来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第20集第20集》

It was not a very friendly thing to call the great general

用"一个伟大的行政者"这样的句子
who led Athens "he was a burgermeister"

称呼一个领导雅典的伟大将军
in the true sense of the word;

显然很不友好
"There is the rich many sidedness of his nature

"他的众多缺点
which was then by that which came into play.

在这种情况下便显现出来了
His superiority to corruption, everything petty and paltry,

他易于在这些微不足道的小事上堕落
yet he lacked the prophet's vision and

缺乏先知的视野
the certain luck of the borne statesman.

和作为政治家应有的运气
Above all, he lacked the recklessness

最重要的是他不够激进
which is often needed to lead what has begun to the goal.

一种使人开始迈向目标的重要品质
As the leader of foreign policy

作为制定外交政策的领袖
He was not comparable to a Themistocles,

他无法和地米斯托克斯这样的人相提并论