was to get to encourage yet more military preparations to fight a war,

是在鼓舞人们为打一场战争做更多的军事准备
not against the French anymore, but against the Germans.

这战争不再针对法国而是德国
And events in 1905, the first Moroccan crisis,

事情发生在1905年第一次摩洛哥危机
which you can read about in Chip Sowerwine's book,

关于这危机大家可以读奇普索韦维纳的书
followed inevitably in 1911 by the second Moroccan crisis.

紧跟着在1911年不可避免地发生第二次摩洛哥危机
What this has to do with is German saber rattling in Morocco,

这与德国在摩洛哥武力威胁有关
in Tangiers specifically,

特别是在丹吉尔
in the second case, and in which the Kaiser himself shows up.

在第二次事件中凯撒大帝本人展示出来的
And what this does is it convinces the British that

这些事情使英国人相信
maybe allying with the French isn't such a dumb idea after all.

与法国结盟可能不再是一个愚蠢的想法
And, so, they begin to have informal military talks

因此他们开始了非正式的军事会谈
that become formal military talks

然后又变成正式的军事会谈