我刚才稍微离题说明了迄今的情况，现在让我重述一下要点。

I've digressed a little to explain the situation so far, so let me now recap.

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现在，在其他人提出意见之间，我必须说明并不只是这些核心理念(灵感)让这些电影和小说与众不同。

Now, before someone else says it, of course those core ideas aren't the only things that make those movies and that book good.

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不过现在已经晚了，我想你必须向她说明，我在看歌剧时曾经让你告诉她，那可是我们在这儿告诉大家之前呀。

If I'd done it at the right time, yes: but now that there's been a delay I think you must explain that I'd asked you to tell her at the Opera, before our speaking about it to everybody here.

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