which may have truth to it,

这也许与真实的历史有些联系
but may not,

但也可能没有
or it may have only an element of truth to it,

或者只与真实历史有一点点联系
and it's always very hard. What comes back in this form is

这一般比较难以实现被回忆起来的
usually what we call legend, and anybody,

往往都是传奇故事如果有人
who rejects legend across the board as simply being invention,

认为这些传奇是随便编造出来的而不相信
is just dead wrong. Anybody who tries to use it as

那他就大错特错了而若有人试着将它
an accurate account of what really happened

当作精确的记录来使用
is no less wrong.

那他错得更厉害
Some place in the middle is where the truth is,

事实往往在两种极端的中间
and it's hard to find.

想找到它并不容易
But in any case,

但无论如何