电影《和西蒙·里夫一起寻迹咖啡》Part1-中英文对照台词剧本(6)

越南当时与柬埔寨 老挝一样
Vietnam was part of a colony known as French Indochina,
是法属印度支那殖民地的一部分
which also included Cambodia and Laos.
从十九世纪后期开始
The French ruled Vietnam
法国人统治了越南将近七十年
for almost 70 years from the late 1800s.
法国人尽可能地压榨越南
They milked the country for anything they could extract,
牟取暴利
earning vast fortunes.
殖民统治是残酷的
Colonial rule could be brutal.
越南工人在田里辛苦劳作
Vietnamese workers toiled
种植橡胶 茶 水稻和咖啡
in the fields to produce rubber, tea, rice and coffee.
二十世纪五十年代 北方共产党起义
French rule finally came to an end in the 1950s,
法国统治最终结束
after a Communist uprising in the North
法国人被赶出越南
drove them from the country.
数以万计的人在这次冲突中毙命
The conflict claimed tens of thousands of lives.
1954年 一场和平会议
In 1954, a peace conference
导致了越南的分裂
resulted in the country being partitioned,
北部由共产党统治
with a Communist government in North Vietnam
南部则有美国做后盾
and an American-backed regime in the South.