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。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

In the controversies that are leading up to the Licensing Act, one of the authors most frequently mentioned as posing a special threat to the well-being of the English nation is our very own Milton.

这些论战导致了《权利法》的出台，最常提到的对英国的繁荣富强有着特殊威胁的,作者之一就是弥尔顿。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It is a knowledge of how to act where the purpose of action is acting well.

这是一种如何表现,将动作目的完整诠译的知识。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Well, violations of the law of nature are an act of aggression.

违反自然法是一种侵略行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选