超级军网一句话概括各国历史（转龙腾网 一雫）
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What's the tl;dr of different countries' entire history?
For those who don't know, "tl;dr" is short for "too long; didn't read." The tl;dr version of a story is a bit like the story in a nutshell or the Cliff's Notes version; a short summary of a story for people with short attention spans.
一句话概括各国历史
解释一下，“tl;dr”是“太长，不看”的缩写。一个故事的”tl;dr”版就是一言以蔽之，或者说纲要，供人们快速浏览的简短总结。
Aviral Bhatnagar, just jockeying
589 upvotes by Gengu Yao, Diana Crețu, Henry Su, (more)
Tuvalu
We're the fourth smallest country in the world. This answer is the first time you're hearing of us. But we gave the internet .tv
And made millions because of it.
(Tuvalu makes an astounding 10% of their GDP from the internet domain)
图瓦卢
我们是世界上第四小的国家。这条回答是你第一次听说我国，但是我们为互联网贡献了.tv.
然后靠它赚了数百万。
（图瓦卢GDP惊人的10%来自域名）
Sami Kukkonen, Chairman of the Board (Burton T6)
1.3k upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Judith Meyer, Joachim Pense, (more)
The condensed history of Finland from 9000 BC to 2014 AD.
Ice age, hunters and fishers, agriculture, Swedish Crusades, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, famine, war, war, war, annexation by Russia, famine, independence, civil war, war, war, war, prosperity, Nokia, Linux, Angry Birds.
Edit: an irate Pyrrhula pyrrhula convinced me to add Angry Birds.
公元前9000年至公元2014年的芬兰历史浓缩版：
冰河世纪，渔猎，农业，瑞典十字军，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，繁荣，诺基亚，Linux，愤怒的小鸟
编辑：一只愤怒的红腹灰雀说服我把愤怒的小鸟加上。
Jan Zasowski
231 upvotes by Judith Meyer, Eamon Bohan, Melissa Stroud, (more)
Poland: Stuck between a rock (Germany) and a hard place (Russia), and no-one can agree how to get out.
波兰：在德国和俄罗斯之间进退两难，没人知道怎样摆脱困境。
Laszlo B. Tamas, Interested in the history of: ... (more)
143 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Gitana Grudytė, Joseph Boyle, (more)
Hungary: after 1,000 years as foreigners, in a dangerous part of Europe - we're still here!
匈牙利：作为外来者在欧洲的险恶之地呆了一千年之后，我们仍然在这儿！
Michel El Meouchi
416 upvotes by Jimmy Lam, Melissa Stroud, Brady Postma, (more)
Lebanon: Successfully hosting "Command & Conquer - Real World Edition" since 8,000 BC.
黎巴嫩：自公元前8000年起就成功举办了“命令与征服-真实世界版”
Domhnall O'Huigin, Have a look at //twominut... (more)
103 upvotes by Tim Bushell, Ricardo LB Pulido, Dan Knight, (more)
Ireland: green, rainy and blame everything on the English.
爱尔兰：绿色，多雨，一切都是英格兰人的错。
Sean McCullough, a man in constant wonder.
317 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Jack Yu, Judith Meyer, (more)
Canada: an uneasy alliance of French, English and Aboriginals designed for the sole purpose of fending off the Americans. And nothing has changed. Sorry.
加拿大：法国人、英格兰人和土著居民勉强结成的同盟，唯一目的是为了抵御美国人。至今为止仍无改变，很抱歉。
Abbas Halai
391 upvotes by Cole Whiteley, Melissa Stroud, Vijay Chidambaram, (more)
United Arab Emirates:
If you build it, they will come.
阿联酋：只要你把楼造好了，他们就会来。
Arun Kumar Banala, Learning
1.1k upvotes by Gengu Yao, Bill McDonald, Wassim Naboulsi, (more)
Not my country, but I heard somewhere that the history of Russia can be summed up in one sentence:
Then, things got worse.
不是我的国家，但我听说俄罗斯的历史可以被概括为一句话：
之后，事情变得更糟糕了。
Rahul Kapil, Read History
2.6k upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Brian Farr, Judith Meyer, (more)
India: We are one of the oldest and wisest cultures. Welcome to Dell technical support, my name is Steve.
印度：我们是世界上最古老最智慧的文明之一。欢迎致电戴尔技术支持部门，我的名字是Steve。
Phil Darnowsky, I know things and have opinions
250 upvotes by Cath Ennis, Melissa Stroud, Henry Su, (more)
USA: Free land! (Some conditions apply.)
美国：自由国度！（适用于某些情况下。）
Elliot Grinstead
982 upvotes by Foxor Bingingtov, Eba Kunin, Louis Masson, (more)
SWITZERLAND: give us your cash and get off my lawn.
瑞士：把钱交给我们，不要踩草坪。
Katherine Makhalova
115 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Mike Wilhelm, Andy Lee Chaisiri, (more)
As one of the Russian leaders said after one another disastrous reform:
"We wanted the best, you know the rest".
正如一位俄罗斯领导人在又一场灾难性的改革之后所说的，
“我们曾期望过最好的结果，剩下的，你懂的。”
Alex Jouravlev, know some History...
425 upvotes by Brady Postma, Melissa Stroud, Alan Chen, (more)
Australia. After centuries of struggling on a cold, foggy island, British discovered the land of sun, gorgeous oceans and wide open spaces. They dumped their criminals on it, then cut it loose to join EU.
澳大利亚：英国人在寒冷多雾的岛上挣扎了数个世纪，终于发现了一片辽阔的土地，阳光明媚，碧波粼粼。他们把罪犯扔到这儿，却又和这里摆脱了关系，加入了欧盟
Anonymous
2.2k upvotes by Brady Postma, Phil Darnowsky, Melissa Stroud, (more)
Madagascar: Let's be honest, nobody gave a fuck about us till the movies came out.
马达加斯加：我就直说了吧，在电影出来之前，压根儿没人知道我们。
Reza Shaeri, Attorney
317 upvotes by Cole Whiteley, Amanda Tendler, Louis Masson, (more)
Iran: We were doing just great until the (insert foreigners of choice) showed up, and ruined everything.
Oh and we invented tl;dr 2,500 years ago, but no one gives us credit.
伊朗：我们正在创造伟大的功绩，这时（选择外来者填入）出现，把一切都毁了。
噢，我们在2500年前发明了（太多，不说了），但没别人相信我们。
Mikael Bengtsson, "Hm, that's strange; I wonder ... (more)
41 upvotes by Lorenzo Peroni, Parth Gawarikar, Siddhesh Vivek Wagh, (more)
Sweden:
Made a living from selling lumber and iron, while fighting with every single neighbor—preferably on their home turf—until things went downhill and deciding that nobody should be fighting at all, as it's not fair. Do you hear me? Stop fighting!
(Psst! Do you want to buy our fighter jet? Extra cheap, only for you, if you know what I mean!)
(*cough* )
Right... Um... We now make a living from the manufacture of cars, furniture, songs, apps and from outsourcing boring stuff to other places.
(AA guns?)
瑞典：
靠贩卖木材和铁为生，和每个邻居开战——尤其是在他们自己的地盘上——直到情况不妙，决定任何人都不该再打仗了，因为那样不公平。你听到我说的了吗？别打了！
（喂！你想买我们的战斗机吗？非常便宜，为你量身打造，如果你懂我的意思的话！）
（咳咳）
好……呃……我们现在靠出产汽车、家具、音乐、应用，以及为别人提供无趣的外包为生。
（高射炮要不要？）
Mathias Weseth, Founder of GrowSocial, Born in '98
826 upvotes by Eric Nelson, Cole Whiteley, Judith Meyer, (more)
Norway: Crappy and dull until we found oil. Now we're rich.
挪威：蹩脚又无趣，直到我们发现了石油。现在我们很富裕。
Cheng Xuntao
479 upvotes by Deirdre Beecher, Arun Kumar Banala, Luis Luis, (more)
China: The Empire rises and falls, then rises again, then falls again, then rises again, then falls again ... from the darkest ancient time, to the infinity and beyond.
中国：帝国崛起，衰落，再崛起，再衰落，又崛起，又衰落……从最黑暗的上古时代，到浩瀚无垠的未来。
Stephen Tempest, qualified amateur historian
779 upvotes by Arun Kumar Banala, Rupert Baines, Andrew Mateskon, (more)
For over a thousand years, everybody invaded us. So then we decided to return the favour.
(UK)
一千年来，我们都在遭受所有人的侵略。所以后来我们决定以牙还牙。
（英国）
Giordon Stark, Licensed Quantum Mechanic
779 upvotes by Christian Daniel Griset, Brian Bi, Henry Su, (more)
USA
This land is your land? ...This land is my land.
美国
这片土地是你的吗？……这片土地是我的了。
Italy
We were really important but now we make shoes.
意大利
我们曾经举足轻重，现在我们在造靴子。
Switzerland
Sure we'll take your money!
瑞士
我们当然会打理好你的钱财！
Navajo Nation
Sure we'll go for a walk.
纳瓦霍国
the Netherlands
Looks like the sea wants to kill us again, guys.
荷兰
大海看上去又想淹死我们了，伙计们。
Poland
Goddamn neighbors!
波兰
可恶的邻国！
Greece
We did a bunch of shit for mankind like 10000 years ago, now we're bankrupt.
希腊
一万年前还是什么时候，我们为人类贡献了一大堆东西。现在我们破产了。
Sweden
Back to back World War avoiders!
背靠背闪避世界大战！
（不知道是不是也包括芬兰）
Pakistan
Some Muslims in India hated Hindus so they created a new country for Muslims. Now there aren't any Hindus to hate so they hate each other.
巴基斯坦
一些印度穆斯林讨厌印度教徒，所以他们建了个新的穆斯林国家。现在他们没有印度教徒可恨了，他们开始内部互相仇视。
Latvia
No potatoes.
拉脱维亚
没有土豆。
Ireland
No potatoes. Potatoes. No potatoes.
爱尔兰
没有土豆。有土豆。没有土豆。
North Korea
All is fine. No more questions. Eternal President will lead us to victory.
朝鲜。
一切良好。没有疑问。永远的领袖将带领我们取得胜利。
Ukraine
Glowing in the dark since 1986.
乌克兰
自1986年起，照亮黑暗。（指切尔诺贝利核事故）
New Zealand
When you make a deal with someone of a different language, make sure you both understand what the other person thinks of it.
新西兰
当你和操不同语言的人签署跳跃的时候，确保你们都知道对方是怎么理解的。
【来自维基百科：《怀唐伊条约》于1840年签订后，新西兰成为英国殖民地。但该条约有英文与毛利文二版本，英国皇室代表签了英文版，毛利人签了毛利文版。毛利文版承诺给毛利人“tino rangatiratanga”，这词在毛利文意为“自治”，英文版却翻译成“首领位置”，双方对文意及解读不同。这词和其他一些问题至今仍为新西兰政府与毛利人间的芥蒂。比如《海床和前滩的所有权》归属问题。】
Russia
Vodka, monarchs, vodka, got sick of the monarchs, brought in a new fangled sharing policy, celebration vodka, despair, oppression, poverty... vodka. Space, space, more space, stared down the Americans for a long time, hockey, new flag, Putin, vodka.
俄罗斯
伏特加，君主们，伏特加，厌倦了君主制，引进了新鲜的分配制度，庆祝用伏特加，绝望，压抑，贫困……伏特加。太空，太空，继续朝向太空，紧盯美国人很长时间，冰球赛（指1980冬奥会美国队奇迹般地战胜了四连冠的苏联队，在冷战期间具有象征性的意义），新国旗，普京，伏特加。
Portugal
We have money, we give money away so other countries find us cool. They never do.
葡萄牙
我们很有钱，我们把钱挥霍出去，想让别的国家见识见识我们有多厉害。他们从来没觉得过。
Norway
Viking glory days, many hundred years of rule by others, now filthy rich from oil.
挪威
辉煌的维京时代，被异族统治了数百年，现在因为石油富得流油。
Kazakhstan
turkic khaganate and then... who am I kidding no one gives a shit
哈萨克斯坦
突厥汗国之后……我是谁？开玩笑，根本没人在意。
Denmark
Raped, looted and pillaged our way to being the most content people in the world.
丹麦
一直都在被蹂躏，掠夺，抢劫，直到现在，成为了世界上最富足的一群人。
the Philippines
I need an adult.
菲律宾
我需要一个成年人。
【注：菲律宾童妓泛滥。】
France
Went to war with everyone for centuries, surrenders once, is called a country of pussies forever.
法国
数个世纪以来都在和各种人打仗，只投降了一次，就永远被叫做怂包之国了。
Austria
Managed to pin World War 1 on Germany.
奥地利
成功把一战的锅扔给德国背了。
England
We miss colonialism.
英格兰
我们想念殖民主义。
Germany
Sends soldiers to support wars started by allies. Always blamed, gets bitter and starts a war themselves. Never allowed to hear the end of it.
德国
派出士兵去支援盟友发动的战争。总是被怪罪，变得愤恨不平，于是士兵们发动了自己的战争。从来没有机会挺到战争结束。
Greenland
Once upon a time, a couple of people just showed up. That's it.
格陵兰岛
很久以前，两个人出现了，完毕。
(some from Reddit, what's the TL;DR of your country's entire history?)
Diana Crețu, Photo spammer @ dianacr... (more)
61 upvotes by Leung Kwan Pang, Alexandru Ifrim, Dan Knight, (more)
Romania
*Poof* Thracians. Cool, let's call this place Dacia. Whoops, Romans. FINE, you win, you may stay. Oh shit the Turks. Oh shit the Hungarians. OH SHIT the Russians. Hello communism. [ ].*pow-pow*, bye communism. Oh crap, now what.
呼……色雷斯人。不错，那就把这里叫做达西亚吧。哎呀，罗马人。好吧，你们赢了，你们可以呆在这儿。哦该死的突厥人。哦该死的匈牙利人。哦该死的俄罗斯人。你好共产主义。[ ]（消音）。“砰、砰”（爆炸声），拜拜共产主义。坏了，现在又是什么了。
JJ Sutherland, Journalist
92 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Mikael Bengtsson, Joel V Benjamin, (more)
From a Norwegian woman when I jokingly asked her wtf with the Vikings? (My ancestry is from Viking ruled areas of Scotland and Viking raided areas of Ireland).
"Hey, we peaked early."
我问一个挪威女人，维京人究竟是怎么一回事？（我的先祖来自维京人统治下的苏格兰地区，以及维京人袭击的爱尔兰地区）
“嘿，我们早些时候可辉煌了。”
Henry Su, Armchair Peripatetic.
1.5k upvotes by Brady Postma, Judith Meyer, Melissa Stroud, (more)
Korea: serving as a doormat for neighboring giants for millennia.
朝鲜：被附近的大国当擦鞋垫当了上千年。
Korean pre-modern history in a nutshell:
China wants to invade Japan, stomps through Korea to get there.
Japan wants to invade China, stomps through Korea to get there.
简而言之，朝鲜人的前现代历史是：
中国想入侵日本，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
日本想入侵中国，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
Korean modern history in a nutshell:
US wants military foothold on China's doorstep, installs bases in Korea.
China freaks out, installs North Korean puppet leader and props up failed state as buffer.
South Korea's had enough. For fear of being culturally subsumed, defines its identity by what it's not: not Chinese, not Japanese. Invests heavily in its culture, people and technology. Goes from one of the poorest countries to one of the richest within a generation. Exports Psy to the world.
简而言之，朝鲜人的现代历史是：
美国想在中国的门口驻军，在朝鲜半岛建立基地。
中国吓坏了，支持北朝鲜傀儡领袖建立了一个失败国家作为缓冲区。
南朝鲜受够了。害怕在文化上被吞并，将自己的身份认同建立在否定之上：不是中国人，不是日本人。在文化、人力和科技上大量投入，在一代人的时间里，从最贫困的国家之一，成为了最富裕的一员。把鸟叔输出到全世界。
Dinh Ngoc Quang Thao, quora wanderer
332 upvotes by Cheng Xuntao, Judith Meyer, Melissa Stroud, (more)
I borrowed the lyrics from a famous Vietnamese songwriter, Trinh Cong Son.
我借用了越南著名作曲家Trinh Cong Son的歌词
Vietnam:
A thousand years of Chinese reign,
A hundred years of French oppression.
Twenty years of brother fighting brother each day,
A mother’s heritage – bones left to dry,
And graves that fill a mountain high.
(This song was written in the 1960s during the Vietnam war)
越南：
中国统治一千年，
法国压迫一百年。
手足相残二十年，
留给母亲枯骨干，
坟冢累累高如山。
【这首歌是在60年代的越战期间写的。】
Gustavo Destro
531 upvotes by Deirdre Beecher, Ricardo Bortolon, Shivam Patil, (more)
Brazil: The country of the future. Only the future never comes.
巴西：未来之国。只是未来从来都不会来。
Anirudh Joshi, it's always better to be lucky... (more)
588 upvotes by Brady Postma, Cole Whiteley, Rupert Baines, (more)
Afghanistan: You came. You saw. You got slaughtered.
阿富汗：你来了。你见证了。你被灭了。
Vincen Mathai, Quorious Armchair Historian
432 upvotes by Judith Meyer, Anurag Bishnoi, Bruno Sindicic, (more)
INDIA
To paraphrase Shashi Tharoor
In the context of India's cultural and historical heritage, she is not, an underdeveloped country, but rather, a highly developed country in an advanced state of decay.
印度
意译Shashi Tharoor的话：
以印度的文化历史遗产为背景来考虑，她并非一个未发展国家，而是一个高度发达、但却处在卓越的衰败进程之中的国家。
Anonymous
1.8k upvotes by Kyle Pennell, Mike Wilhelm, Yashodhar Rao, (more)
India
They came. It wasn't cold, it was rich. They stayed.
印度
他们来了。这里不冷，也很富饶。他们留在了这儿。
What's the tl;dr of different countries' entire history?
For those who don't know, "tl;dr" is short for "too long; didn't read." The tl;dr version of a story is a bit like the story in a nutshell or the Cliff's Notes version; a short summary of a story for people with short attention spans.
一句话概括各国历史
解释一下，“tl;dr”是“太长，不看”的缩写。一个故事的”tl;dr”版就是一言以蔽之，或者说纲要，供人们快速浏览的简短总结。
Aviral Bhatnagar, just jockeying
589 upvotes by Gengu Yao, Diana Crețu, Henry Su, (more)
Tuvalu
We're the fourth smallest country in the world. This answer is the first time you're hearing of us. But we gave the internet .tv
And made millions because of it.
(Tuvalu makes an astounding 10% of their GDP from the internet domain)
图瓦卢
我们是世界上第四小的国家。这条回答是你第一次听说我国，但是我们为互联网贡献了.tv.
然后靠它赚了数百万。
（图瓦卢GDP惊人的10%来自域名）
Sami Kukkonen, Chairman of the Board (Burton T6)
1.3k upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Judith Meyer, Joachim Pense, (more)
The condensed history of Finland from 9000 BC to 2014 AD.
Ice age, hunters and fishers, agriculture, Swedish Crusades, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, famine, war, war, war, annexation by Russia, famine, independence, civil war, war, war, war, prosperity, Nokia, Linux, Angry Birds.
Edit: an irate Pyrrhula pyrrhula convinced me to add Angry Birds.
公元前9000年至公元2014年的芬兰历史浓缩版：
冰河世纪，渔猎，农业，瑞典十字军，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，繁荣，诺基亚，Linux，愤怒的小鸟
编辑：一只愤怒的红腹灰雀说服我把愤怒的小鸟加上。
Jan Zasowski
231 upvotes by Judith Meyer, Eamon Bohan, Melissa Stroud, (more)
Poland: Stuck between a rock (Germany) and a hard place (Russia), and no-one can agree how to get out.
波兰：在德国和俄罗斯之间进退两难，没人知道怎样摆脱困境。
Laszlo B. Tamas, Interested in the history of: ... (more)
143 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Gitana Grudytė, Joseph Boyle, (more)
Hungary: after 1,000 years as foreigners, in a dangerous part of Europe - we're still here!
匈牙利：作为外来者在欧洲的险恶之地呆了一千年之后，我们仍然在这儿！
Michel El Meouchi
416 upvotes by Jimmy Lam, Melissa Stroud, Brady Postma, (more)
Lebanon: Successfully hosting "Command & Conquer - Real World Edition" since 8,000 BC.
黎巴嫩：自公元前8000年起就成功举办了“命令与征服-真实世界版”
Domhnall O'Huigin, Have a look at //twominut... (more)
103 upvotes by Tim Bushell, Ricardo LB Pulido, Dan Knight, (more)
Ireland: green, rainy and blame everything on the English.
爱尔兰：绿色，多雨，一切都是英格兰人的错。
Sean McCullough, a man in constant wonder.
317 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Jack Yu, Judith Meyer, (more)
Canada: an uneasy alliance of French, English and Aboriginals designed for the sole purpose of fending off the Americans. And nothing has changed. Sorry.
加拿大：法国人、英格兰人和土著居民勉强结成的同盟，唯一目的是为了抵御美国人。至今为止仍无改变，很抱歉。
Abbas Halai
391 upvotes by Cole Whiteley, Melissa Stroud, Vijay Chidambaram, (more)
United Arab Emirates:
If you build it, they will come.
阿联酋：只要你把楼造好了，他们就会来。
Arun Kumar Banala, Learning
1.1k upvotes by Gengu Yao, Bill McDonald, Wassim Naboulsi, (more)
Not my country, but I heard somewhere that the history of Russia can be summed up in one sentence:
Then, things got worse.
不是我的国家，但我听说俄罗斯的历史可以被概括为一句话：
之后，事情变得更糟糕了。
Rahul Kapil, Read History
2.6k upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Brian Farr, Judith Meyer, (more)
India: We are one of the oldest and wisest cultures. Welcome to Dell technical support, my name is Steve.
印度：我们是世界上最古老最智慧的文明之一。欢迎致电戴尔技术支持部门，我的名字是Steve。
Phil Darnowsky, I know things and have opinions
250 upvotes by Cath Ennis, Melissa Stroud, Henry Su, (more)
USA: Free land! (Some conditions apply.)
美国：自由国度！（适用于某些情况下。）
Elliot Grinstead
982 upvotes by Foxor Bingingtov, Eba Kunin, Louis Masson, (more)
SWITZERLAND: give us your cash and get off my lawn.
瑞士：把钱交给我们，不要踩草坪。
Katherine Makhalova
115 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Mike Wilhelm, Andy Lee Chaisiri, (more)
As one of the Russian leaders said after one another disastrous reform:
"We wanted the best, you know the rest".
正如一位俄罗斯领导人在又一场灾难性的改革之后所说的，
“我们曾期望过最好的结果，剩下的，你懂的。”
Alex Jouravlev, know some History...
425 upvotes by Brady Postma, Melissa Stroud, Alan Chen, (more)
Australia. After centuries of struggling on a cold, foggy island, British discovered the land of sun, gorgeous oceans and wide open spaces. They dumped their criminals on it, then cut it loose to join EU.
澳大利亚：英国人在寒冷多雾的岛上挣扎了数个世纪，终于发现了一片辽阔的土地，阳光明媚，碧波粼粼。他们把罪犯扔到这儿，却又和这里摆脱了关系，加入了欧盟
Anonymous
2.2k upvotes by Brady Postma, Phil Darnowsky, Melissa Stroud, (more)
Madagascar: Let's be honest, nobody gave a fuck about us till the movies came out.
马达加斯加：我就直说了吧，在电影出来之前，压根儿没人知道我们。
Reza Shaeri, Attorney
317 upvotes by Cole Whiteley, Amanda Tendler, Louis Masson, (more)
Iran: We were doing just great until the (insert foreigners of choice) showed up, and ruined everything.
Oh and we invented tl;dr 2,500 years ago, but no one gives us credit.
伊朗：我们正在创造伟大的功绩，这时（选择外来者填入）出现，把一切都毁了。
噢，我们在2500年前发明了（太多，不说了），但没别人相信我们。
Mikael Bengtsson, "Hm, that's strange; I wonder ... (more)
41 upvotes by Lorenzo Peroni, Parth Gawarikar, Siddhesh Vivek Wagh, (more)
Sweden:
Made a living from selling lumber and iron, while fighting with every single neighbor—preferably on their home turf—until things went downhill and deciding that nobody should be fighting at all, as it's not fair. Do you hear me? Stop fighting!
(Psst! Do you want to buy our fighter jet? Extra cheap, only for you, if you know what I mean!)
(*cough* )
Right... Um... We now make a living from the manufacture of cars, furniture, songs, apps and from outsourcing boring stuff to other places.
(AA guns?)
瑞典：
靠贩卖木材和铁为生，和每个邻居开战——尤其是在他们自己的地盘上——直到情况不妙，决定任何人都不该再打仗了，因为那样不公平。你听到我说的了吗？别打了！
（喂！你想买我们的战斗机吗？非常便宜，为你量身打造，如果你懂我的意思的话！）
（咳咳）
好……呃……我们现在靠出产汽车、家具、音乐、应用，以及为别人提供无趣的外包为生。
（高射炮要不要？）
Mathias Weseth, Founder of GrowSocial, Born in '98
826 upvotes by Eric Nelson, Cole Whiteley, Judith Meyer, (more)
Norway: Crappy and dull until we found oil. Now we're rich.
挪威：蹩脚又无趣，直到我们发现了石油。现在我们很富裕。
Cheng Xuntao
479 upvotes by Deirdre Beecher, Arun Kumar Banala, Luis Luis, (more)
China: The Empire rises and falls, then rises again, then falls again, then rises again, then falls again ... from the darkest ancient time, to the infinity and beyond.
中国：帝国崛起，衰落，再崛起，再衰落，又崛起，又衰落……从最黑暗的上古时代，到浩瀚无垠的未来。
Stephen Tempest, qualified amateur historian
779 upvotes by Arun Kumar Banala, Rupert Baines, Andrew Mateskon, (more)
For over a thousand years, everybody invaded us. So then we decided to return the favour.
(UK)
一千年来，我们都在遭受所有人的侵略。所以后来我们决定以牙还牙。
（英国）
Giordon Stark, Licensed Quantum Mechanic
779 upvotes by Christian Daniel Griset, Brian Bi, Henry Su, (more)
USA
This land is your land? ...This land is my land.
美国
这片土地是你的吗？……这片土地是我的了。
Italy
We were really important but now we make shoes.
意大利
我们曾经举足轻重，现在我们在造靴子。
Switzerland
Sure we'll take your money!
瑞士
我们当然会打理好你的钱财！
Navajo Nation
Sure we'll go for a walk.
纳瓦霍国
the Netherlands
Looks like the sea wants to kill us again, guys.
荷兰
大海看上去又想淹死我们了，伙计们。
Poland
Goddamn neighbors!
波兰
可恶的邻国！
Greece
We did a bunch of shit for mankind like 10000 years ago, now we're bankrupt.
希腊
一万年前还是什么时候，我们为人类贡献了一大堆东西。现在我们破产了。
Sweden
Back to back World War avoiders!
背靠背闪避世界大战！
（不知道是不是也包括芬兰）
Pakistan
Some Muslims in India hated Hindus so they created a new country for Muslims. Now there aren't any Hindus to hate so they hate each other.
巴基斯坦
一些印度穆斯林讨厌印度教徒，所以他们建了个新的穆斯林国家。现在他们没有印度教徒可恨了，他们开始内部互相仇视。
Latvia
No potatoes.
拉脱维亚
没有土豆。
Ireland
No potatoes. Potatoes. No potatoes.
爱尔兰
没有土豆。有土豆。没有土豆。
North Korea
All is fine. No more questions. Eternal President will lead us to victory.
朝鲜。
一切良好。没有疑问。永远的领袖将带领我们取得胜利。
Ukraine
Glowing in the dark since 1986.
乌克兰
自1986年起，照亮黑暗。（指切尔诺贝利核事故）
New Zealand
When you make a deal with someone of a different language, make sure you both understand what the other person thinks of it.
新西兰
当你和操不同语言的人签署跳跃的时候，确保你们都知道对方是怎么理解的。
【来自维基百科：《怀唐伊条约》于1840年签订后，新西兰成为英国殖民地。但该条约有英文与毛利文二版本，英国皇室代表签了英文版，毛利人签了毛利文版。毛利文版承诺给毛利人“tino rangatiratanga”，这词在毛利文意为“自治”，英文版却翻译成“首领位置”，双方对文意及解读不同。这词和其他一些问题至今仍为新西兰政府与毛利人间的芥蒂。比如《海床和前滩的所有权》归属问题。】
Russia
Vodka, monarchs, vodka, got sick of the monarchs, brought in a new fangled sharing policy, celebration vodka, despair, oppression, poverty... vodka. Space, space, more space, stared down the Americans for a long time, hockey, new flag, Putin, vodka.
俄罗斯
伏特加，君主们，伏特加，厌倦了君主制，引进了新鲜的分配制度，庆祝用伏特加，绝望，压抑，贫困……伏特加。太空，太空，继续朝向太空，紧盯美国人很长时间，冰球赛（指1980冬奥会美国队奇迹般地战胜了四连冠的苏联队，在冷战期间具有象征性的意义），新国旗，普京，伏特加。
Portugal
We have money, we give money away so other countries find us cool. They never do.
葡萄牙
我们很有钱，我们把钱挥霍出去，想让别的国家见识见识我们有多厉害。他们从来没觉得过。
Norway
Viking glory days, many hundred years of rule by others, now filthy rich from oil.
挪威
辉煌的维京时代，被异族统治了数百年，现在因为石油富得流油。
Kazakhstan
turkic khaganate and then... who am I kidding no one gives a shit
哈萨克斯坦
突厥汗国之后……我是谁？开玩笑，根本没人在意。
Denmark
Raped, looted and pillaged our way to being the most content people in the world.
丹麦
一直都在被蹂躏，掠夺，抢劫，直到现在，成为了世界上最富足的一群人。
the Philippines
I need an adult.
菲律宾
我需要一个成年人。
【注：菲律宾童妓泛滥。】
France
Went to war with everyone for centuries, surrenders once, is called a country of pussies forever.
法国
数个世纪以来都在和各种人打仗，只投降了一次，就永远被叫做怂包之国了。
Austria
Managed to pin World War 1 on Germany.
奥地利
成功把一战的锅扔给德国背了。
England
We miss colonialism.
英格兰
我们想念殖民主义。
Germany
Sends soldiers to support wars started by allies. Always blamed, gets bitter and starts a war themselves. Never allowed to hear the end of it.
德国
派出士兵去支援盟友发动的战争。总是被怪罪，变得愤恨不平，于是士兵们发动了自己的战争。从来没有机会挺到战争结束。
Greenland
Once upon a time, a couple of people just showed up. That's it.
格陵兰岛
很久以前，两个人出现了，完毕。
(some from Reddit, what's the TL;DR of your country's entire history?)
Diana Crețu, Photo spammer @ dianacr... (more)
61 upvotes by Leung Kwan Pang, Alexandru Ifrim, Dan Knight, (more)
Romania
*Poof* Thracians. Cool, let's call this place Dacia. Whoops, Romans. FINE, you win, you may stay. Oh shit the Turks. Oh shit the Hungarians. OH SHIT the Russians. Hello communism. [ ].*pow-pow*, bye communism. Oh crap, now what.
呼……色雷斯人。不错，那就把这里叫做达西亚吧。哎呀，罗马人。好吧，你们赢了，你们可以呆在这儿。哦该死的突厥人。哦该死的匈牙利人。哦该死的俄罗斯人。你好共产主义。[ ]（消音）。“砰、砰”（爆炸声），拜拜共产主义。坏了，现在又是什么了。
JJ Sutherland, Journalist
92 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Mikael Bengtsson, Joel V Benjamin, (more)
From a Norwegian woman when I jokingly asked her wtf with the Vikings? (My ancestry is from Viking ruled areas of Scotland and Viking raided areas of Ireland).
"Hey, we peaked early."
我问一个挪威女人，维京人究竟是怎么一回事？（我的先祖来自维京人统治下的苏格兰地区，以及维京人袭击的爱尔兰地区）
“嘿，我们早些时候可辉煌了。”
Henry Su, Armchair Peripatetic.
1.5k upvotes by Brady Postma, Judith Meyer, Melissa Stroud, (more)
Korea: serving as a doormat for neighboring giants for millennia.
朝鲜：被附近的大国当擦鞋垫当了上千年。
Korean pre-modern history in a nutshell:
China wants to invade Japan, stomps through Korea to get there.
Japan wants to invade China, stomps through Korea to get there.
简而言之，朝鲜人的前现代历史是：
中国想入侵日本，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
日本想入侵中国，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
Korean modern history in a nutshell:
US wants military foothold on China's doorstep, installs bases in Korea.
China freaks out, installs North Korean puppet leader and props up failed state as buffer.
South Korea's had enough. For fear of being culturally subsumed, defines its identity by what it's not: not Chinese, not Japanese. Invests heavily in its culture, people and technology. Goes from one of the poorest countries to one of the richest within a generation. Exports Psy to the world.
简而言之，朝鲜人的现代历史是：
美国想在中国的门口驻军，在朝鲜半岛建立基地。
中国吓坏了，支持北朝鲜傀儡领袖建立了一个失败国家作为缓冲区。
南朝鲜受够了。害怕在文化上被吞并，将自己的身份认同建立在否定之上：不是中国人，不是日本人。在文化、人力和科技上大量投入，在一代人的时间里，从最贫困的国家之一，成为了最富裕的一员。把鸟叔输出到全世界。
Dinh Ngoc Quang Thao, quora wanderer
332 upvotes by Cheng Xuntao, Judith Meyer, Melissa Stroud, (more)
I borrowed the lyrics from a famous Vietnamese songwriter, Trinh Cong Son.
我借用了越南著名作曲家Trinh Cong Son的歌词
Vietnam:
A thousand years of Chinese reign,
A hundred years of French oppression.
Twenty years of brother fighting brother each day,
A mother’s heritage – bones left to dry,
And graves that fill a mountain high.
(This song was written in the 1960s during the Vietnam war)
越南：
中国统治一千年，
法国压迫一百年。
手足相残二十年，
留给母亲枯骨干，
坟冢累累高如山。
【这首歌是在60年代的越战期间写的。】
Gustavo Destro
531 upvotes by Deirdre Beecher, Ricardo Bortolon, Shivam Patil, (more)
Brazil: The country of the future. Only the future never comes.
巴西：未来之国。只是未来从来都不会来。
Anirudh Joshi, it's always better to be lucky... (more)
588 upvotes by Brady Postma, Cole Whiteley, Rupert Baines, (more)
Afghanistan: You came. You saw. You got slaughtered.
阿富汗：你来了。你见证了。你被灭了。
Vincen Mathai, Quorious Armchair Historian
432 upvotes by Judith Meyer, Anurag Bishnoi, Bruno Sindicic, (more)
INDIA
To paraphrase Shashi Tharoor
In the context of India's cultural and historical heritage, she is not, an underdeveloped country, but rather, a highly developed country in an advanced state of decay.
印度
意译Shashi Tharoor的话：
以印度的文化历史遗产为背景来考虑，她并非一个未发展国家，而是一个高度发达、但却处在卓越的衰败进程之中的国家。
Anonymous
1.8k upvotes by Kyle Pennell, Mike Wilhelm, Yashodhar Rao, (more)
India
They came. It wasn't cold, it was rich. They stayed.
印度
他们来了。这里不冷，也很富饶。他们留在了这儿。
For those who don't know, "tl;dr" is short for "too long; didn't read." The tl;dr version of a story is a bit like the story in a nutshell or the Cliff's Notes version; a short summary of a story for people with short attention spans.
一句话概括各国历史
解释一下，“tl;dr”是“太长，不看”的缩写。一个故事的”tl;dr”版就是一言以蔽之，或者说纲要，供人们快速浏览的简短总结。
Aviral Bhatnagar, just jockeying
589 upvotes by Gengu Yao, Diana Crețu, Henry Su, (more)
Tuvalu
We're the fourth smallest country in the world. This answer is the first time you're hearing of us. But we gave the internet .tv
And made millions because of it.
(Tuvalu makes an astounding 10% of their GDP from the internet domain)
图瓦卢
我们是世界上第四小的国家。这条回答是你第一次听说我国，但是我们为互联网贡献了.tv.
然后靠它赚了数百万。
（图瓦卢GDP惊人的10%来自域名）
Sami Kukkonen, Chairman of the Board (Burton T6)
1.3k upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Judith Meyer, Joachim Pense, (more)
The condensed history of Finland from 9000 BC to 2014 AD.
Ice age, hunters and fishers, agriculture, Swedish Crusades, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, famine, war, war, war, annexation by Russia, famine, independence, civil war, war, war, war, prosperity, Nokia, Linux, Angry Birds.
Edit: an irate Pyrrhula pyrrhula convinced me to add Angry Birds.
公元前9000年至公元2014年的芬兰历史浓缩版：
冰河世纪，渔猎，农业，瑞典十字军，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，繁荣，诺基亚，Linux，愤怒的小鸟
编辑：一只愤怒的红腹灰雀说服我把愤怒的小鸟加上。
Jan Zasowski
231 upvotes by Judith Meyer, Eamon Bohan, Melissa Stroud, (more)
Poland: Stuck between a rock (Germany) and a hard place (Russia), and no-one can agree how to get out.
波兰：在德国和俄罗斯之间进退两难，没人知道怎样摆脱困境。
Laszlo B. Tamas, Interested in the history of: ... (more)
143 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Gitana Grudytė, Joseph Boyle, (more)
Hungary: after 1,000 years as foreigners, in a dangerous part of Europe - we're still here!
匈牙利：作为外来者在欧洲的险恶之地呆了一千年之后，我们仍然在这儿！
Michel El Meouchi
416 upvotes by Jimmy Lam, Melissa Stroud, Brady Postma, (more)
Lebanon: Successfully hosting "Command & Conquer - Real World Edition" since 8,000 BC.
黎巴嫩：自公元前8000年起就成功举办了“命令与征服-真实世界版”
Domhnall O'Huigin, Have a look at //twominut... (more)
103 upvotes by Tim Bushell, Ricardo LB Pulido, Dan Knight, (more)
Ireland: green, rainy and blame everything on the English.
爱尔兰：绿色，多雨，一切都是英格兰人的错。
Sean McCullough, a man in constant wonder.
317 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Jack Yu, Judith Meyer, (more)
Canada: an uneasy alliance of French, English and Aboriginals designed for the sole purpose of fending off the Americans. And nothing has changed. Sorry.
加拿大：法国人、英格兰人和土著居民勉强结成的同盟，唯一目的是为了抵御美国人。至今为止仍无改变，很抱歉。
Abbas Halai
391 upvotes by Cole Whiteley, Melissa Stroud, Vijay Chidambaram, (more)
United Arab Emirates:
If you build it, they will come.
阿联酋：只要你把楼造好了，他们就会来。
Arun Kumar Banala, Learning
1.1k upvotes by Gengu Yao, Bill McDonald, Wassim Naboulsi, (more)
Not my country, but I heard somewhere that the history of Russia can be summed up in one sentence:
Then, things got worse.
不是我的国家，但我听说俄罗斯的历史可以被概括为一句话：
之后，事情变得更糟糕了。
Rahul Kapil, Read History
2.6k upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Brian Farr, Judith Meyer, (more)
India: We are one of the oldest and wisest cultures. Welcome to Dell technical support, my name is Steve.
印度：我们是世界上最古老最智慧的文明之一。欢迎致电戴尔技术支持部门，我的名字是Steve。
Phil Darnowsky, I know things and have opinions
250 upvotes by Cath Ennis, Melissa Stroud, Henry Su, (more)
USA: Free land! (Some conditions apply.)
美国：自由国度！（适用于某些情况下。）
Elliot Grinstead
982 upvotes by Foxor Bingingtov, Eba Kunin, Louis Masson, (more)
SWITZERLAND: give us your cash and get off my lawn.
瑞士：把钱交给我们，不要踩草坪。
Katherine Makhalova
115 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Mike Wilhelm, Andy Lee Chaisiri, (more)
As one of the Russian leaders said after one another disastrous reform:
"We wanted the best, you know the rest".
正如一位俄罗斯领导人在又一场灾难性的改革之后所说的，
“我们曾期望过最好的结果，剩下的，你懂的。”
Alex Jouravlev, know some History...
425 upvotes by Brady Postma, Melissa Stroud, Alan Chen, (more)
Australia. After centuries of struggling on a cold, foggy island, British discovered the land of sun, gorgeous oceans and wide open spaces. They dumped their criminals on it, then cut it loose to join EU.
澳大利亚：英国人在寒冷多雾的岛上挣扎了数个世纪，终于发现了一片辽阔的土地，阳光明媚，碧波粼粼。他们把罪犯扔到这儿，却又和这里摆脱了关系，加入了欧盟
Anonymous
2.2k upvotes by Brady Postma, Phil Darnowsky, Melissa Stroud, (more)
Madagascar: Let's be honest, nobody gave a fuck about us till the movies came out.
马达加斯加：我就直说了吧，在电影出来之前，压根儿没人知道我们。
Reza Shaeri, Attorney
317 upvotes by Cole Whiteley, Amanda Tendler, Louis Masson, (more)
Iran: We were doing just great until the (insert foreigners of choice) showed up, and ruined everything.
Oh and we invented tl;dr 2,500 years ago, but no one gives us credit.
伊朗：我们正在创造伟大的功绩，这时（选择外来者填入）出现，把一切都毁了。
噢，我们在2500年前发明了（太多，不说了），但没别人相信我们。
Mikael Bengtsson, "Hm, that's strange; I wonder ... (more)
41 upvotes by Lorenzo Peroni, Parth Gawarikar, Siddhesh Vivek Wagh, (more)
Sweden:
Made a living from selling lumber and iron, while fighting with every single neighbor—preferably on their home turf—until things went downhill and deciding that nobody should be fighting at all, as it's not fair. Do you hear me? Stop fighting!
(Psst! Do you want to buy our fighter jet? Extra cheap, only for you, if you know what I mean!)
(*cough* )
Right... Um... We now make a living from the manufacture of cars, furniture, songs, apps and from outsourcing boring stuff to other places.
(AA guns?)
瑞典：
靠贩卖木材和铁为生，和每个邻居开战——尤其是在他们自己的地盘上——直到情况不妙，决定任何人都不该再打仗了，因为那样不公平。你听到我说的了吗？别打了！
（喂！你想买我们的战斗机吗？非常便宜，为你量身打造，如果你懂我的意思的话！）
（咳咳）
好……呃……我们现在靠出产汽车、家具、音乐、应用，以及为别人提供无趣的外包为生。
（高射炮要不要？）
Mathias Weseth, Founder of GrowSocial, Born in '98
826 upvotes by Eric Nelson, Cole Whiteley, Judith Meyer, (more)
Norway: Crappy and dull until we found oil. Now we're rich.
挪威：蹩脚又无趣，直到我们发现了石油。现在我们很富裕。
Cheng Xuntao
479 upvotes by Deirdre Beecher, Arun Kumar Banala, Luis Luis, (more)
China: The Empire rises and falls, then rises again, then falls again, then rises again, then falls again ... from the darkest ancient time, to the infinity and beyond.
中国：帝国崛起，衰落，再崛起，再衰落，又崛起，又衰落……从最黑暗的上古时代，到浩瀚无垠的未来。
Stephen Tempest, qualified amateur historian
779 upvotes by Arun Kumar Banala, Rupert Baines, Andrew Mateskon, (more)
For over a thousand years, everybody invaded us. So then we decided to return the favour.
(UK)
一千年来，我们都在遭受所有人的侵略。所以后来我们决定以牙还牙。
（英国）
Giordon Stark, Licensed Quantum Mechanic
779 upvotes by Christian Daniel Griset, Brian Bi, Henry Su, (more)
USA
This land is your land? ...This land is my land.
美国
这片土地是你的吗？……这片土地是我的了。
Italy
We were really important but now we make shoes.
意大利
我们曾经举足轻重，现在我们在造靴子。
Switzerland
Sure we'll take your money!
瑞士
我们当然会打理好你的钱财！
Navajo Nation
Sure we'll go for a walk.
纳瓦霍国
the Netherlands
Looks like the sea wants to kill us again, guys.
荷兰
大海看上去又想淹死我们了，伙计们。
Poland
Goddamn neighbors!
波兰
可恶的邻国！
Greece
We did a bunch of shit for mankind like 10000 years ago, now we're bankrupt.
希腊
一万年前还是什么时候，我们为人类贡献了一大堆东西。现在我们破产了。
Sweden
Back to back World War avoiders!
背靠背闪避世界大战！
（不知道是不是也包括芬兰）
Pakistan
Some Muslims in India hated Hindus so they created a new country for Muslims. Now there aren't any Hindus to hate so they hate each other.
巴基斯坦
一些印度穆斯林讨厌印度教徒，所以他们建了个新的穆斯林国家。现在他们没有印度教徒可恨了，他们开始内部互相仇视。
Latvia
No potatoes.
拉脱维亚
没有土豆。
Ireland
No potatoes. Potatoes. No potatoes.
爱尔兰
没有土豆。有土豆。没有土豆。
North Korea
All is fine. No more questions. Eternal President will lead us to victory.
朝鲜。
一切良好。没有疑问。永远的领袖将带领我们取得胜利。
Ukraine
Glowing in the dark since 1986.
乌克兰
自1986年起，照亮黑暗。（指切尔诺贝利核事故）
New Zealand
When you make a deal with someone of a different language, make sure you both understand what the other person thinks of it.
新西兰
当你和操不同语言的人签署跳跃的时候，确保你们都知道对方是怎么理解的。
【来自维基百科：《怀唐伊条约》于1840年签订后，新西兰成为英国殖民地。但该条约有英文与毛利文二版本，英国皇室代表签了英文版，毛利人签了毛利文版。毛利文版承诺给毛利人“tino rangatiratanga”，这词在毛利文意为“自治”，英文版却翻译成“首领位置”，双方对文意及解读不同。这词和其他一些问题至今仍为新西兰政府与毛利人间的芥蒂。比如《海床和前滩的所有权》归属问题。】
Russia
Vodka, monarchs, vodka, got sick of the monarchs, brought in a new fangled sharing policy, celebration vodka, despair, oppression, poverty... vodka. Space, space, more space, stared down the Americans for a long time, hockey, new flag, Putin, vodka.
俄罗斯
伏特加，君主们，伏特加，厌倦了君主制，引进了新鲜的分配制度，庆祝用伏特加，绝望，压抑，贫困……伏特加。太空，太空，继续朝向太空，紧盯美国人很长时间，冰球赛（指1980冬奥会美国队奇迹般地战胜了四连冠的苏联队，在冷战期间具有象征性的意义），新国旗，普京，伏特加。
Portugal
We have money, we give money away so other countries find us cool. They never do.
葡萄牙
我们很有钱，我们把钱挥霍出去，想让别的国家见识见识我们有多厉害。他们从来没觉得过。
Norway
Viking glory days, many hundred years of rule by others, now filthy rich from oil.
挪威
辉煌的维京时代，被异族统治了数百年，现在因为石油富得流油。
Kazakhstan
turkic khaganate and then... who am I kidding no one gives a shit
哈萨克斯坦
突厥汗国之后……我是谁？开玩笑，根本没人在意。
Denmark
Raped, looted and pillaged our way to being the most content people in the world.
丹麦
一直都在被蹂躏，掠夺，抢劫，直到现在，成为了世界上最富足的一群人。
the Philippines
I need an adult.
菲律宾
我需要一个成年人。
【注：菲律宾童妓泛滥。】
France
Went to war with everyone for centuries, surrenders once, is called a country of pussies forever.
法国
数个世纪以来都在和各种人打仗，只投降了一次，就永远被叫做怂包之国了。
Austria
Managed to pin World War 1 on Germany.
奥地利
成功把一战的锅扔给德国背了。
England
We miss colonialism.
英格兰
我们想念殖民主义。
Germany
Sends soldiers to support wars started by allies. Always blamed, gets bitter and starts a war themselves. Never allowed to hear the end of it.
德国
派出士兵去支援盟友发动的战争。总是被怪罪，变得愤恨不平，于是士兵们发动了自己的战争。从来没有机会挺到战争结束。
Greenland
Once upon a time, a couple of people just showed up. That's it.
格陵兰岛
很久以前，两个人出现了，完毕。
(some from Reddit, what's the TL;DR of your country's entire history?)
Diana Crețu, Photo spammer @ dianacr... (more)
61 upvotes by Leung Kwan Pang, Alexandru Ifrim, Dan Knight, (more)
Romania
*Poof* Thracians. Cool, let's call this place Dacia. Whoops, Romans. FINE, you win, you may stay. Oh shit the Turks. Oh shit the Hungarians. OH SHIT the Russians. Hello communism. [ ].*pow-pow*, bye communism. Oh crap, now what.
呼……色雷斯人。不错，那就把这里叫做达西亚吧。哎呀，罗马人。好吧，你们赢了，你们可以呆在这儿。哦该死的突厥人。哦该死的匈牙利人。哦该死的俄罗斯人。你好共产主义。[ ]（消音）。“砰、砰”（爆炸声），拜拜共产主义。坏了，现在又是什么了。
JJ Sutherland, Journalist
92 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Mikael Bengtsson, Joel V Benjamin, (more)
From a Norwegian woman when I jokingly asked her wtf with the Vikings? (My ancestry is from Viking ruled areas of Scotland and Viking raided areas of Ireland).
"Hey, we peaked early."
我问一个挪威女人，维京人究竟是怎么一回事？（我的先祖来自维京人统治下的苏格兰地区，以及维京人袭击的爱尔兰地区）
“嘿，我们早些时候可辉煌了。”
Henry Su, Armchair Peripatetic.
1.5k upvotes by Brady Postma, Judith Meyer, Melissa Stroud, (more)
Korea: serving as a doormat for neighboring giants for millennia.
朝鲜：被附近的大国当擦鞋垫当了上千年。
Korean pre-modern history in a nutshell:
China wants to invade Japan, stomps through Korea to get there.
Japan wants to invade China, stomps through Korea to get there.
简而言之，朝鲜人的前现代历史是：
中国想入侵日本，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
日本想入侵中国，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
Korean modern history in a nutshell:
US wants military foothold on China's doorstep, installs bases in Korea.
China freaks out, installs North Korean puppet leader and props up failed state as buffer.
South Korea's had enough. For fear of being culturally subsumed, defines its identity by what it's not: not Chinese, not Japanese. Invests heavily in its culture, people and technology. Goes from one of the poorest countries to one of the richest within a generation. Exports Psy to the world.
简而言之，朝鲜人的现代历史是：
美国想在中国的门口驻军，在朝鲜半岛建立基地。
中国吓坏了，支持北朝鲜傀儡领袖建立了一个失败国家作为缓冲区。
南朝鲜受够了。害怕在文化上被吞并，将自己的身份认同建立在否定之上：不是中国人，不是日本人。在文化、人力和科技上大量投入，在一代人的时间里，从最贫困的国家之一，成为了最富裕的一员。把鸟叔输出到全世界。
Dinh Ngoc Quang Thao, quora wanderer
332 upvotes by Cheng Xuntao, Judith Meyer, Melissa Stroud, (more)
I borrowed the lyrics from a famous Vietnamese songwriter, Trinh Cong Son.
我借用了越南著名作曲家Trinh Cong Son的歌词
Vietnam:
A thousand years of Chinese reign,
A hundred years of French oppression.
Twenty years of brother fighting brother each day,
A mother’s heritage – bones left to dry,
And graves that fill a mountain high.
(This song was written in the 1960s during the Vietnam war)
越南：
中国统治一千年，
法国压迫一百年。
手足相残二十年，
留给母亲枯骨干，
坟冢累累高如山。
【这首歌是在60年代的越战期间写的。】
Gustavo Destro
531 upvotes by Deirdre Beecher, Ricardo Bortolon, Shivam Patil, (more)
Brazil: The country of the future. Only the future never comes.
巴西：未来之国。只是未来从来都不会来。
Anirudh Joshi, it's always better to be lucky... (more)
588 upvotes by Brady Postma, Cole Whiteley, Rupert Baines, (more)
Afghanistan: You came. You saw. You got slaughtered.
阿富汗：你来了。你见证了。你被灭了。
Vincen Mathai, Quorious Armchair Historian
432 upvotes by Judith Meyer, Anurag Bishnoi, Bruno Sindicic, (more)
INDIA
To paraphrase Shashi Tharoor
In the context of India's cultural and historical heritage, she is not, an underdeveloped country, but rather, a highly developed country in an advanced state of decay.
印度
意译Shashi Tharoor的话：
以印度的文化历史遗产为背景来考虑，她并非一个未发展国家，而是一个高度发达、但却处在卓越的衰败进程之中的国家。
Anonymous
1.8k upvotes by Kyle Pennell, Mike Wilhelm, Yashodhar Rao, (more)
India
They came. It wasn't cold, it was rich. They stayed.
印度
他们来了。这里不冷，也很富饶。他们留在了这儿。
What's the tl;dr of different countries' entire history?
For those who don't know, "tl;dr" is short for "too long; didn't read." The tl;dr version of a story is a bit like the story in a nutshell or the Cliff's Notes version; a short summary of a story for people with short attention spans.
一句话概括各国历史
解释一下，“tl;dr”是“太长，不看”的缩写。一个故事的”tl;dr”版就是一言以蔽之，或者说纲要，供人们快速浏览的简短总结。
Aviral Bhatnagar, just jockeying
589 upvotes by Gengu Yao, Diana Crețu, Henry Su, (more)
Tuvalu
We're the fourth smallest country in the world. This answer is the first time you're hearing of us. But we gave the internet .tv
And made millions because of it.
(Tuvalu makes an astounding 10% of their GDP from the internet domain)
图瓦卢
我们是世界上第四小的国家。这条回答是你第一次听说我国，但是我们为互联网贡献了.tv.
然后靠它赚了数百万。
（图瓦卢GDP惊人的10%来自域名）
Sami Kukkonen, Chairman of the Board (Burton T6)
1.3k upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Judith Meyer, Joachim Pense, (more)
The condensed history of Finland from 9000 BC to 2014 AD.
Ice age, hunters and fishers, agriculture, Swedish Crusades, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, famine, war, war, war, annexation by Russia, famine, independence, civil war, war, war, war, prosperity, Nokia, Linux, Angry Birds.
Edit: an irate Pyrrhula pyrrhula convinced me to add Angry Birds.
公元前9000年至公元2014年的芬兰历史浓缩版：
冰河世纪，渔猎，农业，瑞典十字军，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，战争，繁荣，诺基亚，Linux，愤怒的小鸟
编辑：一只愤怒的红腹灰雀说服我把愤怒的小鸟加上。
Jan Zasowski
231 upvotes by Judith Meyer, Eamon Bohan, Melissa Stroud, (more)
Poland: Stuck between a rock (Germany) and a hard place (Russia), and no-one can agree how to get out.
波兰：在德国和俄罗斯之间进退两难，没人知道怎样摆脱困境。
Laszlo B. Tamas, Interested in the history of: ... (more)
143 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Gitana Grudytė, Joseph Boyle, (more)
Hungary: after 1,000 years as foreigners, in a dangerous part of Europe - we're still here!
匈牙利：作为外来者在欧洲的险恶之地呆了一千年之后，我们仍然在这儿！
Michel El Meouchi
416 upvotes by Jimmy Lam, Melissa Stroud, Brady Postma, (more)
Lebanon: Successfully hosting "Command & Conquer - Real World Edition" since 8,000 BC.
黎巴嫩：自公元前8000年起就成功举办了“命令与征服-真实世界版”
Domhnall O'Huigin, Have a look at //twominut... (more)
103 upvotes by Tim Bushell, Ricardo LB Pulido, Dan Knight, (more)
Ireland: green, rainy and blame everything on the English.
爱尔兰：绿色，多雨，一切都是英格兰人的错。
Sean McCullough, a man in constant wonder.
317 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Jack Yu, Judith Meyer, (more)
Canada: an uneasy alliance of French, English and Aboriginals designed for the sole purpose of fending off the Americans. And nothing has changed. Sorry.
加拿大：法国人、英格兰人和土著居民勉强结成的同盟，唯一目的是为了抵御美国人。至今为止仍无改变，很抱歉。
Abbas Halai
391 upvotes by Cole Whiteley, Melissa Stroud, Vijay Chidambaram, (more)
United Arab Emirates:
If you build it, they will come.
阿联酋：只要你把楼造好了，他们就会来。
Arun Kumar Banala, Learning
1.1k upvotes by Gengu Yao, Bill McDonald, Wassim Naboulsi, (more)
Not my country, but I heard somewhere that the history of Russia can be summed up in one sentence:
Then, things got worse.
不是我的国家，但我听说俄罗斯的历史可以被概括为一句话：
之后，事情变得更糟糕了。
Rahul Kapil, Read History
2.6k upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Brian Farr, Judith Meyer, (more)
India: We are one of the oldest and wisest cultures. Welcome to Dell technical support, my name is Steve.
印度：我们是世界上最古老最智慧的文明之一。欢迎致电戴尔技术支持部门，我的名字是Steve。
Phil Darnowsky, I know things and have opinions
250 upvotes by Cath Ennis, Melissa Stroud, Henry Su, (more)
USA: Free land! (Some conditions apply.)
美国：自由国度！（适用于某些情况下。）
Elliot Grinstead
982 upvotes by Foxor Bingingtov, Eba Kunin, Louis Masson, (more)
SWITZERLAND: give us your cash and get off my lawn.
瑞士：把钱交给我们，不要踩草坪。
Katherine Makhalova
115 upvotes by Melissa Stroud, Mike Wilhelm, Andy Lee Chaisiri, (more)
As one of the Russian leaders said after one another disastrous reform:
"We wanted the best, you know the rest".
正如一位俄罗斯领导人在又一场灾难性的改革之后所说的，
“我们曾期望过最好的结果，剩下的，你懂的。”
Alex Jouravlev, know some History...
425 upvotes by Brady Postma, Melissa Stroud, Alan Chen, (more)
Australia. After centuries of struggling on a cold, foggy island, British discovered the land of sun, gorgeous oceans and wide open spaces. They dumped their criminals on it, then cut it loose to join EU.
澳大利亚：英国人在寒冷多雾的岛上挣扎了数个世纪，终于发现了一片辽阔的土地，阳光明媚，碧波粼粼。他们把罪犯扔到这儿，却又和这里摆脱了关系，加入了欧盟
Anonymous
2.2k upvotes by Brady Postma, Phil Darnowsky, Melissa Stroud, (more)
Madagascar: Let's be honest, nobody gave a fuck about us till the movies came out.
马达加斯加：我就直说了吧，在电影出来之前，压根儿没人知道我们。
Reza Shaeri, Attorney
317 upvotes by Cole Whiteley, Amanda Tendler, Louis Masson, (more)
Iran: We were doing just great until the (insert foreigners of choice) showed up, and ruined everything.
Oh and we invented tl;dr 2,500 years ago, but no one gives us credit.
伊朗：我们正在创造伟大的功绩，这时（选择外来者填入）出现，把一切都毁了。
噢，我们在2500年前发明了（太多，不说了），但没别人相信我们。
Mikael Bengtsson, "Hm, that's strange; I wonder ... (more)
41 upvotes by Lorenzo Peroni, Parth Gawarikar, Siddhesh Vivek Wagh, (more)
Sweden:
Made a living from selling lumber and iron, while fighting with every single neighbor—preferably on their home turf—until things went downhill and deciding that nobody should be fighting at all, as it's not fair. Do you hear me? Stop fighting!
(Psst! Do you want to buy our fighter jet? Extra cheap, only for you, if you know what I mean!)
(*cough* )
Right... Um... We now make a living from the manufacture of cars, furniture, songs, apps and from outsourcing boring stuff to other places.
(AA guns?)
瑞典：
靠贩卖木材和铁为生，和每个邻居开战——尤其是在他们自己的地盘上——直到情况不妙，决定任何人都不该再打仗了，因为那样不公平。你听到我说的了吗？别打了！
（喂！你想买我们的战斗机吗？非常便宜，为你量身打造，如果你懂我的意思的话！）
（咳咳）
好……呃……我们现在靠出产汽车、家具、音乐、应用，以及为别人提供无趣的外包为生。
（高射炮要不要？）
Mathias Weseth, Founder of GrowSocial, Born in '98
826 upvotes by Eric Nelson, Cole Whiteley, Judith Meyer, (more)
Norway: Crappy and dull until we found oil. Now we're rich.
挪威：蹩脚又无趣，直到我们发现了石油。现在我们很富裕。
Cheng Xuntao
479 upvotes by Deirdre Beecher, Arun Kumar Banala, Luis Luis, (more)
China: The Empire rises and falls, then rises again, then falls again, then rises again, then falls again ... from the darkest ancient time, to the infinity and beyond.
中国：帝国崛起，衰落，再崛起，再衰落，又崛起，又衰落……从最黑暗的上古时代，到浩瀚无垠的未来。
Stephen Tempest, qualified amateur historian
779 upvotes by Arun Kumar Banala, Rupert Baines, Andrew Mateskon, (more)
For over a thousand years, everybody invaded us. So then we decided to return the favour.
(UK)
一千年来，我们都在遭受所有人的侵略。所以后来我们决定以牙还牙。
（英国）
Giordon Stark, Licensed Quantum Mechanic
779 upvotes by Christian Daniel Griset, Brian Bi, Henry Su, (more)
USA
This land is your land? ...This land is my land.
美国
这片土地是你的吗？……这片土地是我的了。
Italy
We were really important but now we make shoes.
意大利
我们曾经举足轻重，现在我们在造靴子。
Switzerland
Sure we'll take your money!
瑞士
我们当然会打理好你的钱财！
Navajo Nation
Sure we'll go for a walk.
纳瓦霍国
the Netherlands
Looks like the sea wants to kill us again, guys.
荷兰
大海看上去又想淹死我们了，伙计们。
Poland
Goddamn neighbors!
波兰
可恶的邻国！
Greece
We did a bunch of shit for mankind like 10000 years ago, now we're bankrupt.
希腊
一万年前还是什么时候，我们为人类贡献了一大堆东西。现在我们破产了。
Sweden
Back to back World War avoiders!
背靠背闪避世界大战！
（不知道是不是也包括芬兰）
Pakistan
Some Muslims in India hated Hindus so they created a new country for Muslims. Now there aren't any Hindus to hate so they hate each other.
巴基斯坦
一些印度穆斯林讨厌印度教徒，所以他们建了个新的穆斯林国家。现在他们没有印度教徒可恨了，他们开始内部互相仇视。
Latvia
No potatoes.
拉脱维亚
没有土豆。
Ireland
No potatoes. Potatoes. No potatoes.
爱尔兰
没有土豆。有土豆。没有土豆。
North Korea
All is fine. No more questions. Eternal President will lead us to victory.
朝鲜。
一切良好。没有疑问。永远的领袖将带领我们取得胜利。
Ukraine
Glowing in the dark since 1986.
乌克兰
自1986年起，照亮黑暗。（指切尔诺贝利核事故）
New Zealand
When you make a deal with someone of a different language, make sure you both understand what the other person thinks of it.
新西兰
当你和操不同语言的人签署跳跃的时候，确保你们都知道对方是怎么理解的。
【来自维基百科：《怀唐伊条约》于1840年签订后，新西兰成为英国殖民地。但该条约有英文与毛利文二版本，英国皇室代表签了英文版，毛利人签了毛利文版。毛利文版承诺给毛利人“tino rangatiratanga”，这词在毛利文意为“自治”，英文版却翻译成“首领位置”，双方对文意及解读不同。这词和其他一些问题至今仍为新西兰政府与毛利人间的芥蒂。比如《海床和前滩的所有权》归属问题。】
Russia
Vodka, monarchs, vodka, got sick of the monarchs, brought in a new fangled sharing policy, celebration vodka, despair, oppression, poverty... vodka. Space, space, more space, stared down the Americans for a long time, hockey, new flag, Putin, vodka.
俄罗斯
伏特加，君主们，伏特加，厌倦了君主制，引进了新鲜的分配制度，庆祝用伏特加，绝望，压抑，贫困……伏特加。太空，太空，继续朝向太空，紧盯美国人很长时间，冰球赛（指1980冬奥会美国队奇迹般地战胜了四连冠的苏联队，在冷战期间具有象征性的意义），新国旗，普京，伏特加。
Portugal
We have money, we give money away so other countries find us cool. They never do.
葡萄牙
我们很有钱，我们把钱挥霍出去，想让别的国家见识见识我们有多厉害。他们从来没觉得过。
Norway
Viking glory days, many hundred years of rule by others, now filthy rich from oil.
挪威
辉煌的维京时代，被异族统治了数百年，现在因为石油富得流油。
Kazakhstan
turkic khaganate and then... who am I kidding no one gives a shit
哈萨克斯坦
突厥汗国之后……我是谁？开玩笑，根本没人在意。
Denmark
Raped, looted and pillaged our way to being the most content people in the world.
丹麦
一直都在被蹂躏，掠夺，抢劫，直到现在，成为了世界上最富足的一群人。
the Philippines
I need an adult.
菲律宾
我需要一个成年人。
【注：菲律宾童妓泛滥。】
France
Went to war with everyone for centuries, surrenders once, is called a country of pussies forever.
法国
数个世纪以来都在和各种人打仗，只投降了一次，就永远被叫做怂包之国了。
Austria
Managed to pin World War 1 on Germany.
奥地利
成功把一战的锅扔给德国背了。
England
We miss colonialism.
英格兰
我们想念殖民主义。
Germany
Sends soldiers to support wars started by allies. Always blamed, gets bitter and starts a war themselves. Never allowed to hear the end of it.
德国
派出士兵去支援盟友发动的战争。总是被怪罪，变得愤恨不平，于是士兵们发动了自己的战争。从来没有机会挺到战争结束。
Greenland
Once upon a time, a couple of people just showed up. That's it.
格陵兰岛
很久以前，两个人出现了，完毕。
(some from Reddit, what's the TL;DR of your country's entire history?)
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Romania
*Poof* Thracians. Cool, let's call this place Dacia. Whoops, Romans. FINE, you win, you may stay. Oh shit the Turks. Oh shit the Hungarians. OH SHIT the Russians. Hello communism. [ ].*pow-pow*, bye communism. Oh crap, now what.
呼……色雷斯人。不错，那就把这里叫做达西亚吧。哎呀，罗马人。好吧，你们赢了，你们可以呆在这儿。哦该死的突厥人。哦该死的匈牙利人。哦该死的俄罗斯人。你好共产主义。[ ]（消音）。“砰、砰”（爆炸声），拜拜共产主义。坏了，现在又是什么了。
JJ Sutherland, Journalist
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From a Norwegian woman when I jokingly asked her wtf with the Vikings? (My ancestry is from Viking ruled areas of Scotland and Viking raided areas of Ireland).
"Hey, we peaked early."
我问一个挪威女人，维京人究竟是怎么一回事？（我的先祖来自维京人统治下的苏格兰地区，以及维京人袭击的爱尔兰地区）
“嘿，我们早些时候可辉煌了。”
Henry Su, Armchair Peripatetic.
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Korea: serving as a doormat for neighboring giants for millennia.
朝鲜：被附近的大国当擦鞋垫当了上千年。
Korean pre-modern history in a nutshell:
China wants to invade Japan, stomps through Korea to get there.
Japan wants to invade China, stomps through Korea to get there.
简而言之，朝鲜人的前现代历史是：
中国想入侵日本，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
日本想入侵中国，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
Korean modern history in a nutshell:
US wants military foothold on China's doorstep, installs bases in Korea.
China freaks out, installs North Korean puppet leader and props up failed state as buffer.
South Korea's had enough. For fear of being culturally subsumed, defines its identity by what it's not: not Chinese, not Japanese. Invests heavily in its culture, people and technology. Goes from one of the poorest countries to one of the richest within a generation. Exports Psy to the world.
简而言之，朝鲜人的现代历史是：
美国想在中国的门口驻军，在朝鲜半岛建立基地。
中国吓坏了，支持北朝鲜傀儡领袖建立了一个失败国家作为缓冲区。
南朝鲜受够了。害怕在文化上被吞并，将自己的身份认同建立在否定之上：不是中国人，不是日本人。在文化、人力和科技上大量投入，在一代人的时间里，从最贫困的国家之一，成为了最富裕的一员。把鸟叔输出到全世界。
Dinh Ngoc Quang Thao, quora wanderer
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I borrowed the lyrics from a famous Vietnamese songwriter, Trinh Cong Son.
我借用了越南著名作曲家Trinh Cong Son的歌词
Vietnam:
A thousand years of Chinese reign,
A hundred years of French oppression.
Twenty years of brother fighting brother each day,
A mother’s heritage – bones left to dry,
And graves that fill a mountain high.
(This song was written in the 1960s during the Vietnam war)
越南：
中国统治一千年，
法国压迫一百年。
手足相残二十年，
留给母亲枯骨干，
坟冢累累高如山。
【这首歌是在60年代的越战期间写的。】
Gustavo Destro
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Brazil: The country of the future. Only the future never comes.
巴西：未来之国。只是未来从来都不会来。
Anirudh Joshi, it's always better to be lucky... (more)
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Afghanistan: You came. You saw. You got slaughtered.
阿富汗：你来了。你见证了。你被灭了。
Vincen Mathai, Quorious Armchair Historian
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INDIA
To paraphrase Shashi Tharoor
In the context of India's cultural and historical heritage, she is not, an underdeveloped country, but rather, a highly developed country in an advanced state of decay.
印度
意译Shashi Tharoor的话：
以印度的文化历史遗产为背景来考虑，她并非一个未发展国家，而是一个高度发达、但却处在卓越的衰败进程之中的国家。
Anonymous
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India
They came. It wasn't cold, it was rich. They stayed.
印度
他们来了。这里不冷，也很富饶。他们留在了这儿。
我们的不是： 自古以来。。。 吗？
中国：帝国崛起，衰落，再崛起，再衰落，又崛起，又衰落……从最黑暗的上古时代，到浩瀚无垠的未来。
我们的未来是星辰大海
我们的未来是星辰大海
都弱爆了。其实老祖宗的八个字就足以概括全世界的历史：分久必合，合久必分。
帝国坟墓就是霸气：你来了，你见证了，你被灭了。
如果不能武力占领，就经济绑架吧！
如果不能武力占领，就经济绑架吧！
“....Henry Su, Armchair Peripatetic.
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Korea: serving as a doormat for neighboring giants for millennia.
朝鲜：被附近的大国当擦鞋垫当了上千年。
Korean pre-modern history in a nutshell:
China wants to invade Japan, stomps through Korea to get there.
Japan wants to invade China, stomps through Korea to get there.
简而言之，朝鲜人的前现代历史是：
中国想入侵日本，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
日本想入侵中国，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
Korean modern history in a nutshell:
US wants military foothold on China's doorstep, installs bases in Korea.
China freaks out, installs North Korean puppet leader and props up failed state as buffer.
South Korea's had enough. For fear of being culturally subsumed, defines its identity by what it's not: not Chinese, not Japanese. Invests heavily in its culture, people and technology. Goes from one of the poorest countries to one of the richest within a generation. Exports Psy to the world.
简而言之，朝鲜人的现代历史是：
美国想在中国的门口驻军，在朝鲜半岛建立基地。
中国吓坏了，支持北朝鲜傀儡领袖建立了一个失败国家作为缓冲区。
南朝鲜受够了。害怕在文化上被吞并，将自己的身份认同建立在否定之上：不是中国人，不是日本人。在文化、人力和科技上大量投入，在一代人的时间里，从最贫困的国家之一，成为了最富裕的一员。把鸟叔输出到全世界。
Dinh Ngoc Quang Thao, quora wanderer
332 upvotes by Cheng Xuntao, Judith Meyer, Melissa Stroud, (more)
I borrowed the lyrics from a famous Vietnamese songwriter, Trinh Cong Son.
我借用了越南著名作曲家Trinh Cong Son的歌词
Vietnam:
A thousand years of Chinese reign,
A hundred years of French oppression.
Twenty years of brother fighting brother each day,
A mother’s heritage – bones left to dry,
And graves that fill a mountain high.
(This song was written in the 1960s during the Vietnam war)
越南：
中国统治一千年，
法国压迫一百年。
手足相残二十年，
留给母亲枯骨干，
坟冢累累高如山。
【这首歌是在60年代的越战期间写的。】.....”
看来对周边的国家来说TG真的是噩梦啊，不过我喜欢
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Korea: serving as a doormat for neighboring giants for millennia.
朝鲜：被附近的大国当擦鞋垫当了上千年。
Korean pre-modern history in a nutshell:
China wants to invade Japan, stomps through Korea to get there.
Japan wants to invade China, stomps through Korea to get there.
简而言之，朝鲜人的前现代历史是：
中国想入侵日本，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
日本想入侵中国，要踏过朝鲜半岛。
Korean modern history in a nutshell:
US wants military foothold on China's doorstep, installs bases in Korea.
China freaks out, installs North Korean puppet leader and props up failed state as buffer.
South Korea's had enough. For fear of being culturally subsumed, defines its identity by what it's not: not Chinese, not Japanese. Invests heavily in its culture, people and technology. Goes from one of the poorest countries to one of the richest within a generation. Exports Psy to the world.
简而言之，朝鲜人的现代历史是：
美国想在中国的门口驻军，在朝鲜半岛建立基地。
中国吓坏了，支持北朝鲜傀儡领袖建立了一个失败国家作为缓冲区。
南朝鲜受够了。害怕在文化上被吞并，将自己的身份认同建立在否定之上：不是中国人，不是日本人。在文化、人力和科技上大量投入，在一代人的时间里，从最贫困的国家之一，成为了最富裕的一员。把鸟叔输出到全世界。
Dinh Ngoc Quang Thao, quora wanderer
332 upvotes by Cheng Xuntao, Judith Meyer, Melissa Stroud, (more)
I borrowed the lyrics from a famous Vietnamese songwriter, Trinh Cong Son.
我借用了越南著名作曲家Trinh Cong Son的歌词
Vietnam:
A thousand years of Chinese reign,
A hundred years of French oppression.
Twenty years of brother fighting brother each day,
A mother’s heritage – bones left to dry,
And graves that fill a mountain high.
(This song was written in the 1960s during the Vietnam war)
越南：
中国统治一千年，
法国压迫一百年。
手足相残二十年，
留给母亲枯骨干，
坟冢累累高如山。
【这首歌是在60年代的越战期间写的。】.....”
看来对周边的国家来说TG真的是噩梦啊，不过我喜欢