that the one who exercises authority,

当权者行使权威
exercises simply by exerting power, coercing people to obey.

纯粹通过权力强迫人们服从
Those who are in a position of authority

那些处于统治地位的人
try to legitimate their authority,

都会试图让他们的统治合法化
And try to come up with reasons

并且会试图解释
why people subjected to this authority should obey their authority.

为何在他统治下的人们应该服从权威
It's again very Nietzschian, the idea. Right?

这又是典型尼采式的思想
That those who are exercising power

那些行使权力的人
tries to internalize your subjugation to power in one way or another,

试图让人们将服从内化于心
and try to create in you a morality--right?

并试图在人们内心建立一种道德规范
a set of principles by which you would say,

这种规范让人们认为
"Well, this probably may be the right thing for me to do."

"这也许就是我应该做的事"