In the nineteenth century,

在十九世纪
there was a lot of talk about races.

有许多关于人种的讨论
There were people who spoke about the Greek race,

在人类学之类的学科中有人曾讨论过
or similar races, for quite a long time

关于希腊的族裔或相近的族群的论题
in the science of anthropology and subjects like that.

并为此花费了许多的时间
It's been determined that those terms are inappropriate.

这些说法事实上被认为是不恰当的
They suggest there is something in the genes

他们认为基因的某些特点
that explains the characteristics of particular people;

决定了特定人群的特征
that is certainly not true. So let's understand each other.

这显然是不正确的让我说得更明白点
We're talking about a culture when we're talking about the Greeks,

当我们谈论希腊人时我们是谈论希腊文化
which is most strikingly signified by the language that is spoken.

是严格以所使用的语言为主要标志的
Well, the way we can reason things out from the evidence we have suggests that

根据现在我们掌握的资料推断