But while the war took the flower of Europe’s youth to premature graves, snuffing out the lives of a generation of talented poets, artists, cricketers, and others whose genius bled into the trenches, it also involved soldiers from faraway lands that had little to do with Europe’s bitter traditional hatreds.
但是这场战争在使欧洲年轻人的生命之花过早凋零、扼杀了整整一代诗人、艺术家、板球运动员和其他天才、令其血洒战壕的同时，还扼杀了来自遥远异国的战士，他们与欧洲长久以来的苦涩仇恨没有任何关系。