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To deliver our sculpture a literate, numerate and very well-oiled bureaucratic machine was essential-and that same machine was of course also employed to manage Egypt's international trade and to organise and equip her armies.
此過程中，一個龐大而運作良好的政府機構以及一群能寫會算的公務員必不可少。同一國家機器也統籌管理著埃及的國際貿易、軍隊組織與武裝。
Ramesses undoubtedly had something of the magic touch, and like all great masters of propaganda, where he didn't actually succeed, he just made it up.
拉美西斯確實能力超群，成就斐然。但和所有的宣傳大師一樣，如果事情不像他們想象得那么順利，便會選擇編造。
While he wasn't exceptional in combat, he was able to mobilise a considerable army and supply them with ample weaponry and equipment.
他本身并非驍勇善戰，卻有能力調動起一支強大的軍隊，并用充足的武器武裝他們。
And whatever the actual result of his battles, the official line was always the same-knock-out for Ramesses.
不管實際戰況如何，官方記錄永遠一致：拉美西斯取得了勝利！
The whole of the Ramesseum, like our statue, conveyed this consistent message of serene success.
拉美西斯神殿從整體上傳達的信息就是：沉著的勝利。
This is egyptologist Karen Exell, on Ramesses the propagandist:
埃及古物學家卡倫?埃克塞爾博士對宣傳家拉美西斯的評價是：
"He very much understood that being visible was central to the success of the kingship, so he put up as many colossal statues as he could, very very quickly.
他深諳成功統治的核心就是要讓臣民隨時看到自己的面孔，于是竭盡所能地修建巨大雕像，并為埃及傳統神祇修建神廟。
He built temples to the traditional gods of Egypt, and this kind of activity has been interpreted as being bombastic-showing off and so on, but we really need to see it in the context of the requirements of the kingship.
從前人們總把這種行為解讀為浮夸、炫耀…但我們真的要從統治需求的角度來考慮。
People needed a strong leader and they understood a strong leader to be a king who was out there campaigning on behalf of Egypt, and was very visible within Egypt.
人民需要強大的領袖，而他們所理解的強大，便是在外代表埃及出戰，在內則無處不在。
