Jim Raynor Biography
吉姆雷纳个人传记
Jim Raynor was a Confederate marshal on Mar Sara at the time of the first zerg incursions on that world.
confederate: 联邦 marshal: 执法官 incursion: 入侵
当种族首次入侵Mar Sara星球时, 吉姆雷纳(Jim Raynor)是当地的联邦执法官.
Despite bravely fighting the alien aggressors and saving many lives,
despite: 尽管 bravely: 勇敢的 alien: 外来的 aggressor: 侵略者
尽管他勇敢的和外来入侵者战斗并拯救了许多生命,
he was arrested by Confederacy forces on the pretext of destroying Confederate property at Backwater Station.
arrested: 逮捕 pretext: 借口 destroy: 毁坏 property: 财产 backwater: 死水 Backwater Station: 死水站
联邦还是以他在死水站毁坏联邦财产的借口将他逮捕.
When he was subsequently liberated by Arcturus Mengsk's Sons of Korhal, an anti-Confederate revolutionary group, Raynor chose to fight alongside them.
subsequently: 后来 liberated: 解救 revolutionary: 革命的 alongside: 在..旁边
后来他被一个反联邦革命组织, Arcturus Mengsk所率领的克哈之子所救, Raynor决定和他们一起反抗联邦.
Mengsk's hunger for power and his growing lack of scruples soon began to trouble Raynor.
hunger: 渴望 power: 权力 growing: 扩张 lack: 缺乏 scruple: 顾忌 trouble: 麻烦
Mengsk对权力的渴望和缺乏怜悯的做法让Raynor开始感到不安.
Eventually Mengsk's betrayal of his own lieutenant Sarah Kerrigan and his ruthless manipulation of the zerg to attack Confederacy-held worlds showed Raynor that Mengsk was no better than the oppressors he sought to overthrow.
eventually: 最后 betrayal: 背叛 lieutenant: 副官 ruthless: 残忍的 manipulation: 处理 oppressor: 压迫者 sought: 寻求 overthrow: 倾覆
最终Mengsk背叛了他的副官Sarah Kerrigan, 并且残忍的引诱虫族攻击联邦所掌控的星球, 这让Raynor看清楚Mengsk不比那些之前他所颠覆的压迫者好到哪里.
Raynor led a revolt within the ranks of the Sons of Korhal and seized Mengsk's personal flagship, the Hyperion, and a small fleet of ships.
lead: 带领 revolt: 起义 ranks: 队伍 seized: 扣押 flagship: 旗舰 fleet: 舰队
Raynor带领克哈之子的一部分队伍发起起义, 占领了Mengsk的旗舰亥伯隆号, 和一部分舰队.
While attempting to rescue Kerrigan from the zerg planet Char,
attempt: 试图 rescue: 营救 planet: 行星
他试图从虫族的Char行星中营救出Kerrigan,
Raynor encountered protoss there and gained the respect of the valiant Executor Tassadar.
encountered: 遇到 gained: 获得 respect: 尊敬 valiant: 勇敢的 executor: 执政官
Raynor遇到了神族并赢得了勇敢的神族执政官塔萨达(Tassadar)的尊敬.
Raynor's bluff honesty enabled him to forge a bond between Tassadar and the dark templar Zeratul.
bluff: 直率的 honesty: 正直 enable: 使..能够 forge: 组成 bond: 盟约
Raynor的直率与诚实使他与Tassadar和暗黑圣堂武士泽拉图(Zeratul)建立了盟约.
Raynor and his troops went on to fight alongside the protoss in several campaigns and played a key role in battling the United Earth Directorate incursion that followed.
troops: 部队 alongside: 在..旁边 several: 多个 campaign: 战役 played: 扮演 key role:关键性作用 battle: 战斗 earth: 地球 directorate: 理事会 incursion: 入侵 followed: 随后
Raynor带领着他的部队与神族在多场战役中并肩作战, 并且在随后对抗地球联邦舰队的入侵中扮演了关键的角色.
A twist of fate found Raynor temporarily allied with Arcturus Mengsk and the Queen of Blades, the being reforged from Sarah Kerrigan by the zerg Overmind.
twist: 曲折 fate: 命运 temporarily: 暂时的 allied: 结盟 reforge: 改造 Overmind: 主宰
然而曲折的命运找上了Raynor, 他不得不与Arcturus Mengsk和刀锋女皇, 也就是被虫族主宰改造的Sarah Kerrigan暂时的结盟.
Although these two tyrants fought against a common foe, it was only a matter of time until their tenuous alliance collapsed.
although: 虽然 tyrant: 暴君 against: 反对 common: 共同的 foe: 敌人 matter: 原因 until: 直到..为止 tenuous: 脆弱的 alliance: 结盟 collapsed: 崩溃
虽然和这两位暴君携手对抗共同的敌人, 但他们脆弱的联盟的崩溃也只是时间问题.
In the end Kerrigan was the one who turned against her erstwhile allies and struck the first blow, and many of Jim Raynor's comrades died to her treachery.
turned: 背离 erstwhile: 从前的 allies: 盟友 strike: 打击 blow: 突然袭击 comrade: 伙伴 treachery: 叛变
最终Kerrigan先行出手袭击往日的盟友, 在这场叛变中许多Raynor的战友阵亡了.
Raynor escaped the massacre and vowed to have vengeance at some day in the future.
escaped: 逃脱 massacre: 大屠杀 vow: 发誓 vengeance: 复仇
Raynor从这场大屠杀中逃出, 发誓将来有一天会为此复仇.
Even so, against the full strength of the zerg Swarm and the vast psionic powers of the Queen of Blades,
even so: 虽然如此 against: 反抗 strength: 力量 swarm: 蜂群 vast: 巨大的 psionic power: 心灵力量
纵然如此, 对抗庞大的虫族部队和刀锋女皇强大的心灵力量,
his chances seemed slender at best. Eventually, exhausted and disillusioned.
chance: 机会 seem: 似乎 slender: 微弱 eventually: 最后 exhausted: 精疲力尽的 disillusioned: 认清现实的
他的机会极其渺茫, 最终身心疲惫认清现实.
Raynor returned to terran space to lead a resistance movement against the spreading power of Arcturus Mengsk's Terran Dominion.
lead: 领导 resistance: 反抗 movement: 运动 against: 反对 spread: 扩张 dominion:帝国
Raynor回到人类领地并领导反抗运动, 对抗Arcturus Mengsk的人类帝国的扩张.
Over the years this fight hasn't gone well.
go well: 进展顺利
数年来斗争进行的并不顺利.
Arcturus Mengsk has used his greatest weapons – oratory, the media, and propaganda – to marginalize Raynor's efforts.
weapon: 武器 oratory: 演说 media: 媒体 propaganda: 宣传 marginalize: 限制 effort:努力
Arcturus Mengsk运用他最强大的武器, 演说, 媒体, 宣传, 以此限制住Raynor的努力成果.
Raynor's Raiders remain public enemy number one to the powerful Terran Dominion .
remain: 依然 public: 公众 enemy: 敌人 powerful: 强大的
对于强大的人类帝国来说, Raynor的部队仍旧是头号公敌.
Mengsk sees Raynor's continuing existence as a challenge to his authority.
see: 视为 continuing: 持久的 existence: 存在 challenge: 向..挑战 authority: 权力
Mengsk将Raynor的存在视为对他权力的挑战.
However, Mengsk is also wary of creating a martyr by having Raynor assassinated,
however: 然而 wary: 唯恐的 creating: 把..列为 martyr: 烈士 assassinate: 暗杀
然而, Mengsk也担心如果暗杀Raynor, 反而会将他塑造为烈士.
and so he has taken steps to keep Raynor and his followers constantly hunted and harried and deny them any chance to gain a respite and build their strength.
step: 步骤 follower: 属下 constantly: 不断的 hunted: 被追捕 harried: 被骚扰 deny:拒绝给予 gain: 增加 respite: 喘息时间 build: 增强 strength: 实力
所以, Mengsk逐步地追捕与骚扰Raynor和他的属下, 并保证他们没有任何喘息的机会来武装他们的实力.
Years of skirmishing with the inexhaustible resources of the Dominion has whittled down Raynor's forces to a shadow of their former selves.
skirmish: 小型冲突 inexhaustible: 无尽的 resources: 资源 whittle: 削弱 form: 形状
多年与资源无穷无尽的帝国之间的小型冲突, 彻底削弱了Raynor的实力, 让他成为了风中残影.
Raynor has had to resort to occasional mercenary work just to garner enough funds to repair and rearm in the short term.
have to: 不得不 resort: 凭借 occasional: 偶尔的 mercenary: 雇佣兵 garner: 获得 funds: 资金 repair: 修整 rearm: 重整武装 term: 时期
Raynor不得不靠偶尔的佣兵工作, 才能获得足够的资金在短时间修整并重整武装.
Keeping his outfit running means that additional mercenary jobs will likely be needed in the future.
keeping: 维持 outfit: 装备 additional: 额外的
似乎在将来维持装备也需要额外的佣兵工作.
Freedom isn't free.
freedom: 自由 free: 无拘束的
自由并不是无拘无束的.
Today Raynor seems to be losing faith:
see: 看起来 faith: 信念
现在的Raynor看起来似乎失去了信念:
he's drinking heavily and blames himself for Kerrigan's being taken by the zerg.
drinking heavily: 酗酒 blames: 责备 take: 抓住
他严重酗酒并且将Kerrigan落入虫族之手的责任归罪于自己.
His hatred for Arcturus Mengsk has become a festering wound.
hatred: 憎恨 become: 变成 fester: 溃烂 wound: 伤口
对Arcturus Mengsk的憎恨成为了一个恶化的伤口.
Raynor's first officer, Matt Horner, still believes in him and in the revolution even though some of Raynor's doubts are spreading to his crew.
officer: 军官 believe in: 信任 revolution: 革命运动 doubt: 谣言 spreading: 散布 crew: 全体船员
Raynor的首席军官, 马特赫那(Matt Horner), 仍旧相信着Raynor, 即使在这场革命运动里, 许多关于Raynor的谣言在全体船员中散布.
Horner has done a lot to keep things going over the years,
keep: 维持
Horner这些年尽力维持着很多事的运行,
always having faith that Raynor's innate heroism will resurface and lead the rebels to victory.
innate: 天生的 heroism: 英雄品质 resurface: 重出水面 lead: 领导 rebel: 反抗军 victory: 胜利
也一直坚信Raynor天生的英雄气概重新回来并带领反抗军走向胜利.
Raynor is a good leader and an excellent tactician although he lacks any formal training or background.
leader: 领导者 excellent: 优秀的 tactician: 战略家 although: 尽管 lack: 缺乏 formal:正规的 training: 训练 background: 背景
Raynor是个好的领导者, 也是个极其优秀的战略家, 虽然他欠缺正规的训练和背景.
He has learned his skills through experience, and so he is unfettered by preconceived notions of what "the book" says is the right or wrong approach.
skill: 技巧 experience: 经验 unfettered: 无拘束的 preconceived: 事先形成的 notions:观念 approach: 方法
他学到的技巧均透过经验而来, 所以从不受到教科书规范的正确或错误的方法所束缚.
Raynor will seldom plan things out in very much depth,
seldom: 很少 plan: 计划 depth: 缜密的
Raynor很少做缜密的计划,
but he has an excellent ability to improvise and turn the tables in a situation by using whatever he has at hand.
excellent: 优秀的 ability: 能力 improvise: 即时反应 turn the table: 扭转局势 whatever:不管怎样的
但是他具有极佳的即时反应能力并能利用手中任何资源来扭转局势.
Raynor is also a man with a past.
past: 过去
Raynor也是一名有着过去的人,
He is a known associate of notorious convict Tychus Findlay,
known: 已知的 associate: 合伙 notorious: 臭名昭著的 convict: 罪犯
他为人所知的是与一个恶名昭著的罪犯泰丘斯芬德雷(Tychus Findlay)合作,
the pair of them having served together in the 321st Colonial Rangers Battalion "Heaven's Devils" during the Confederacy/Kel-Morian Guild Wars almost twenty years ago.
serve: 服役 colonial: 殖民地 Rangers: 游骑兵 battalion: 集团 confederacy: 联邦 almost: 差不多
他们两人曾在20年前, 联邦/Kel-Morian的公会战争时期, 一起服役于第321殖民地游骑兵军团.
Their first meeting was in the brig at Camp McIntyre while serving 30 days apiece for insubordination.
meeting: 会面 brig: 监狱 apiece: 每个 insubordination: 反抗上级命令
他们是因为各自反抗上级命令, 被送到Camp McIntyre监狱, 执行30天的刑期, 因而有了第一次会面.
Both men were listed as missing in action for almost nine months after a reconnaissance mission into Kel-Morian territory in the latter stages of the fighting on Mar Sara.
listed: 被记录 missing: 失踪 action: 行动 almost: 差不多 reconnaissance: 侦查 territory: 领土 latter: 末了 stage: 时期,阶段
两个人在战时的Mar Sara星球上, 一次侦查Kel-Morian疆界的任务后, 被记录着差不多九个月的失踪,
Findlay was later turned over to the Confederacy by the Kel-Morians as part of a prisoner exchange after hostilities ceased. He was promptly incarcerated for desertion under fire.
turn over: 移交 confederacy: 联邦 prisoner: 战俘 exchange: 交换 hostility: 战争 ceased: 停止 promptly:立刻地 incarcerate: 监禁 desertion: 擅离职守 under fire: 受到抨击
Findlay后来被Kel-Morians在战后, 当作战俘交换遣返联邦, 他以战场上擅离职守的罪名受到监禁.
Exactly how Raynor managed to avoid Findlay's fate and land a job as marshal is unknown.
exactly: 完全的 managed: 处理 avoid: 脱罪 fate: 命运 land: 获得 marshal: 执法官 unknown: 未知的
至于Raynor是如何避免了和Findlay同样的命运, 并成为联邦执法官, 就无从得知了.
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