《黑暗之魂3》刀、剑武器原型及历史出处解析

  弯刃大刀

  The Falchion弯刃大砍刀

  A rarer form of swordthat was little more than a meat cleaver, possibly even a simple kitchen andbarnyard tool adopted for war.

  弯刃大砍刀是一钟不常见的剑，不仅仅只是把剔肉刀，或者更好的说，它是一种被用于战场的家用工具。

  Indeed, it maycome from a French word for a sickle, "fauchon".

  事实上，它的名字可能来自于法语中的镰刀“fauchon”。

  It can be seen in Medieval art being used againstlighter armors by infidels as well as footman and even knights.

  在中世纪艺术中总能看到异教徒使用弯刃大砍刀来对付轻甲的步兵甚至骑士。

  The weapon is entirely European and not derived fromeastern sources.

  这武器是纯粹的欧洲本土产生的，并不是衍生自东方的武器。

  More common in the Renaissance, it was considered aweapon to be proficient with in addition to the sword.

  在文艺复兴更为常见，弯刃大砍刀成为了除剑以外的第二种值得精通的武器。

  The falchion issimilar to the German Dusack (or Dusagge), and has beendubiously suggested as possibly related to the Dark Age long knife,"seax" (scramanseax), and even later curved blades such as sabres (orsabels).

  弯刃大砍刀与德国的Dusack(或Dusagge)相似，并且据不可靠消息，它与未开化时期(黑暗时代)的长刀“seax”意为“knife”(以及scramanseax，意为"wounding-knife")，甚至是后来像是军刀sabre的弯刃刀有关。

  Similar to an Arabian "scimitar", thefalchion's wide, heavy blade weighted more towards the point could delivertremendous blows.

  弯刃大砍刀宽阔沉重的刀刃，重量大多集中在刀尖，挥舞起来虎虎生风，这点和阿拉伯的半月形刀(scimitar)很像。

  Several varieties were known, most all with singleedges and rounded points.

  为人所知的几种刀型，大多是单刃且刀尖为圆形。

  A later Italian falchion with a slender sabre-likeblade was called a "storta" or a "malchus".

  后期意大利弯刃大砍刀的刀刃是较轻薄的，像是军刀的刃，被(意大利人)称为"storta"或是"malchus"。

  Another similar weapon in German was the saber ormachete-like Messer.

  在德国，其他类似弯刀machete和军刀saber的武器也存在，比如像是Messer(德语，意为Knife，刀)