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。

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And I hope you've had a chance to look at the reading material, because I'm going to go through this relatively quickly.

我行为你们都有看过阅读材料，因为这些内容我会很快地过一下。

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he text refers back directly to our own preconceptions--" -Gadamer would call those "prejudices"- "which are revealed by the act of interpretation that is a basic element of the reading process."

他说，“文本最直接地起源于先入之见“，He，says：，“…,葛达玛会称这些为“偏见“,“这些先见会在我们的理解行为中体现出来,这是阅读过程中的基本元素“

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