Well one way in which they would make sense of the task is to draw on shared understandings in the culture about what prisoners are like and what guards are like.
嗯，他们能够明白这项工作的一种方式就是：囚犯该是什么样的，警卫又是该什么样的，这一点要在文化上达成共识。
What prisoners call a "postilion" is a pallet of bread artistically moulded, which is sent into Ireland, that is to say, over the roofs of a prison, from one courtyard to another.
囚犯们所说的“邮车夫”，是一个用艺术手法团起来，送到“爱尔兰”去的面包团子；所谓送到爱尔兰，便是越过牢房的房顶，从一个院子抛到另一个院子。
Due to the fact that they did not read English, the prisoners were unaware of what they were signing.
这些囚犯由于看不懂英语，不知道自己在签什么。
It looks like a prison cell with a bunch of mad prisoners, ready to lash out at each other, which is basically what these rats are doing.
这看起来像是一间牢房里关了一群狂暴的犯人，每个人都随时准备向别人扑过去，这差不多也正是这些老鼠正在做的事情。
The quartermaster was responsible for dividing the loot evenly between crewmembers, watching over prisoners until the crew could decide what to do with them, and to punish pirates who broke rules.
舵手负责船员之间的战利品分配、在处置俘虏之前看守他们，并惩罚那些不守规矩的海盗。
For what is unique about California is not its set of challenges (pupils, pensioners, prisoners, to list just the Ps), which differ in scale but not in kind from those elsewhere.
因为加州的独特之处并不是它面临的诸多挑战(小学生、养老金领取者、囚犯，这里只列了以P开头的)，这些问题其它地方也有，只是规模不同而已。
Some prisoners have also been beaten with lengths of rubber hosepipe. Some have been burnt with cigarette ends and some have been put to what Americans call the "water torture".
有些犯人被守卫用橡胶软管抽打，有些被烟头烫烧，而有一些则被执行美国人称之为“水刑”的酷刑。
So I asked the other prisoners what to do.
于是我就问其他犯人怎么办。
But what would happen, Socrates asks, if one of the prisoners were released from his chains and forced to turn his head, walk around in the cave, and even look at the fire?
苏格拉底问道，如果一个囚徒的锁链被打开，被迫转过头，在洞穴中走动，甚至查看那火光时，会是什么情形？
"They say, 'this is what happened to me, don't let this happen to any other kids,'" she said, adding that Ebony has occasionally printed letters from prisoners.
“他们说，‘这就是我的经历，不要让别的孩子也经历这些，’”她补充说，艾伯尼偶尔会打印一些囚徒们的来信。
Asked what other books were among the prisoners' favorites, Lorie said, "we have 12 different Agatha Christie titles in Arabic that are very popular."
当被问及囚犯们还喜欢看什么书时，洛里说：“我们有12本不同的阿拉伯语版的阿加莎·克里斯推理小说，它们非常受欢迎。”
What it does is to punish prisoners for the ills of society.
它所做的是为了社会的罪恶而惩罚犯人。
Prisoners should be separated into what groups?
战俘被分成什么样的组别？
Could we foresee it, there are times when children might seem like condemned prisoners, condemned, not to death, but to life, and as yet all unconscious of what their sentence means.
如果我们能预见未来，我们就会像被判了刑的孩子，不是死刑，而是终生监禁，但却完全不明白这个刑罚是什么意思。
That would show real balls, what with the show's presenters famous for their fearless 'take no prisoners' approach to debate.
那看起来很有胆量，该节目的主持人们以她们无惧无谓“赶尽杀绝”的辩论战略而著名。
I think there is, … During the Algerian confusion, some Tunisian soldiers were preparing to shoot their prisoners ("what a story").
我认为存在着这样的界线，……在阿尔及利亚争端中，一些土耳其士兵准备要枪杀他们手中的犯人（“多好的一条新闻哪”）。
The prisoners are allowed to get together one night in the courtyard, to discuss a plan. What plan should they agree on, so that eventually, someone will make a correct assertion?
犯人们被允许聚集在一起一个晚上来商量策略和计划，以确保他们可以百分之百地猜对从而获得自由。
The prisoners sleep on MATS on a crowded floor in what used to be classrooms, the doors of which have been reinforced with concrete and steel, watched over by four armed guards.
在改造过的教室里，战俘们睡觉的毯子铺在拥挤的地面上。囚室的门用钢筋水泥加固过，还有4个持枪的卫兵看守。
Judging by my email, a number of prisoners At the michigan state penitentiary found it. What exactly did this guy write?
从电子邮件来看，一些在密歇根州，监狱里的牢犯也看到了。那家伙究竟写了什么?。
If the five prisoners who escaped from Richmond had been all there, under the piled-up rocks, before this clear, crackling fire on the dry sand, what thanksgiving must they have rendered to Heaven!
如果从里士满逃出来的五个人一个也不少，都坐在“石窟”的干沙地上，围在噼啪作响的旺盛的篝火前，他们会怎样感谢上苍啊！
If the five prisoners who escaped from Richmond had been all there, under the piled-up rocks, before this clear, crackling fire on the dry sand, what thanksgiving must they have rendered to Heaven!
如果从里士满逃出来的五个人一个也不少，都坐在“石窟”的干沙地上，围在噼啪作响的旺盛的篝火前，他们会怎样感谢上苍啊！
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