《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪六十六》
蔡袭连续向朝廷上奏，称群蛮对安南窥伺已久，企图乘隙侵寇，不可没有防备，乞求留下戍兵五千人；朝廷不听蔡袭的奏请。
袭累奏称群蛮伺隙日久，不可无备，乞留戍兵五千人。不听。
Cai Xi repeatedly submitted memorials to the court, stating that the southern barbarians had been eyeing Annan for a long time, intending to take advantage of the opportunity to invade, and therefore could not be left undefended, begging to leave 5,000 garrison troops; the court did not heed Cai Xi’s request.
<s>[INST] From the Classical Chinese script: 袭累奏称群蛮伺隙日久，不可无备，乞留戍兵五千人。不听。, document the translation approach to render an English version. [/INST]
Initial step: Word-by-word parsing: 袭 (Cai Xi) 累 (repeatedly) 奏(submitted memorials) 称 (stating) 群蛮 (southern barbarians) 伺隙 (eyeing Annan) 日久 (for a long time) 不可 (could not) 无备 (be left undefended) 乞 (begging) 留 (to leave) 戍兵 (garrison troops) 五千人 (5,000 soldiers) 不听 (the court did not heed)
Following steps: 1. Identify the main clause and supporting clauses: Main clause: 不听 (the court did not heed) Supporting clauses: 袭累奏称群蛮伺隙日久 (Cai Xi repeatedly submitted memorials to the court, stating that the southern barbarians had been eyeing Annan for a long time) 不可无备 (intending to take advantage of the opportunity to invade, and therefore could not be left undefended) 乞留戍兵五千人 (begging to leave 5,000 garrison troops) 2. Determine the tense and aspect of the verbs: The main verb 不听 (not heed) is in the perfective aspect, indicating a completed action The supporting verb 累奏 (repeatedly submitted memorials) is in the iterative aspect, indicating a repeated action 3. Identify the sentence structure: The sentence is a compound sentence with three supporting clauses and a main clause 4. Translate the sentence into English: Cai Xi repeatedly submitted memorials to the court, stating that the southern barbarians had been eyeing Annan for a long time, intending to take advantage of the opportunity to invade, and therefore could not be left undefended, begging to leave 5,000 garrison troops; the court did not heed Cai Xi’s request. English rendition: Cai Xi repeatedly submitted memorials to the court, stating that the southern barbarians had been eyeing Annan for a long time, intending to take advantage of the opportunity to invade, and therefore could not be left undefended, begging to leave 5,000 garrison troops; the court did not heed Cai Xi’s request.</s>
From the Classical Chinese script: 袭累奏称群蛮伺隙日久，不可无备，乞留戍兵五千人。不听。, document the translation approach to render an English version.
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Initial step: Word-by-word parsing: 袭 (Cai Xi) 累 (repeatedly) 奏(submitted memorials) 称 (stating) 群蛮 (southern barbarians) 伺隙 (eyeing Annan) 日久 (for a long time) 不可 (could not) 无备 (be left undefended) 乞 (begging) 留 (to leave) 戍兵 (garrison troops) 五千人 (5,000 soldiers) 不听 (the court did not heed)
Following steps: 1. Identify the main clause and supporting clauses: Main clause: 不听 (the court did not heed) Supporting clauses: 袭累奏称群蛮伺隙日久 (Cai Xi repeatedly submitted memorials to the court, stating that the southern barbarians had been eyeing Annan for a long time) 不可无备 (intending to take advantage of the opportunity to invade, and therefore could not be left undefended) 乞留戍兵五千人 (begging to leave 5,000 garrison troops) 2. Determine the tense and aspect of the verbs: The main verb 不听 (not heed) is in the perfective aspect, indicating a completed action The supporting verb 累奏 (repeatedly submitted memorials) is in the iterative aspect, indicating a repeated action 3. Identify the sentence structure: The sentence is a compound sentence with three supporting clauses and a main clause 4. Translate the sentence into English: Cai Xi repeatedly submitted memorials to the court, stating that the southern barbarians had been eyeing Annan for a long time, intending to take advantage of the opportunity to invade, and therefore could not be left undefended, begging to leave 5,000 garrison troops; the court did not heed Cai Xi’s request. English rendition: Cai Xi repeatedly submitted memorials to the court, stating that the southern barbarians had been eyeing Annan for a long time, intending to take advantage of the opportunity to invade, and therefore could not be left undefended, begging to leave 5,000 garrison troops; the court did not heed Cai Xi’s request.
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