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Another translation example: 'An End to War. We are only 12 years old. We can’t influence politics'

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不再有战争。“我们只有12岁，不能改变政治，不能停止战争，我们只想活下去！我们盼望和平早日来到。我们能亲眼看见这一天来临吗？”
——一群小学五年级学生。“我们希望，无论上学或探亲，都不用害怕被抓去。我希望政府能听听年轻人的心声：我们想过较好的生活，渴望看见和平。”——14岁的哈吉。上述年轻人的心声，使人黯然酸鼻。他们受内战磨难多年，只望能过常人的生活。但要实现愿望，谈何容易。战争会有一天终止吗？近年来，各国一直作出努力，向内战频仍的国家施压，迫使敌对的派系签署和平条约，终止内战。有些国家更派出和平部队去执行这些条约。不过，有能力有意愿去监察偏远国家的强国并不多，加上交战派系的宿怨和猜疑，和约往往变成一纸空文。有时候，停火协议签订后只几个月，甚或几个星期，战火又再燃起，这种情况屡见不鲜。斯德哥尔摩国际和平研究所指出：“当参战的人不愿停火，且有能力和资源继续作战时，和平就遥遥无期了。”

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English translation:

An End to War. ‘We are only 12 years old. We can’t influence politics and the war, but we want to live! We wait for peace. Will we live to see it?’—A class of fifth-grade schoolchildren. ‘We want to attend school and to visit our friends and family without fear of abduction. I hope the government will listen. We want a better life. We want peace.’—Alhaji, age 14. THESE poignant words convey the heartfelt hope of young people who have suffered for years as a result of civil strife. Their only desire is to live a normal life. But converting hope into reality is no easy task. Will we ever live to see a world without war? In recent years, there have been international efforts to resolve some civil wars by pressuring opposing sides to sign a peace accord. Some countries have provided peace-keeping forces to effect such agreements. But few nations have the money or the inclination to police faraway countries where deep-seated hatred and suspicion make any agreement between warring factions fragile at best. Not infrequently, the flames of conflict flare up again just a few weeks or months after a cease-fire is signed. As the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute points out, "peace is difficult to achieve when combatants have the will and capacity to continue to fight."

List of different Chinese characters contained in the text above:

不再有战争我们只岁能改变政治停止想活下去盼望和平早日来到亲眼看见这一天临吗群小学五年级生希无论上或探都用害怕被抓府听轻人的心声过较好渴哈吉述使黯然酸鼻他受内磨难多常但要实现愿谈何容易会终近各国直作出努力向频仍家施压迫敌对派系签署条约些更部队执行意监察偏远强并加交宿怨猜疑往成纸空文时候火协议订后几个月甚星期又燃起种情况屡鲜斯德哥尔摩际研究所指当参且资源继续就遥了

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