To the east of Hitler's German empire was the Soviet Union.

希特勒的德意志帝国的东部与苏联毗邻。

He became chancellor in 1815 and was responsible for transforming a collection of small German states into the German empire.

1815年，他成为德国总理，并负责将德意志的一些小国统一为德意志帝国。

Anyway, this tiny island just might be the last remaining piece of the East German empire.

无论如何，这个小岛可能就是东德帝国仅存的一块土地。

And it was here in Nuernberg, that Hitler declared the Third Reich -- a powerful German empire to last 1,000 years.

正是在纽伦堡，希特勒宣布建立第三帝国——一个强大的德意志帝国，可以持续 1000 年。

Previously the author of an acclaimed history of the German empire, Ms Hoyer is now a British academic but was born in the GDR.

霍耶女士曾是一部广受赞誉的德意志帝国历史的作者，现在是一名英国学者， 但她出生在东德。

But, for the sake of illustration, let us assume that we think of him as 'the first Chancellor of the German Empire'.

但是，为了说明起见， 让我们假设我们认为他是“德意志帝国的第一任总理” 。

After the official start of the war, Enver  Pasha, the Ottoman's Minister of War, would sign a secret treaty with the German Empire.

战争正式开始后，奥斯曼帝国的战争部长恩维尔帕夏将与德意志帝国签署秘密条约。

Albert's mother was Mary of Teck, a member of the German royal house of Teck which held extensive estates in the unified German Empire.

阿尔伯特的母亲是泰克的玛丽，她是德国泰克王室的成员，该王室在统一的德意志帝国拥有大量庄园。

Three days after the receipt of the news that the German government intended to return to its former submarine policy, President Wilson severed diplomatic relations with the German empire.

——威尔逊总统在接到德国政府打算恢复其潜艇政策的消息三天后，宣布与德意志帝国断绝外交关系。

The French Republic had old grievances against the German Empire from the conquest of its eastern provinces of Alsace and Lorraine during the Franco-Prussian War at the start of the 1870s.

法兰西共和国因1870年代初普法战争期间征服东部省份阿尔萨斯和洛林而对德意志帝国有宿怨。

Although Charlemagne’s empire  began to collapse after his death, parts of Northern Italy would continually be  absorbed and reabsorbed into the largely German Holy Roman Empire, as it fluctuated  wildly in size over many centuries.

尽管查理曼大帝的帝国在他死后开始崩溃，但意大利北部的部分地区将不断被吸收并重新吸收到主要是德意志的神圣罗马帝国， 因为它的规模在许多世纪里剧烈波动。

If, however, we say, 'The first Chancellor of the German Empire was an astute diplomatist', we can only be assured of the truth of our judgement in virtue of something with which we are acquainted—usually a testimony heard or read.

然而，如果我们说， “德意志帝国的第一任总理是一位精明的外交家” ，我们只能凭借我们所熟悉的事物——通常是听到或读到的证词——来确信我们的判断是真实的。