来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论 第2集 第2集》

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  The existence of that play shows to all of us just how seriously
  这出戏的存在告诉我们所有人
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  Socrates was taken by the greatest of his contemporaries
  围攻苏格拉底的皆为当时伟人
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  and Aristophanes was, along with Sophocles and Euripides
  阿里斯托芬 索福克勒斯 欧律庇德斯
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  and others, among the greatest of the Greek playwrights.
  都是当时希腊最伟大的剧作家
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  The mockery, you might say, mockery of Socrates, remains one of
  这些对苏格拉底的讥笑
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  the sincerest forms of flattery; they took him very seriously.
  实乃一种最诚实的捧场 他们很看重他
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  Let me just say something about the Clouds,
  容我略谈一下《云》
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  this comic play, this satire on Socrates,
  这出戏是来讽刺苏格拉底的
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  because it is part of that initial accusation that
  因为据苏格拉底说
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  Socrates says is leveled against him.
  这是最初针对他的指控的一部分
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  Here, Aristophanes presents Socrates as an investigator,
  戏中阿里斯托芬将苏格拉底描绘成一个探究者
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  and this is part of the first charge,
  这是第一指控的一部分