雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第5章:解謎接力賽(158)
In September 1942 the British position was a little less hopeless, but only inasmuch as there had been no serious loss since that of Tobruk.
Rommel's eastward advance on Egypt had been checked by Auchinleck in July and by Montgomery in August, the latter being particularly helped by deciphered signals.
隆美爾在埃及的東進7月時遭到奧欽列克的遏制，8月時又遭到了蒙哥馬利的遏制，密碼破譯工作對後者起到了很大的幫助。The desert war was more like a naval war than a conventional front, and was particularly dependent upon information.
沙漠戰爭與海戰類似，非常依賴於信息。
By May 1942 they were breaking every Enigma key system of the African theatre.
他們在1942年5月破解了非洲戰場的各種謎機系統，In August this was joined by a new Hut 8 success, the breaking of the system used by Mediterranean surface ships.
8月時，8號營房又破解了地中海水面艦船使用的謎機系統。Rommel was now losing one quarter of his supplies through British attacks which were almost totally dependent on detailed Enigma information—sometimes enabling them to pick out the more important cargoes for destruction.
英國依靠破譯出來的信息，能夠找到更重要的目標去破壞，隆美爾在這樣的攻擊下，失去了四分之一的供給。News of this triumph was passed back to the analysts in Hut 8 to encourage them in their work.
這個勝利的消息傳到8號營房，給他們的工作帶來了極大的鼓舞。But the Mediterranean was, ultimately, an Anglo-German diversion. In the world struggle there had been a major setback for Japan at the battle of Midway,
在世界的另一邊，日本也在中途島海戰中受到了嚴重的打擊。where the US Navy proved it could put its own Intelligence to devastating effect.
美國海軍證明了，信息可以擁有毀滅性的力量。But in Europe there was no such hint of a reverse.
然而，歐洲戰區的局勢仍不明朗。The Axis attack on Russia had reached Stalingrad, and the Dieppe raid had ended lingering fantasies of an easy victory in the west.
軸心國對蘇聯的進攻已經推進到斯大林格勒，第爾普突襲行動的慘敗，也終結了對西部戰線的幻想。More frightening than either of these developments, however, for Churchill and for everyone else, was the state of the fragile Atlantic bridge. Without it Britain was nothing.
比這兩件事更讓丘吉爾恐慌的是，以現在的情況看，一旦英美關係破裂，那麼英國就什麼都不是了。
