You had to manifest strength, and firmness, and bravery, and worthy deeds that would be recognized as being real deeds by contemporaries.

沙皇要展现出雄才武略 刚强坚毅,勇敢无畏,并且在史书写满功绩,能被当代人看做不世之功

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

It's never gonna get recorded in the history books, but it might be worth a footnote somewhere.

我们的贡献不会被记载在史书中，但我觉得也能算得上是脚注吧。

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