来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第3集 第3集》

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  And of course, the kings when we see them in Homer
  当然 从《荷马史诗》中所看到的那些国王
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  do not have a bureaucracy, do not have scribes.
  他们没有官僚作风 没有随身抄写员
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  How could there be scribes?
  当时是如何记录的
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  They didn't know how to write.
  他们还不知道怎么写字
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  There are no inventories.
  也没有财产记录表
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  These are not rich guys with fantastic quantities of stuff
  他们不是腰缠万贯
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  that has to be cataloged and inventoried.
  穿金戴银的富人
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  The kings, by our standards for kings,
  这些国王 按照我们对财富的标准
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  are really very poor.
  真的是非常寒酸
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  What do they do in their spare time or in their time in general?
  那么他们空闲时都干些什么呢
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  They, themselves, engage in agriculture.
  他们亲自务农 我并不是说
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  I don't mean they dig in the ground, but they supervise it;
  他们亲自开垦土地 但是他们亲自监督