来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：聆听音乐 第15集 第15集》

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  but the aesthetic impact of this polyphony
  但此复调的艺术美感
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  is pretty much the same as that of chant.
  和圣歌平分秋色
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  Instead of one line of chant,
  原先的圣歌是单声线的
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  now we have four independent lines, so we have polyphony.
  而现在有四条独立的声线 即复调
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  Palestrina has taken a piece of chant, slightly
  帕莱斯特里那选取了圣歌的一段
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  indeed what it was an old hymn, a monophonic hymn
  实际上是一首古老的单音圣歌
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  slightly animated the line
  通过加入简单节奏
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  through the addition of simple rhythmic values,
  以及将其置于四声部合唱中
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  and placed it in four voices
  来增加音乐线
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  so as to amplify the sense.
  从而加强听众的感官感受
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  Four voices could do more to amplify the sense of the chant.
  四声部能更多的加强对圣歌的感官感受
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  Indeed this Sanctus has the same
  实际上圣哉经本身拥有同圣歌一样的