Second, Europeans’ linguistic skills and cultural knowledge alone ensure that they can make indispensable contributions to US security. The spread of English as the world’s language has had a paradoxical effect on American national security, making the United States transparent to people around the world, while making the rest of the world increasingly opaque to Americans.
第二，仅仅是欧洲人的语言技能以及文化知识就确保他们可以为美国的安全做出无以替代的贡献。英语作为世界语言的传播对于美国国家安全产生了矛盾的影响，让美国在全世界的人民面前透明而让世界其他地方越发对美国人难以琢磨。欧洲人可以弥补这一缺陷。