来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第19集第19集》

The not yet, fully formed,

在当时并没有完全成形的
or written opinions of contemporaries.

或是书写下来的主张
In modern times these are very easy to recover.

而在现代史实的复原很简单
Some of us still remember them,

仍为一些人所记得
and in any case,

无论在何种情况下
modern revisionists always confront and argue against them.

现代修正主义者总会挺身而出与之相辩
Thucydides' method is different.

但修昔底德却不同
He argues with no one and he vents no

没有人同他争辩他也无法
alternative view even to refute it.

发表不同观点去进行反驳
There are a couple of exceptions,

当时确有一些异议
but even then he doesn't mention anybody,

但即便如此对于那些与他持有异见的人
who holds the view he's going to refute.

他也并未提及一二