来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第16集 第16集》

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  Perhaps the best comparison is that of seasickness,
  也许最好拿它跟晕船相比
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  and that's my point, to die from bullets seems to be nothing.
  这是我的观点 被子弹打死看起来便无关紧要了
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  Parts of our being remain intact but to be dismembered,
  身体的一些部分是完整的 但其他部分却面目全非
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  torn to pieces, reduced to pulp,
  撕裂成碎片 炸成血浆
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  this is a fear that flesh cannot support
  这是一种肉体无法承受的恐惧
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  and which is fundamentally the great suffering of the bombardment."
  这基本上是轰炸带来的最大的痛苦
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  But there is also another reason for the absence of dead bodies which is often less known.
  但遗体的遗失还有另外一个不为人知的原因
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  After 1918, the bodies remained on the battlefields,
  1918年后遗体被遗留在战场上
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  until the French governments gave permission to repatriate them.
  直到法国政府允许 才把他们遣返回国
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  But this did not happen before a special decree was passed in 1920,
  但1920年一条特殊法令颁布前
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  so two years after the end of World War One.
  也就是一战结束两年后一直没有处理遗体
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  Why did it take so much time
  为什么要花这么长时间