来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论 第10集 第10集》

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  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
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  that he wrote his major works-- The Prince,
  他写完成了他的主要作品 君主论
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  the Discourses on Livy, and The Art of War.
  论李维和战争的艺术
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  It was from here, also, that he wrote voluminous
  也是从此地 他为了探求政治的知识
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  letters to friends seeking knowledge about politics.
  他给友人们写下了海量的信件
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  Machiavelli was a kind of political junkie, you could say,
  你可以说 马基雅维利有一种政治瘾
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  in things happening in Italy and else where.
  不管是哪里的政治他都着迷
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  In one of these letters, a famous letter to his friend,
  在诸多信件中 一封写给
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  a man named Francesco Vettori,
  名叫弗朗西斯科·维特里的朋友的信中
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  he describes how he came to write his most famous book.
  他诉说了他是如何产生著述此书的想法
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  I want to read a passage from that letter.
  我会朗读信中的一段内容
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  It is also, I should say, on the basis of this letter,
  也正是基于这封信