it had a--we saw a picture of an option from this time--

是因为我看到了一张当年期权合约的照片
an option contract to buy stocks from Amsterdam.

一份阿姆斯特丹市场上的股票看涨期权
It showed it was a printed form;

合约是印刷品
they had printed forms back then, at least in Holland they did.

那时候的荷兰已经有了印刷品
So, a printer had printed up with blanks to fill in.

那份印制的合约保留了几处待填写的空白
There's a place to fill in the exercise price and the exercise date.

有一处空白用来填写执行价格与行权日
I don't know whether it was American or European at the time,

我不知道当时那份合约是美式还是欧式的
but I'm sure if it was American

但我敢肯定即使它是美式的
they didn't call it an American option in 1720.

在1720年也会有别的名称
They didn't even call them options.

这份合约甚至可能不叫期权
Of course, it's all in Dutch, so I don't know;

当然上面写满荷兰语我也不清楚
it was some other word--not options.

肯定是其他什么名称而非期权