it was not the French themselves who would eventually succeed in

不是法国亲手毁掉
crumbling the imperial edifice built over so many generations.

这么多年才建成的帝国伟业的
When the French colonial empire eventually expired in 1962,

1962年当法兰西殖民帝国完结时
when the French left Algeria, it did so first and foremost

法国撤离阿尔及利亚它这么做
because of the many forms of resistance organized and

首要原因是很多受其压迫的人民
carried out by those who lived under its yoke.

组织并进行了各种形式的反抗
That's another topic for another lecture, but what I want to say here

这是另一个讲座的主题了但我想说
sort of in conclusion is that the First World War was in many ways the

第一次世界大战在某些方面来说
beginning of the end for the French colonial empire.

是法兰西殖民帝国的终结
It was a tipping point, after which these myths underpinning

这是一个转折点在此之后
French rule were no longer sustainable.

支持法国统治的这些谬论不再可信
They'd been very powerful myths.

它们曾经可是很有用的谬论