But he had great birth, and so he started getting more power politically and financially by setting himself up as the patron of the patronless.

但是出身很好，于是他通过给人当庇护人,来提高自己的政治及金融地位。

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and it basically fights for the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers

基本上，它是为了难民和寻求政治庇护人士的人权而斗争的，

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For that reason, if you wanted to win a court case, it helped-- - or have somebody represent you in politics or all kinds of things-- it helped to have strong patrons.

所以如果你想赢诉讼-,最好找人在政治及其他事务上代表你-,有个强大的庇护人很重要。

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So you'd have a patron who would be higher class, richer, more powerful, have some political power, and you would be loyal to your patron, and your patron would then represent you in court, try to get you jobs, try to get you more business, do all the kinds of things that patrons do for their clients.

要找个比你社会地位高，比你有钱有权，有一定政治影响力的庇护人，你也要忠诚于他，庇护人会在法庭上代表你，帮你找工作，帮你介绍生意，各种庇护人为被庇护人做的事。

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