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so that the shield is resting in part

这样一来通过最右端的手柄和
on that grip and on the grip that you hold at this end.

中间的手臂束带盾牌就能固定住了
You need to do that to be able to control the shield

如果你想自如操控这块盾牌就必须得这样
that's as big as that and as heavy as that,

这种盾牌很大并且很笨重
because it is made fundamentally of a heavy wood,

因为它主要是由沉重的木材制成
typically covered by leather, sometimes with some bronze,

表面一般覆有皮革或包上铜皮
a bronze sheet across the front of it as well.

就是表面上有一层铜皮
That is a very heavy thing

所以这种盾牌是很沉重的
and it will weigh you down after a while.

拿一会儿你们就歇菜了
It's going to be really hard for you to maintain that

在整个战斗中一直紧握盾牌手柄
grip on that thing all through the

冲锋陷阵奔跑杀敌
course of a whole battle, but that shield is the key,

是件非常困难的事但这盾是很关键的