Milton devotes a lot of time in Areopagitica to making a number of attempts to distinguish licensing from censorship.

弥尔顿在《论出版自由》中花了很大功夫,试图区分出版许可管理和出版控制。

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Now, as I mentioned, the official purpose of the tract is the political subject of licensing.

现在，就像我提到的，宣传小册子最正式的目的就是支持出版许可这个政治主题。

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So in Milton's argument against licensing, the coexistence of so many conflicting opinions and beliefs.

所以在弥尔顿反对出版许可的论点中，他支持很多不同的观点和信念的共存。

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According to the 1643 Licensing Order against which Milton is directing this treatise, Areopagitica, a book has to be sent to the licensing office for approval before it can be published.

根据和弥尔顿《论出版自由》相斥的1643年《出版管制法》,每本书都要送去出版许可办公室,得到许可后才能出版。

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Licensing differs from censorship in some important ways.

出版许可和出版控制在很多重要方面是不同的。

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Books now have to be licensed.

书必须得到许可才可以出版。

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