Arguably the most revealing English translation of the French verb ‘étonner’ – at least in the context of Napoleon’s famous quip about China – is ‘to astonish’. “Ici repose un géant endormi, laissez le dormir, car quand il s’éveillera, il étonnera le monde” so the Corsican is said to have noted. “Here lies a sleeping giant, let him sleep, for when he wakes, he will astonish the world.”
法語動詞「étonner」最準確的意思——至少在拿破崙那句有關中國的名言中——應該是「使……震驚」(to astonish)。據說這位科西嘉人曾說過：「這裏躺著一位沉睡的巨人，讓他睡吧，因爲當他醒來時，他將會震驚世界。」
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