来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第16集第16集》

the guardians of the constitution.

成为宪法的保护者
Any citizen could object to a proposal

任何公民可以反驳
made in the council or in the assembly simply by asserting

某个议会或大会上的提案他只需声称
that if contradicted an existing law.

这项提案与现存法律相违背
That assertion stopped action on the proposal

这种做法可以阻止某些议案的通过
or suspended its enactment, if it had already been passed.

还可以终止某些已经通过的议案的实施
The proposer was then taken before a popular court

提议案的人会被带到人民议会厅
and if the jury decided against him,

如果陪审团反对他的议案
his proposal was disallowed and he was fined.

他的题议将被驳回而他要被罚款
Three findings that a person had done this,

如果一个人的提案被驳回三次
deprived him of his rights as a citizen.

那么他将被剥夺公民权利
The expectation of the assembly and its procedures,

大会及其相关程序有这样的要求