《新唐书·列传·卷七十》
唐玄宗进攻异族，驻守边境的士兵死了很多，边境将领忌讳失败不报告死亡，因此户口没有注销。
玄宗事夷狄，戍者多死，边将讳不以闻，故贯籍不除。
Tang Xuanzong (685-763) attacked other ethnic groups, due to which many soldiers stationed at the border died, and the border generals feared failure and didn't report the deaths, so the household register was not updated.
<s>[INST] For the Classical Chinese excerpt: 玄宗事夷狄，戍者多死，边将讳不以闻，故贯籍不除。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into English. [/INST] 
Completed English translation: Tang Xuanzong (685-763) attacked other ethnic groups, due to which many soldiers stationed at the border died, and the border generals feared failure and didn't report the deaths, so the household register was not updated.
Step 1: Identify the main verb and its object: 事 (to attack) and 夷狄 (other ethnic groups).
Step 2: Determine the subject of the sentence: 玄宗 (Tang Xuanzong).
Step 3: Translate the verb phrase: 事夷狄 as "attacked other ethnic groups".
Step 4: Translate the noun phrase: 戍者 as "soldiers stationed at the border".
Step 5: Translate the verb phrase: 多死 as "died".
Step 6: Translate the noun phrase: 边将 as "border generals".
Step 7: Translate the verb phrase: 讳不以闻 as "feared failure and didn't report the deaths".
Step 8: Translate the noun phrase: 故 as "so".
Step 9: Translate the noun phrase: 贯籍 as "household register".
Step 10: Translate the verb phrase: 不除 as "was not updated".
Step 11: Combine the translated phrases to form a complete sentence: "Tang Xuanzong (685-763) attacked other ethnic groups, due to which many soldiers stationed at the border died, and the border generals feared failure and didn't report the deaths, so the household register was not updated."</s>
For the Classical Chinese excerpt: 玄宗事夷狄，戍者多死，边将讳不以闻，故贯籍不除。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into English.
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Completed English translation: Tang Xuanzong (685-763) attacked other ethnic groups, due to which many soldiers stationed at the border died, and the border generals feared failure and didn't report the deaths, so the household register was not updated.
Step 1: Identify the main verb and its object: 事 (to attack) and 夷狄 (other ethnic groups).
Step 2: Determine the subject of the sentence: 玄宗 (Tang Xuanzong).
Step 3: Translate the verb phrase: 事夷狄 as "attacked other ethnic groups".
Step 4: Translate the noun phrase: 戍者 as "soldiers stationed at the border".
Step 5: Translate the verb phrase: 多死 as "died".
Step 6: Translate the noun phrase: 边将 as "border generals".
Step 7: Translate the verb phrase: 讳不以闻 as "feared failure and didn't report the deaths".
Step 8: Translate the noun phrase: 故 as "so".
Step 9: Translate the noun phrase: 贯籍 as "household register".
Step 10: Translate the verb phrase: 不除 as "was not updated".
Step 11: Combine the translated phrases to form a complete sentence: "Tang Xuanzong (685-763) attacked other ethnic groups, due to which many soldiers stationed at the border died, and the border generals feared failure and didn't report the deaths, so the household register was not updated."
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