来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第22集 第22集》

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  I will beat the hell out of you.
  看爷不揍得你满地找牙
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  That's the message that comes.
  这就是波斯王所传达的信息
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  But, of course, the reason he can say that,
  当然 他之所以能够这么说
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  with as much confidence as he does,
  还那么颐指气使 盛气凌人
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  is that his partner in the peace is Sparta.
  是因为他的伙伴斯巴达要求和平
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  This is a peace that will benefit Persia and benefit Sparta
  这是一场波斯和斯巴达得益的和平
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  at the expense of everybody else.
  而其他城邦则得付出代价
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  The Spartans take it as a license to run Greece
  斯巴达人将此作为治理希腊的许可证
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  in the way that they see fit.
  以斯巴达人认为合适的方式
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  Notice nobody says that the Spartans
  注意 无人要求斯巴达人
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  have to break up the peloponnesian League,
  必须解除伯罗奔尼撒同盟
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  that doesn't count as any kind of a violation of autonomy
  这个同盟就不算违法任何自治原则