On the 13th of September, the Czechoslovak Government in Prague declared martial law, anticipating a German invasion of the Sudetenland.

9 月 13 日， 布拉格捷克斯洛伐克政府宣布戒严，预计德国将入侵苏台德地区。

After the Nazis took power in Germany and annexed Austria, the Sudetenland, and then occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia, Poland's geographic position became even more tenuous.

纳粹在德国掌权后，吞并了奥地利、苏台德地区，然后又占领了捷克斯洛伐克的其他地区，波兰的地理位置变得更加脆弱。

Anticipating the outbreak of hostilities over the Sudetenland, Chamberlain flew to Germany to meet Hitler in person at his Bavarian mountaintop retreat of Berchtesgaden.

由于预计苏台德地区将爆发敌对行动，张伯伦飞往德国， 在贝希特斯加登的巴伐利亚山顶度假胜地亲自会见希特勒。

He was surprised when Hitler demanded even further concessions from Czechoslovakia, including the cession of lands claimed by Poland and Hungary and the immediate annexation of the Sudetenland.

当希特勒要求捷克斯洛伐克做出进一步让步，包括割让波兰和匈牙利声称拥有主权的土地以及立即吞并苏台德地区时， 他感到惊讶。

After a frosty start to the negotiations, Hitler accepted Chamberlain's suggestion for the Sudetenland to be separated from the rest of Czechoslovakia pending an agreement from France and the Czechs.

谈判开局冷淡后，希特勒接受了张伯伦的建议， 将苏台德地区与捷克斯洛伐克其他地区分开， 等待法国和捷克达成协议。

By the beginning of September Chamberlain believed that a German invasion of the Sudetenland was imminent, and decided that he should meet Hitler for direct negotiations.

九月初， 张伯伦认为德国即将入侵苏台德地区，并决定与希特勒会面进行直接谈判。

Hitler once again raised the prospect of a general European peace settlement, but Chamberlain's optimism diminished after receiving Hitler's memorandum demanding the occupation of the Sudetenland on the 26th of September.

希特勒再次提出欧洲全面和平解决的前景，但张伯伦在9月26日收到希特勒要求占领苏台德地区的备忘录后， 乐观情绪减弱。

Once Austria was annexed Hitler immediately began demanding to take control of the Sudetenland, an extensive part of western Czechoslovakia which had a primarily ethnically German population.

吞并奥地利后， 希特勒立即开始要求控制苏台德地区，这是捷克斯洛伐克西部的一大片地区， 人口主要是德国人。

As soon as Hitler annexed Austria, he turned his attention to Czechoslovakia, in particular the Sudetenland, a strip of territory on the northern, western, and southern frontiers of Czechoslovakia dominated by German-speaking people.

希特勒一吞并奥地利，就将注意力转向了捷克斯洛伐克，特别是苏台德地区，这是捷克斯洛伐克北部、西部和南部边境的一片地带，主要由讲德语的人统治。

Following the annexation of Austria in the spring of 1938 the Nazis had turned their attention to the Sudetenland, the German-speaking region of western Czechoslovakia, making claims to this territory.

1938 年春吞并奥地利后，纳粹将注意力转向捷克斯洛伐克西部的德语地区苏台德地区，并声称对这片领土拥有主权。