不神圣的十字军(英中对照)

古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
不神圣的十字军
the word"crusade" now usually has positive overtones which, however, bear no relation to historical events. the first crusade, for instance, resulted in the capture of jerusalem in july 1099 and the massacre of around 40,000 unarmed civilians in the city.
at the time, the crusaders viewed this act of genocide as a glorious victory. the following account by raymond d'aguiliers, an eyewitness of the first crusade and one of its most important chroniclers, is very revealing:"now that our men had possession of the walls and towers, wonderful sights were to be seen. some of our men cut off the heads of their enemies; others shot them with arrows; others tortured them longer by casting them into the flames. piles of heads, hands and feet were to be seen in the streets.... it was a just and splendid judgment of god that this place should be filled with unbelivers' blood."

英文 crusade（像十字军般致力除恶）一字，今天一般有褒义，但这不符合史实。例如第一次十字军兴师，一○九九年七月攻陷耶路撒冷，屠杀了城中约四万个手无寸铁的平民。
当时，十字军视这场种族屠杀为光荣胜利。雷蒙．德阿吉莱尔斯目覩第一次十字军战事，所撰战史是这场战争的重要记录之一。他以下一段描述说得很明白：「我军攻占城墙城堡之后，美妙的事就发生了。敌人或被斩首，或被箭射死，或被抛进火焰之中，教他们多挨一会才死亡。街上堆满人头和手脚……上帝公平的判决，赫赫明明，就是要这里不信基督之辈血流成河。」