Somebody did the same thing in 1894,

有人在1894年做了同样的事情
and said he certainly could have done it.

无疑他也没能完成
Anyway, old émile is off in London.

无论如何老埃米尔还是离开去了伦敦
Now, I'm just trying now to imagine

而此时我只是在设想
what he imagined.

他曾经设想过的事情
What converts him to anarchism was the appalling

使他转变成一个无政府主义者的原因是
gap between the wealthy and the poor in Paris, and other places.

巴黎以及法国各地都存在的巨大贫富差距
The heritage of the father,

很显然父亲留下的遗产
of course, had something to do with it.

与此是有一定关系的
Never had people lived it up in such flamboyant,

从来没有人以如此炫耀的
one could even say egregious ways,

甚至可以说是有些过分的方式
as in Paris in the Belle époque,

快乐地生活在"美好年代"的巴黎