We can see how whether it's the same person or not has to turn on the relations between the stages.

我们可以看到，是否为同一人,必须依赖于人在两个时期的关系。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I had an opportunity in the late 80s and early 90s, working with a small foundation in New York, to begin cultural activities in Vietnam before normalization of relations between the US and Vietnam.

我在八十年代末九十年代初曾经有幸，在纽约的一个小型基金会工作，和越南开展一些文化活动,那时美国和越南还未实现外交关系正常化。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

To use some philosophical jargon, the nature of identity seems like it should depend only on intrinsic facts about me or perhaps relational facts about the relations between my stages.

用哲学术语来说，身份的本质似乎应该只取决于关于我的内在事实,或是关于我在两个时期关系的事实。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选