from a small village or from a town who died in the first World War.

那些来自小镇的因一战而牺牲的人的名字
The children in the school after the name of Cohen Albert will say

来自以阿尔贝·科恩名字命名的学校的孩子们
"présent," Will answer for the men who aren't there.

将会替那些不在场的人大声答到
This bonding between the living and the dead,

这是联系生者和死者的纽带
the bringing back of the dead to their own villages,

将死者带回他们的村庄
to their homes, was a substitute burial ceremony

将他们带回家这是象征性的葬礼
for the ones that could never take place.

因为他们中有的人可能永远也回不了家
How did it all happen?

这是怎么发生的
The first point that has to be made is that the commemorative wave

首先需要指出纪念的浪潮
took place through political leadership.

是由那些政治领袖直接开展的
Politics means many things.

政治意味着很多事情
The first thing it has to mean is that there is a fundamental difference

首先这意味着人们