It would be thought they were not behaving very well,

旁人也许会认为他们不该这样
but they would have been as I say,

但是就如我所述
perfectly within every right you can imagine to do that.

这是他们的权利
But the typical reaction would be that the Corinthians would help,

但一般来说科林斯人会帮忙
to the extent first of all, that they could and secondly,

但首先得在他们能帮的范围内其次
to the extent that it was consistent with their interests.

得与他们的利益相一致
Well, in fact, the Corinthians send very little,

实际上当时科林斯的支援非常有限
send a couple of ships and a general,

只派遣了两只船和一个常规军
which turn out to be tremendously important,

最后这支援变得极为重要
but they couldn't have known that in advance.

远远超出了他们的预期
From where we sit,

在我们看来
it looks like the Corinthians were making a gesture

科林斯人似乎做出了友好团结之态