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Well I would not have liked him as my father.

我可不想有一个像他这样的父亲
He was a conservative politician,

他是一个保守主义政治家
a very patriarchal figure.

一个总是一派家长作风的人
He started in the municipality

他的政治生涯开始于埃尔福特
as a civil servant in Erfurt.

在那儿的市政府里做一名公务员
Then became actually a deputy of the National Liberal Party,

随后他成了自由国民党的副主席
which had very little to do with liberalism.

事实上这个党和自由主义没什么关系
It was a conservative party.

是一个保守主义党派
This was under the chancellorship of Otto von Bismarck,

那时的德国在奥托·冯·俾斯麦
the Iron Chancellor

这位铁血宰相的统治下
real conservative times in Germany.

正处于一个非常保守的时期
Now about Weber's life.

现在我们再来看看韦伯的生平