even when French and British relations

即使在英法关系
are at their nadir, at their worst,

降至冰点时也不例外
is that between Germany united, the empire proclaimed

就是德法之怨当年德国统一
in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, the Chateau de Versailles,

德意志帝国就是在凡尔赛宫镜厅宣布成立
and France, because, after all,

而法国不管怎么说
the French had to give the second-most industrialized region,

最终仍不得不将自己第二大工业区
one of the most prosperous regions

自己最富庶的国土
that is Alsace and much of Lorraine, to Germany.

即阿尔萨斯和洛林大部分地区拱手让给德国人
I'm going to end up with an incident that looked like

说完之后发生的一个事件我就结束
war was possibly going to break out between Germany and France,

该事件使得德法之战看似一触即发
that is the Saverne incident,

那就是萨维尔纳事件
and talk a little bit about Alsace-Lorraine

之后还有阿尔萨斯-洛林地区等