How do you know that your parents, at least one of your parents satisfies the definition? Well I've reduced the problem from am I a natural born US citizen to is one of my parents a natural born US citizen?

这是一个递归的定义，你怎么知道你的父母,至少其中一个是满足天生的美国公民,这个定义的呢？,我已经把我是一个天生的美国公民这个问题？

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And that may generalize again and it keeps going until you either get back to Adam and Eve, I guess. I don't think they were born in the US as far as I know, or you find somebody who satisfies that definition or you find that none of your parents actually are in that category.

降低到我的父亲或者母亲,是不是天生的美国公民呢,这个问题可以继续向下分解,你甚至可以追溯到亚当和夏娃的时候,据我所知它们并不是出生在美国的,或者你要么找到一个符合定义的人,要么发现你的父母都不满足条件。

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To take the American case for example, does it mean that something like the presidency, the congress and the court can be discerned ? within the soul of every American citizen?

举美国为例，是否透过,总统制、国会及法庭等,就可以辨别,每位美国公民的灵魂？

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Each of you, who is above 18 and is an American citizen, and was born in America above whatever it is, whatever the rule is, whatever the Constitution says), each of you can potentially stand up now and say you're going to run for president.

你们中每一个到了18岁的美国公民,并生在美国,大于不论几岁,不论规定是多少,不论宪法怎么规定,你们都可以站出来,参加总统竞选

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Now if you were not born in the United States, you may still be, under definition, a natural born US citizen if you're born outside this United States, both of your parents are citizens of the United States and at least one parent has lived in the United States.

现在如果你不是出生在美国，你可能,即使你出生在美国以外的地方,只要你的父母都是美国公民,而且至少一个居住在美国,那么按照定义。

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There's a wonderful legal expression.

你还是一个天生的美国公民。

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