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Realizing he was on borrowed time, he tried to arrange an orderly succession of power.
當意識到自己時日不多時，列寧試著為自己尋找合適的接班人
In his political testament of December 1922, Lenin identified his two most likely heirs as Trotsky and Stalin, but he expressed concerns about each.
1922年12月他的政治遺囑中，把托洛茨基和斯大林列為了兩個候選人，但是他也提到了對兩人各有擔憂
Trotsky was gifted, but he was too pompous for Lenin's liking.
托洛茨基很有天賦，但是在列寧看來他太過自負
Stalin worked tirelessly as the Party's general secretary, but Lenin found him too rude and too combative.
作為黨總書記，斯大林工作廢寢忘食，但是太過粗魯好斗
Trotsky appeared to Lenin to be the lesser evil of two poor choices.
兩權相害取其輕，托洛茨基算是好點兒的
Lenin had hoped to say these things to the party congress in April 1923, but a second more powerful stroke took away his ability to talk.
列寧本想在1923年4月的黨代會上講這些看法的，但是第二次中風更為嚴重，剝奪了他說話的能力
As Lenin clung to life, Trotsky and Stalin jockeyed for position.
在列寧生命垂危之際，托洛茨基和斯大林則忙于爭權奪勢
Trotsky was outwardly the more impressive of the two.
這兩人中托洛茨基外表更為出眾
A master orator, hero of the 1905 Revolution, creator of the Red Army, but he personally inspired more envy than loyalty.
是雄辯的演說家 1905年革命的英雄人物，紅軍創始人，但人格上嫉妒多于忠誠
Stalin was not as impressive on the outside, but he was clever and ruthless.
斯大林外表沒有那么出眾。但是更聰明，更無情
Moreover, Stalin's job as the Communist party's general secretary gave him a big advantage.
而且斯大林的職位，黨總書記給了他極大的優勢
This thankless job-literally no one else wanted it, let Stalin appoint people to positions at every level of the communist party.
這個吃力不討好的職位原本沒人愿意要，但卻讓斯大林能夠在黨的各個層級擁有任命權
