那是在1945年的秋天,随美国的第一批占领部队,我再次来到维也纳。我提前三个月来到那里,作为德语口译官,参加一项谈判任务,将那个城市分成四个联军占领区,就像之前在柏林进行过的那样。我的德语很流利,因为我六年前才从柏林移民到美国——在美国我很快就符合条件参了军,服务我的新国家并且为穿上他的军装而自豪。 It was in the fall of 1945. With the first occupying forces of the United States, I came to Vienna again. I arrived there three months in advance as a German interpreter and participated in a negotiating task that divided the city into four coalition-occupied areas, as it had done in Berlin before. My German is very fluent because I immigrated to the United States from Berlin only six years ago. In the United States, I soon met the requirements of the military, served my new country, and was proud to wear his uniform.