我想着碰碰运气。 碰运气？碰运气？！ 拿前程去碰运气，你可碰不起，小子。 你是把军旅当事业来干的，对吧？不是干五分钟就走的吧？ 你本来干得挺像样。偏偏一头扎进这档子荒唐事， 差点把自己弄得给踢出军队。 -你不想被踢出去吧？-不想，长官。 好，我告诉你一件事。 别去操心你不懂的事，就不会出大错。 做事别莽撞。沉住气。 管住嘴，离政客远点，像躲瘟疫一样。 在军队里想往上走，就得这样。