In other words, only if we really are sure that the historicist act of reading is effective and works, if I know the meaning of a text. Well, fine.

换言之，要是我们确定,阅读这个历史主义行为是有效的，有用的，如果我知道文本的意思，那么，很好。

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I simply don't know because my history isn't very good. So, sorry.

我不知道，是因为我的历史学得不好。所以，很抱歉。

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If I'm proud of knowing that in another culture if I belch after dinner it's a compliment to the cook, right, and if I'm proud of knowing that without drawing any conclusions from it, that's sort of the equivalent of historicism.

我知道在另一种文化中,吃饭后打嗝是表示饭菜好吃，我虽然知道但并不从中作出任何结论，这就是历史相对论的表现。

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