They don't want him to go out. He's been in jail for more than 20 years now and the maximum rule is to keep him inside a cell.

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Now when you go to jail-- I mean when you go to court, slaves of course can't represent themselves in court at all, they don't have any legal standing.

如果你进监狱。。。,我是说如果你上法院，奴隶当然不能在法庭上代表自己，他们没有任何法律地位。

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If I don't, I get locked in jail or they tell me to get out of the country.

如果不缴税，我会被关到监狱,或者被驱逐出境。

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If they both rat each other out, they'll end up in jail for two years, But if you rat the other guy out and he doesn't rat you out, then you will go home free and he'll go to jail for five years.

要是都坦白了,两人都要坐两年牢,要是你坦白而他不坦白,你无罪释放而他坐五年牢

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