西姆拉

Mr. Oliver, an Anglo-Indian teacher, was returning to his school late one night on the outskirts of the hill station of Shimla.

奥利弗先生，是一名英裔印度教师，一天晚上很晚了，他回学校，学校位于西姆拉山站的郊区。

Once upon a time there lived at Simla a very pretty girl, the daughter of a poor but honest District and Sessions Judge.

从前在西姆拉，有位非常美貌的姑娘，她的父亲是个非常正直而贫穷的地区法院法官。

India claims the title over the eastern sector of the Sino-Indian border on the basis of the 'MacMahon Line' defined by so-called Simla Convention.

印度在东段主张的主要依据是"麦克马洪线"，但产生"麦线"的西姆拉条约是无效的，"麦线"是没有法律根据的。

Naturally these unreasonable demands were strongly opposed by the Chinese people. On July 3, 1914, the Chinese government representative Chen Yifan upon instruction refused to sign the Simla Convention. In his statement, Chen said,"Government of China refuses to recognize any agreement which His Majesty's Government and Tibet might conclude independently either now or in the future."

如此无理的要求，当然遭到了全中国人民的强烈反对。1914年7月3日，中国政府代表陈贻范奉国内训示，拒绝在所谓"西姆拉条约"上签字，并且发表声明："凡英国和西藏本日或他日所签订的条约或类似的文件，中国政府一概不能承认。"

There was a Commissioner in Simla, in those days, who was, and wore, and did, all I have said.

那时候，在西姆拉就有这么一位专员，他的身份和打扮完全跟我前面讲的一样。

The places include in Kochi, Goa and Simla to name a few.

的地方，包括在高知县，果阿和西姆拉仅举几例。

At Simla the Tibetans in their de facto independence from China at the time accepted the McMahon Line. They were in no position to resist.

在西姆拉，当时实际上独立于中国的西藏人接受了这条麦克马洪线，因为他们不具备抗拒的条件。

On the appointed afternoon, all Simla rode down to Annandale to witness the Judgment of Paris turned upside down.

在预定的那个下午，西姆拉的人全都骑着马来到阿楠代尔，观看这场和帕里斯的裁决刚好相反的比赛。

But neither China nor any major Western power recognised it as independent and China's government refused to accept the border between British India and Tibet drawn up at the 1913-14 Simla Conference.

不过中国和任何西方主要强国没有承认过西藏是独立的，并且中国政府拒绝承认1913年到1914年间召开的西姆拉会议上划定的英属印度和西藏之间的边界。

China's position in this sector stemmed mainly from the fact that the McMahon Line was the product of the Simla Convention of 1914, where Tibetan delegates had participated alongside British, Indian and Chinese representatives.

中国在这方面的立场，主要是因为麦克马洪线是1914年西姆拉会议的产物，而西姆拉大会的与会者包括西藏、英国、印度及中国的代表。接受麦克马洪线就等于承认西藏当时享有某种独立地位。尼赫鲁则要求逐个区域（sector-by-sector）检验领土主张。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。