Themistocles says where did you hear that nonsense;

地米斯托克利说你们从哪里听来的无稽之谈
we're building walls?

我们在修筑城墙
What a lot of baloney; forget about it.

简直是一派胡言别信那些鬼话
I'm sorry. I haven't told the story quite right.

抱歉我讲的可能跟实际有些出入
He says, look, don't take my word for it,

他说的是别管我怎么说
you send an embassy to Athens and take a look;

你们往雅典派一位特使去亲眼瞧瞧
that's when he told his friends

同时他告诉他的朋友
keep those guys there until I get home.

把那些使者扣押下来直到我回来
So one day,

于是有一天
a messenger from Athens comes to Themistocles and tells him,

一个信使从雅典过来找地米斯托克利对他说
okay the walls can now be defended,

好了城墙现在修好了
whereupon Themistocles says to the Spartans,

地米斯托克利就去对斯巴达人说