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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 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 Mengsks 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.Mengsks 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 Mengsks 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 Mengsks 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.Raynors 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 Raynors 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 Mengsks 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 hasnt 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 Raynors 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.Raynors 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 Raynors 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 Raynors 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 isnt free.freedom: 自由 自由并不是免费的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:hes drinking heavily and blames himself for Kerrigans 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.Raynors first officer, Matt Horner, still believes in him and in the revolution even though some of Raynors 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, 即使在这场革命中,在全体船员中散布着许多关于Raynor的谣言.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 Raynors 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 Heavens 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,阶段两个人被记录着在战时的Mar Sara星球一次侦查Kel-Morian疆界的任务后,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 Findlays 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.兵种介绍陆战队员 MarineMarines are the first line of defense for most terran worlds in the Koprulu sector.defense: 防卫 sector: 星区陆战队员是Koprulu星区的人类世界第一线防御.In the time of the old Confederacy the vast majority of marines were criminals or rebels who had undergone mandatory neural resocialization.confederacy: 联邦 vast: 巨大的 majority: 多数 criminal: 罪犯 rebel: 反叛者 undergo:遭受 mandatory: 强制性的 neural: 神经的 resocialization: 再社会化在旧联邦时期, 绝大部分的陆战队员是经过强制性神经性洗脑再社会化的罪犯与反叛者所担任.Freed from any previous allegiances or ideologies, these fearless soldiers stood ready to defend Confederate interests with their lives.freed: 摆脱 previous: 以前的 allegiance: 忠诚 ideology: 意识形态 fearless: 无畏的 interest:利益抛开之前的忠诚或意识形态, 这些无畏的士兵准备好用生命去捍卫联邦的利益.The intake of resoc marines has been scaled back in many places since the fall of the Confederacy,intake: 纳入 resoc: 再教育 scaled back: 缩减自从联邦垮台之后, 接受“再教育”的陆战队员已经大幅减少,but remains a common practice, for there are seldom enough volunteers for the job.remains: 保持 common: 一般的 practice: 实算 seldom: 很少 volunteer: 志愿者不过仍保持一定比率, 因为想成为陆战队的志愿者实在不多.The heavy armor worn by marines is effective against small-arms fire and provides them with full life support and NBC (Nuclear/Biological/Chemical) shielding for operation in deep space and other hostile environments.heavy armor: 重装甲 worn: 穿戴 effective: 有效的 against: 防备 small-arms: 轻武器 provide: 提供 support:维持 nuclear: 核武器 biologica: 生物学的 chemical: 化学的 shielding: 防护 operation: 作战 hostile: 不利的 environment: 环境陆战队员身穿的重装甲能有效地防备轻武器火力, 以及提供完整的生命维持系统, 包括NEC(核子/生物/化学)防护, 让陆战队员也能在外太空, 或是其他恶劣环境下作战.Ballistic alloy combat shields have also been developed in light of experiences during the Brood War,ballistic: 弹道 alloy: 合金 combat: 战斗 shield: 盾 develop: 开发 experience: 经验根据母巢之战时期学到的经验, 所研发出的弹道合金战斗用护盾,giving an option to toughen up marines faced with an increasingly lethal battlefield.option: 选择 toughen up: 使强壮 increasingly: 日益增加的 lethal: 致命的 battlefield:战场是陆战队员面临日益致命的战场时一个强韧的选择.收割者 ReaperReapers are the most hardened terran criminals, taken from the most dangerous and violent prisons.hardened: 改变不了的 violent: 暴力的收割者是从人类世界最危险与凶暴的监狱中, 挑选最难缠的罪犯组成的.Potential marines who prove too intractable even after resocialization are instead sent to the Icehouse in the Torus system, where reapers are trained.potential: 潜能 prove: 证明是 intractable: 难管教的 resocialization: 再社会化 instead:顶替 icehouse: 冷藏室有潜力的陆战队员, 经过洗脑后仍不受控制, 就会被送到托勒(Torus)星系的冷藏室, 收割者部队的训练地.Reaper troopers are chemically altered to make them even more aggressive before being subjected to weeks of brutal training in close-quarters combat and the use of their jet packs.trooper: 队员 chemically: 化学的 alter: 改造 aggressive: 攻击性的 subject: 课程 brutal: 苛刻的 close-quarters: 近距离 combat: 作战 jet: 喷射 pack: 背包在进行数周的近距离作战与喷射背包的严酷训练之前, 收割者队员们会接受化学改造，让他们更具攻击性.A reaper who survives two years of duty is granted a full pardon and freed, his debt to society fully paid.survive: 生还 grant: 同意 pardon: 赦免 debt: 债务 society: 社会 paid: 付清如果一个收割者服完他两年的役期安然存活, 那么他将得到完全的赦免并被释放, 他对于社会的亏欠已经全数付清.In five years of service, the Reaper Corps has yet to have a single trooper survive more than six months.corps: 军团 trooper: 队员在过去五年期间, 收割者军团没有一个队员存活超过六个月.In combat, reapers attack with dual gauss pistols, the rapid-fire signature weapon of their strike fast, strike hard credo.dual: 双的 rapid-fire: 速射的 signature: 显示个人特色 strike: 攻击 credo: 信条在战斗中, 收割者使用两把高斯手枪进行攻击, 这种以速射火力为特色的武器正符合他们“速攻,强击”的信条.For tougher targets, reapers are often equipped with the dangerously unstable deuterium-eight demolition device, or D-8 charges, as they are commonly known.tougher: 强硬的 target: 目标 equipped: 装备 dangerously: 危险的 unstable: 不稳定的 deuterium: 氚 demolition: 爆破 device: 装置 commonly: 一般对抗更强硬的目标时, 收割者通常配备了危险, 不稳定的氚-8爆破装置, 或称一般人熟知的D-8炸药.These can be thrown a short distance and will detonate after an equally short delay. Using D-8 charges is an acquired skill that few troopers live long enough to master.throw: 抛 distance: 距离 detonate: 起爆 equally: 相等的 delay: 延迟 acquired: 获得的这些炸药可以投射出一小段距离, 经过一定延迟后引爆, 使用D-8炸药是个需要学习的技巧, 因此只有少数的收割者能活的够久成为专家.Reapers are lightly armored and unsuited to head-on firefights. The key to their success lies in their personal jet packs.lightly armored: 轻装甲 unsuited: 不适合 head-on: 正面的 firefight: 交战 personal: 个人的收割者的轻装甲并不适合正面交火, 他们制胜的关键在于个人喷射背包.These packs grant reapers a high degree of mobility, including the ability to scramble up or down cliffs and jump across rivers, crevasses, and other obstacles.grant: 赋予 degree: 限度 mobility: 机动性 ability: 能力 scramble: 攀登 cliff: 悬崖 crevasse: 裂隙 obstacle: 障碍这些背包赋予收割者极高的机动性, 包括了上下攀登峭壁, 跨越河川, 裂隙以及其他障碍物.Reaper combat techniques emphasize hit-and-run raiding, preferably against enemy structures and workers,combat: 战斗 technique: 技巧 emphasize: 着重 hit-and-run: 打和跑 raid: 突袭 preferably: 更适合 against:对抗 structure: 建筑物收割者的战斗技术强调打带跑的突击, 尤其是针对敌军的建筑与工兵.so that reapers can inflict maximum damage and then retreat before the enemy can muster a response.inflict: 施以 maximum: 最大限度 damage: 伤害 retreat: 撤退 muster: 集合 response:反应所以收割者能给予敌军最大伤害, 并在对方聚集反击前撤退.Perhaps unsurprisingly reapers are also enthusiastic users of stimpacks.perhaps: 也许 unsurprising: 不令人吃惊 enthusiastic: 狂热的 stimpacks: 兴奋剂收割者是兴奋剂的狂热使用者应该也不令人意外.The dangerous cocktail of combat enhancement chemicals suits their high-speed tactics perfectly, and the long-term side effects are scarcely likely to prove an issue.dangerous: 危险的 cocktail: 鸡尾酒 enhancement: 增强 chemicals: 化学制品 tactics:战术 perfectly: 非常 side effect: 副作用 scarcely: 几乎不 prove: 检验 issue: 问题这种增强战斗能力的危险化学鸡尾酒正符合他们的高速战术, 长期副作用对他们来说并不是个考虑的问题.幽灵 GhostGhosts epitomize the height of terran evolution and physical conditioning.epitomize: 象征 height: 高度 evolution: 演化 physical conditioning: 身体条件幽灵是人类生理能力与演化的高度象征.Born with incredible psionic potential, these individuals are recruited and quarantined for government training from childhood.incredible: 难以置信的 psionic: 超能力 potential: 潜能 individual: 个体 recruit: 招募 quarantine: 隔离 childhood: 幼年这些个人天生具有难以置信的潜力,从幼年就被政府征召并隔离训练.Ghosts channel their psionic energies to augment their natural physical strength and endurance.channel: 调整 energy: 能量 augment: 增强 natural: 正常的 physical: 身体的 strength: 力量 endurance:耐力幽灵能调整他们的能量来增强肉体的力量与耐力.This process is enhanced by specialized skin-suits worn by ghosts that are laced with a form of psi-sensitive artificial muscle cess: 过程 enhanced: 增强的 specialize: 特殊的 skin-suits: 紧身衣 worn: 穿戴 laced: 交织混合 psi-sensitive: 心灵感触 artificial: 人工的 muscle: 肌肉 fiber: 纤维这个过程可以通过特制的以高心灵感触人工肌肉纤维幽灵专用紧身衣所加强.Thus, a typical ghost is tougher, stronger, and faster than even a well-trained but otherwise average terran.thus: 因此 typical: 标准的 tougher: 难缠的 stronger: 更强壮 faster: 动作敏捷的 well-trained: 训练有素的 otherwise: 不同的 average: 一般的因此, 一个标准的幽灵是难缠且强壮的, 甚至比一般受过训练的人类还要动作敏捷.Exceptional ghosts exist that can tear through walls, run at remarkable speeds, and leap tall obstacles.exceptional: 杰出的 tear: 撕开 remarkable: 非凡的 leap: 跳跃 obstacle: 障碍卓越的幽灵可以穿墙入户, 以惊人的速度奔跑, 并越过高耸的障碍物.Excitable media rumors of long-range telepathy, telekinesis, and even mind control or other exotic powers have all added to the grisly reputation of ghosts cultivated by their masters.excitable: 易兴奋的 media: 媒体 rumor: 谣传 long-range: 远距离 telepathy: 心灵感应 telekinesis: 心灵移动 exotic: 奇异的 added: 增加的 grisly: 恐怖的 reputation: 名声 cultivated: 培养易兴奋的媒体间流传这幽灵被导师培养出远距离心灵感应, 心灵移动, 以及心灵控制等奇异的能力, 更增添他们令人恐怖的声誉.As a precautionary measure, neural inhibitors are surgically implanted in all ghosts to prevent such deadly individuals from going rogue.precautionary: 预先警戒的 measure: 措施 neural: 神经 inhibitor: 抑制物 surgically: 外科手术的 implant: 植入 prevent: 预防 deadly: 致命的 individual: 个体 rogue: 缺乏控制的为了防范未然, 幽灵们都被外科手术植入神经抑制物, 以免他们逃走不被控制成为致命的个体.The effectiveness of this measure is questionable, however, for there are whispered tales of ghosts working outside governmental authority.effectiveness: 有效的 questionable: 可置疑的 however: 然而 whispered: 谣传的 tales:传说 governmental: 政府的 authority: 当局这项措施的成效很受置疑, 然而, 据谣传有些幽灵在政府控制之外活动.Most inf