where you're really seeing some really direct representation--

那儿你看到的是真正意义上直接的代表
virtual representation was not always a convincing argument.

虚拟代表并不是具有说服力
And actually, as one Maryland petition at the time put it,

实际上像那是马里兰一个请愿指出的
virtual representation is, quote,

虚拟代表引用原话说就是
"Fantastical and frivolous." right?

"不实际且不负责的"
I love the alliteration there, fantastical and frivolous.

我喜欢这儿的头韵不实际且不负责的
This whole virtual representation thing,

这整个虚拟代表的事
they weren't necessarily buying.

他们显然不能接受
As someone argued at the time, in England such an assertion

当时有人说在英国
about virtual representation might be true because a member of Parliament

这种关于虚拟代表的断言可能是真的
probably had similar interests

因为议会的一名代表
to other inhabitants of England,

和英国人民有相似的利益