[R&A] [外電]再會了！伊甸園

Day 1,994, 09:18 • Published in Republic of China (Taiwan) Republic of China (Taiwan) • by strangerthe

原文連結：[EDEN] Farewell EDEN


This is the last article from Erepublik Defence and Economy Network. There is no more one final battle, no one final challenge. All stories must come to an end, and the time for EDEN has long since come.
這是電子共和國防禦暨經濟網絡發表的最後一篇文章。不再有最後一戰，不再有最後一次挑戰。所有的故事終將結束，伊甸園已經奮鬥了許久。

EDEN was founded in the aftermath of ATLANTIS collapsing, during summer of 2009 when PEACE invaded North America. EDEN formed to fight against the PEACE incursion. Its ideals were to defend member countries and to fight with valour and dignity. Founding members were the nations of Croatia, Finland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden. Later on countries such as Greece and Bosnia & Herzegovina joined the Brotherhood.
伊甸園是創立於ATLANTIS解散之後，差不多是2009年夏天PEACE入侵北美的時候。伊甸園的成立是為了阻止PEACE的侵略。它的理念是以英勇、莊嚴之姿來守護夥伴。創始國有克羅埃西亞、芬蘭、挪威、波蘭、羅馬尼亞、西班牙以及瑞典。隨後有希臘、波士尼亞及赫塞哥維納等國加入兄弟之盟。

During its past, EDEN gained and lost members. With each new joining and each new departure, EDEN changed. It evolved as the world changed - some may say even too much, for the alliance was barely recognisable at times when compared to its ideals. EDEN during its last year was very different from EDEN during its first year.
伊甸園曾經加入新血也失去戰友。每當有夥伴加入或離去，都改變了伊甸園。伊甸園也隨著世界的改變而變化 – 甚至會有些人說這變化過於劇烈，因為某些盟友與當初的理想相去太遠。最後的伊甸園早已與最初的它截然不同。

We achieved great victories. The world history is filled with campaigns where EDEN marched forward. Even in times of defeat EDEN was still the one everyone looked up to. For years we marched on. Look what happened to our opponents:
我們有過榮耀。歷史寫滿了伊甸園奮戰不懈的身姿。就算戰敗，伊甸園也仍受眾人景仰。我們奮鬥了許多歲月。看看我們的敵人怎麼了：

PEACE fell.
Phoenix fell.
NWO fell.
ONE fell.
PEACE失敗了。
Phoenix失敗了。
NWO失敗了。
ONE失敗了。

One after another they formed, fought, resisted and eventually, collapsed. This is the testimony of EDEN - the oldest alliance of eRepublik history. Everyone came and went, but EDEN stayed. Maybe it stayed for too long, since now it is only a shadow of its former self; an echo from the past. Only the name is the same for an alliance that outlived everyone else.
一個又一個的聯盟成立、戰鬥、抵抗最終滅亡。這些都是伊甸園最佳的鐵證 – eRepublik史上最長壽的聯盟。人們來來去去，但伊甸園站穩了腳步。或許太久了，現在僅存過去的影子；來自過去的回音。只剩下名稱活得比別人久、自始至終沒變。

What describes EDEN perhaps the best is an old poem from the 19th century by Lord Tennyson:
或許這首來自19世紀，Lord Tennyson所著的詩最能反映伊甸園的寫照：

“We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
“現在我們不再如以往強壯
我們穿梭於天堂與地獄；
如同英雄般的冷靜之心，
時間與命運使我們衰弱，但堅持壯大了我們
讓我們得以生存、探索、追尋並不屈服。”


Indeed, EDEN has been made weak by time and fate. We do not possess the strength of the old days nor the will, but the alliance lingers on. It has become time to stop.
確實，伊甸園已被時間及命運摧殘。我們已失去了過往的精力與意志，但聯盟殘存了下來。是時候停止了。

There are now none of the founding members left in EDEN. Countries left are leaving one by one to join other alliances or to try something new. Channels have been dead for months. This isn’t the alliance it was and calling it EDEN is blasphemy to its history. Maybe the countries left as members form an alliance, but do not call that EDEN. That it is not.
現在伊甸園內已沒有創始國堅守。各國一個接著一個的離開、加入另外一個聯盟或嘗試其他的可能。頻道已沉默數月。這已不再是最初的、被人所稱頌的那個伊甸園，這已成了褻瀆。或許離去的夥伴成立了別的聯盟，但請不要稱作伊甸園。它們不是。

Stop spitting on EDEN’s grave. We ask rest of the in-game alliance country congresses to vote for leaving EDEN so it may finally be let in the ground. Be fair and let it die with honour.
請不要唾棄伊甸園之墓。我們請求遊戲中殘存的會員國議員們投票離去伊甸園，讓伊甸園歸土歸零。誠實且有尊嚴地離去。

Farewell. It is time for new trees to grow.
再會了！該是讓新苗成長茁壯的時候了。


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Avec, alpho, Atea, [CRO]Radens, Iaswn, Justino, Lavanche, Petsku

The last of EDEN.
EDEN最後的會員國