【答案解析】Few people knew that Britain had made an alliance with Japan at the beginning of the century after Sino-Russia war, apart from those who studied the modem history. The special relationship lasted until the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor Incident in 1941. However, the British people remained firm in siding with China. I began to be aware of their alliance in the year before the July 7th Incident of 1937 broke out. At that time, there were foreign settlements in Shanghai and Ta Kung Pao Press established its offices in foreign-controlled districts of Tianjin, Shanghai and Hongkong. And in 1936, one year before the July 7 Incident, as in the play "Chen Baichen" where the expression of "× foreigner" (the cross was marked by the editor) was mentioned many times, the press was summoned three times to the court by Shanghai Municipal Council under British and Japanese control. At last, they weren"t imprisoned thanks to editor"s cross in the play.
From 1938 to 1939, I often made disputes with British censors who were actually my masters, because of manuscripts when I was in charge of Art and Literary Supplement of Ta Kung Pao in Hongkong. I can do nothing but to quit if he made a red cross at will.
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事变前的一年——一九三六年，《大公报》就由于我发表的陈白尘一个剧本中多处提到“×洋人”(×是编者打的)而三次被英、日控制的工部局(Shanghai Municipal Council)传到法院，最终还是由于事先打了叉叉而没坐牢。
本句可分为四层，第一层是“事变前的一年——一九三六年”表时间，第二层是“《大公报》就由于我发表的陈白尘一个剧本中多处提到‘×洋人’”，表示原因。第三层是“而三次被英、日控制的工部局(Shanghai Municipal Council)传到法院”，表示结果。第四层是“最终还是由于事先打了叉叉而没坐牢”，表间接结果。
“洋人”是对“外国人”的旧称，直接译为“foreigner”即可。
And in 1936, one year before the July 7 Incident, as in the play "Chen Baichen" where the expression of "x foreigner" (the cross was marked by the editor) was mentioned many times, the press was summoned three times to the court by Shanghai Municipal Council under British and Japanese control. At last, they weren"t imprisoned thanks to editor"s cross in the play.
汉语是“意合型”语言，使用逻辑关系词比较少，而英语是“形合型”语言，因果关系词要表达出来，故汉英翻译中，要首先理清逻辑关系，再翻译。句中的第二层和第三层有因果关系，故放在一个大句子中翻译，第二层处理为原因状语从句。