《黑暗之魂3》刀、劍武器原型及歷史出處解析

  彎刃大刀

  The Falchion彎刃大砍刀

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

  彎刃大砍刀是一鐘不常見的劍，不僅僅只是把剔肉刀，或者更好的說，它是一種被用于戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)的家用工具。

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

  事實(shí)上，它的名字可能來自于法語中的鐮刀“fauchon”。

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

  在中世紀(jì)藝術(shù)中總能看到異教徒使用彎刃大砍刀來對(duì)付輕甲的步兵甚至騎士。

  The weapon is entirely European and not derived fromeastern sources.

  這武器是純粹的歐洲本土產(chǎn)生的，并不是衍生自東方的武器。

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

  在文藝復(fù)興更為常見，彎刃大砍刀成為了除劍以外的第二種值得精通的武器。

  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).

  彎刃大砍刀與德國的Dusack(或Dusagge)相似，并且據(jù)不可靠消息，它與未開化時(shí)期(黑暗時(shí)代)的長刀“seax”意為“knife”(以及scramanseax，意為"wounding-knife")，甚至是后來像是軍刀sabre的彎刃刀有關(guān)。

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

  彎刃大砍刀寬闊沉重的刀刃，重量大多集中在刀尖，揮舞起來虎虎生風(fēng)，這點(diǎn)和阿拉伯的半月形刀(scimitar)很像。

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

  為人所知的幾種刀型，大多是單刃且刀尖為圓形。

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

  后期意大利彎刃大砍刀的刀刃是較輕薄的，像是軍刀的刃，被(意大利人)稱為"storta"或是"malchus"。

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

  在德國，其他類似彎刀machete和軍刀saber的武器也存在，比如像是Messer(德語，意為Knife，刀)