来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第19集 第19集》

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  In my view,
  在我看来
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  neither side wanted war,
  双方都不想发动战争
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  but neither side was ready to yield for
  但也都不愿意让步
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  the reasons that I have suggested.
  理由我之前提过了
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  It's not that this was in my view an irrepressible conflict.
  在我看来 这并不是不可避免的冲突
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  I use the terminology of the American Civil War,
  我用的是美国南北战争中的术语
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  because really that's what Thucydides is
  修昔底德
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  saying about the Peloponnesian war;
  也是这样表述伯罗奔尼撒战争的
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  that it was an irrepressible conflict.
  这是不可避免的冲突
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  I think not.
  我并不这么认为
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  I think mistakes were made,
  我认为错误是由
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  mistakes of judgment on both sides that produced the outcome.
  双方判断失误 互不让步