a republic was re-established where Machiavelli

重新建立的共和国
occupied the office of secretary to the second chancery,

马基雅维利担任其国务院及副总理职务
a kind of diplomatic post

一种类似外交官的职务
which he held for 14 years from 1498 to 1512.

担任了自一四九八到一五一二共十四年之久
After the fall of the republic and the return of the Medici

在共和国陷落和梅第奇回归之后
to princely rule there, Machiavelli was exiled from the city,

君主统治开始马基雅维利被放逐到城外
from politics to a small estate that he owned

从政治权利到它拥有的
on the outskirts of the city.

城郊的一小块不动产
You can visit it today.

现在这里还在对游客开放
It was here, from a place of political exile,

也就是在此这个他被政治放逐的地方
that he wrote his major works-- The Prince,

他写完成了他的主要作品君主论
the Discourses on Livy, and The Art of War.

论李维和战争的艺术