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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  explain in their book 1914-1918, Understanding the Great War.
  在她们的书"1914至1918了解一战"里
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  The words spoken at ceremonies, the images offered in inscriptions
  解释说 仪式上发表的演讲 碑文和纪念碑
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  and commemorative monuments, the stained-glass windows,
  彩色玻璃窗 公墓和尸骨存放所
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  the cemeteries and ossuaries have lasted to this day,
  一直延续到今天
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  and through them we as historians can recall these endless commemorations
  我们历史学家从这些无穷尽的纪念中
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  where political liturgy and private bereavements were complementary.
  可以得知政治的仪式和个人丧亲是互补的
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  Political liturgy ends private bereavement,
  政治仪式结束了个人丧亲的痛苦
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  in other words collective mourning and personal grief.
  也就是 集体哀悼和个人的悲痛
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  My point here is not to present you, of course, the war of commemorative activity after World War One;
  我在这里要讲的 不是一战后纪念活动的战争
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  that will be almost impossible and useless.
  这是不可能的 也是没有用的
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  I would prefer to focus on two major cultural processes that deal with
  我主要讲两个重要的文化进程
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  the transformation of the personal grief into collective mourning.
  导致了个人悲痛转变成集体哀悼的进程