And then comes the question of representations,

接下来的我们来看代表制度
and different forms of representations.

以及它的几种代表形式
Well there are--again, representations can be democratic,

有的代表制度是通过民主的方式产生的
but is not necessarily all that bloody democratic.

但不能代表全部的代表都由民主方式而来
In fact, there is a possibility of representation

事实上在代表制度中
when the representation is happening through some hereditary means.

还存在一种可能是由世袭传承而来
Traditional authority; people who were born in certain positions,

在传统权威中人们生来就带着一定的地位
like Montesquieu himself, was supposed to represent certain interests,

像孟德斯鸠生来就代表一定的利益
which is beyond the personal interests of the person-- right?;

而这种利益远在个人利益之上
was supposed to represent the interests of the whole estate,

他所代表的这份利益
what it was standing for.

正是整个庄园的利益
Well it's also--in modern times

即便在当代