Early in the speech Socrates claims that his current accusers

苏格拉底早就在演说开始就声称中当时
Anytus and Meletus, again, the democratic resistance

指控他的民主抵抗运动者安尼托和迈雷托
fighters, the charges they have brought against him are themselves

对他的指控不过是先代指控者的旧瓶新酒
the descendants of an earlier generation of accusers

他声称那些先代指控者则是
who were responsible for, he claims,

污蔑中伤他
maligning and creating an unfavorable prejudice against Socrates.

并且制造对他的偏见的元凶
"These charges are not new," he tells the jury,

"这些指控并不新鲜" 他如是对陪审团说
and many members of the jury, he says,

而很多陪审团的成员
will have formed an unfavorable opinion about him.

对他的成见根深蒂固
This was the day before there were intense forms of jury selection,

在严肃紧张的陪审员挑选仪式前夕
where they would ask people: "Do you have a view of the case?"

他们这样问人们"你们对这件案子有何看法"
Many of the jurors would have known Socrates,

很多陪审员知道苏格拉底甚至知其甚详