英语翻译

题目

英语翻译
A shipment of encyclopedias published in the United State languished in customs in Calcutta because a map of India showed the "de facto" border with Pakistan ,indicating Pakistan's gains from a long-simmering boarder war,rather than the government approved map that indicates all the territory as part of India
特别是句中的 "a long-simmering boarder war"

答案

我感觉应该是一个一触即发的合作战争,直译是这样的,大概是说巴基斯坦跟印度有冲突,战争是一触即发的,美国跟巴基斯坦合作对印度作战.
翻译的有点蹩脚,