《参考消息》2006年4月15日第5版：不甘充当对朝秘密战争牺牲品 韩国前特工纷纷向当局讨说法
《国际先驱论坛报》4月10日文章：秘密战争中被遗忘的战士
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Forgotten soldiers of a clandestine war
By Choe Sang-Hun International Herald Tribune
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2006
（1）Officially, guns fell silent in Korea when the armies signed a ★truce[1] in 1953. But for decades afterward, the two Koreas continued a ★clandestine[2] war, infiltrating armed agents across the Demilitarized Zone, according to former South Korean agents and recently ★declassified[3] transcripts of ★armistice[4] talks between North Korea and the UN Command.
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[1]truce n.[C]
an agreement between enemies to stop fighting or arguing for a short time, or the period for which this is arranged: 停战协定；停战时期（也可指停止争论）（with/between）
e.g. They agreed to call a truce. / There was an uneasy truce between Alex and Dave over dinner.
[2]clandestine adj.
done or kept secret: 秘密进行的，暗中实施的
[3]declassify v.
official information that is declassified was secret but is not secret any more 将文件作解密处理
[4]armistice n.[C]
an agreement to stop fighting [＝ceasefire, truce]停战协定
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South Korean agents from this hidden campaign now are speaking out. （2）They say they were mistreated "★pawns[5] of a proxy war," or "soldiers without a ★dog tag[6]," secretly trained and sent across a border ★bristling[7] with high-voltage electricity fences, ★booby traps[8] and mines.
曾经参加这一秘密行动的韩国特工开始说出真相。（2）[replyview]他们说自己是受到不公正待遇的“代理人战争中的工具”，是“没有身份识别牌的军人”， [/replyview]在接受秘密训练后被派去穿越布满高压电网、陷阱和地雷的军事分界线。
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[5]pawn n.
1.one of the eight smallest and least valuable pieces which each player has in the game of chess（国际象棋中）兵、卒
2. someone who is used by a more powerful person or group and has no control of the situation马前卒，爪牙（与in连用）
e.g. They became pawns in the political battle.他们成为政治斗争的工具。
[6]dog tag n.
a small piece of metal that soldiers wear on a chain around their necks with their name, blood type etc written on it （士兵挂在胸前的）身份识别牌
[7]bristle v.
常用bristle with something
to have a lot of something or be full of something:拥有许多或布满某物
如：a battleship bristling with guns 满是枪支的战船
[9]booby trap n.
1.a hidden bomb that explodes when you touch something else that is connected to it: 诡雷；诡弹
2.a harmless trap that you arrange for someone as a joke 置物于门上一开即掉下的东西，用作玩笑，对人无害
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Those who returned home lived with nightmares but little glory or compensation.
活着回来的人生活在噩梦中，很少得到荣誉和赔偿。
Thousands of South Korean armed agents remain missing, either killed or perhaps – according to the armistice documents - still ★languishing[9] in North Korean prison camps.
仍有数千名韩国特工下落不明，他们或者已被杀害，或者——据停战委员会会谈记录显示——还在朝鲜监狱中忍受煎熬。
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[9]languish v.
1. if someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain in a place where they are unhappy （被逼无奈）长期受苦
常languish in形式，如：Shaw languished in jail for fifteen years.肖受了十五年牢狱之苦。
2 if something languishes, it fails to improve and develop or become successful [＝founder; ≠ flourish]: 受挫，失败
如：The housing market continues to languish. 房地产市场继续低迷。
The shares are languishing at just 46p after yesterday's fall.继昨天之后，该股票又下跌了46个百分点。
West Ham United are currently languishing at the bottom of the league.西汉姆联队目前正在联赛末游苦苦挣扎。
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（3）"What our government did with us is their ★dirty laundry[10]," said Ha Tae Joon, 46, head of an association of former South Korean agents. "They should negotiate to bring back the agents who may be still alive in the North, and recover the remains of those killed and left within the DMZ."
46岁的何泰俊(音)说：“（3）[replyview]政府对待我们的态度是家丑不可外扬。[/replyview]他们应该通过谈判使那些也许还留在朝鲜的特工回国，迎回那些在非军事区中丧生的特工的遗骸。”
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[10]dirty laundry n.
要洗的脏衣服（＝dirty linen）
美国英语中，wash your dirty linen/laundry或者air your dirty laundry，表示to discuss something embarrassing or bad about yourself where everyone can see, know, or hear“家丑外扬”。 如：The divorce has meant airing their dirty laundry in court.离婚就意味着他们要在法庭上让家丑外扬。
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（4）For South Korea, the problem is a dilemma left over from a war ceased but never put to rest. For the two Koreas, acknowledging their agents' missions is ★tantamount[11] to an admission of armistice violations. Thus after decades of official denial, Seoul last year began a low-key program to compensate former agents. But it still refuses to disclose the number or identities of the agents, or what missions they were on.
（4）[replyview]对韩国来说，这是由一场已经停止但尚未正式结束的战争遗留下来的两难困境。[/replyview]对韩国和朝鲜而言，承认这些特工的任务就等于承认自己违反了停战协定。因此，尽管数十年来一直否认此事的首尔从去年开始为前特工提供赔偿，但它还是拒绝透露特工的人数、身份和担负的任务。
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[11]tantamount adj.
常be tantamount to something形式
if an action, suggestion, plan etc is tantamount to something bad, it has the same effect or is almost as bad: 等同于（常指不好的方面）
如：To leave a dog home alone is tantamount to cruelty.把狗单独留在家中是残忍的。
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Legislators, citing Defense Ministry data, have said that South Korea trained 13,000 armed agents between the beginning of the Korean War and 1994, and that 8,000 of them did not return from their missions. Since last year, 5,700 former agents or relatives have ★come forward[12], and 1,000 have already received compensation, according to the ministry.
议员们援引国防部的数据称，从朝鲜战争爆发到1994年，韩国共训练了1.3万名武装特工，其中8000人没有完成任务回国。据国防部称，从去年至今共有5700名前特工或特工家属提出赔偿申请，其中1000人已经得到了赔偿。
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[12]come forward
to offer help to someone, or offer to do something: 主动帮助某人；主动做某事
如：So far, only one candidate has come forward.到目前为止，只有一名候选人主动提出要参加竞选。
The police appealed for witnesses to come forward with information.警方呼吁目击证人自告奋勇提供情报。
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Still, relatives complain that the lack of an official ★roster[13] and the secretive way the government recruited agents make it difficult to find out whether their sons and brothers who disappeared decades ago may have been sent to the North.
然而，家属们抱怨说，没有正式名单以及政府招收特工的秘密方式使他们很难知道几十年前失踪的儿子或兄弟是否被派到了朝鲜。
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[13]roster n.
1.a list of the names of people on a sports team, in an organization etc花名册
如：on a roster
2.a list that shows when each person in a group must do a particular job [= rota British English] 责任人员表（人员职责一览表）
如：duty roster 值班表
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"He said he would come back with big money," said Jo Yon Rip, 64, about her twin brother, Jo Gun Min, who disappeared in 1968. Later, the army sent a notice that the man was "killed in action" in an unidentified location.
赵延立(音)的孪生兄弟赵勤民(音)1968年失踪了。过了一些日子，军方送来通知说，他已在某地“阵亡”。据赵延立称，赵勤民曾说会带着一大笔钱回来。
Jo now faces a new nightmare. In the armistice transcripts, North Korea indicated that her brother was not killed but was caught alive in May 1969.
赵延立现在面临着一个新的噩梦。根据停战委员会会谈记录，朝鲜方面暗示他的兄弟并没有死，而是在1969年5月被俘虏了。
Former agents say that（5）those who did not return were typically treated as killed in action.
前特工们说，（5）[replyview]那些没有回来的人通常都被视为已经阵亡。[/replyview]
"Is he still in prison in North Korea?" Jo said. "If the government can't bring him back, it must at least tell us whether he is alive."
赵延立说：“他还在朝鲜监狱里吗？政府即使无法让他回家，至少也应该告诉我们他是否还活着。”
Seoul, which neither confirms nor denies those operations in public, has never publicly asked about its own agents possibly held in the North.
首尔从未公开承认或者否认这些间谍活动，也从未公开问及可能仍被关在朝鲜监狱中的韩国特工的情况。
Former agents say recruiters approached poor young army veterans looking for jobs, and promised big pay checks and government jobs once they completed their unspecified missions.
前特工们说，招募人员向那些正在找工作的年轻退伍军人许诺，完成任务后他们将得到高额报酬和一份政府工作。
"They never told me about my mission until the training began," said Kim Jin Man, who trained for two-and-a- half years in the 1990s.
曾经在20世纪90年代接受过两年半训练的金振万(音)说：“他们直到训练开始才告诉我要执行什么任务。”
The authorities had concealed these men so completely that when they returned home, they found themselves listed as missing.（6） In some cases, criminal charges awaited them because they had not attended civil defense exercises ★mandatory[14] for army veterans. Many accused the government of reneging on promises.
政府完全隐瞒了这些人的情况，以至他们在回家后发现，自己已被列为失踪人员。（6）[replyview]有些人还因为没有参加退伍军人必须参加的国防演习而面临刑事指控。
Former agents say their missions included spying on the North Korean military, kidnapping and assassinating the enemy. Many missions left agents scarred.
前特工们说，他们的任务包括刺探朝鲜的军情，绑架和刺杀敌军人员。很多任务让特工们伤痕累累。