The Empress's terms are non-negotiable.

女皇的条件是不容商议的

and leave the country forever.

并且永离本土

that I accept the office of the president of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol...

我接管科波的十二个殖民地总统的职位...

and that I will protect and defend the sovereignty of the Colonies...

会保护与防卫殖民地的主权...

two evolving mindsets is concerned,

其中有两种不同的想法

had become inextricably bound up

与其不可避免地紧密联系着

How could we regulate international trade?

我们如何能规范国际贸易

Does one nation want another nation telling it

一个国家想要另一个国家告诉它

was, of course, Stephen Douglas of Illinois;

他是来自伊利诺伊州的斯蒂芬·道格拉斯

But Stephen Douglas had made one slip-up.

但是他犯了个失误

Colonists and the British administration are grappling

殖民地人民和英国政府在尝试解决

The British government isn't really clear on

英国政府并不真的明确