the classical precepts of tragedy

它符合悲剧的经典规律
unity of time, November 11th; unity of space, the memorials;

11月11日同样的时间同样的纪念碑
unity of action, the commemorative ceremony. Naming the dead served, as you can imagine,

同样的活动同样的纪念仪式念出死者的姓名
another important function for the living

对于生者的另一个重要的作用是
nscribing the names of the dead, reading them and then touching the inscription

将死者的姓名刻在墓碑上念着并触摸着碑上的名字
served to bring the dead out of the anonymity of mass death.

使死者得到正名他们不再是这场大规模死亡中的无名氏
And if you've been to Washington, DC

如果你去过华盛顿
you know that it's exactly what happens nowadays with the VVM, with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC,

现在越战纪念碑下也是这样的
made by Maya Lin,

越战纪念碑由林璎设计
where the Vietnam vets go to touch the inscriptions and mourn their comrades in arms.

老兵们到那里触摸碑上的名字哀悼死去的战友
Le lieu de mémoire, the oversight of memory related to this nationalization of mourning is,

这种有关哀悼全国化的记忆守护当然是纪念一战的最好的方式
of course, the commemorative invention par excellence of the Great War, the cult of the Unknown Soldier.

表达人们对无名军人的崇拜