was bigger than the entire city of Rochester,

他一个人的纳税金额比罗切斯特整座城的还多
which was the biggest city down here in Kent.

罗切斯特市是肯特这里最大的城市
He was a plutocrat and there were men of such prodigious wealth

他只是众多富豪之中的一个而已
in all of England's major cities.

在英格兰的主要城市里都有类似的富豪
Beneath the urban elites were the average master craftsmen of the towns,

在这些城市精英分子之下的是工匠师傅
those who provided clothing, leather goods, metal wares,

那些裁缝师皮匠铁匠
and so forth from their own workshops.

诸如此类开作坊的工匠师傅
The principal distinction amongst these people

这些人是有明显区别的
was between those who were independent master craftsmen

自己有作坊的工匠师傅
with their own workshop and those who were known as "journeymen",

有别于"熟练工人"
people who worked for wages by the day,

按天计酬的工人
skilled workers serving as employees of the master craftsmen.

工匠师傅聘请熟练工当员工