他们正开始对他进行刑事诉讼，因为他违反了政党资助法。

They are beginning criminal proceedings against him for breaking the law on financing political parties.

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面对行刑之际，波伊提乌力图寻找对于他不幸命运的安慰之物。

Boethius, faced with execution, seeks to find solace for his misfortunes.

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行刑者没有接道命令。

An executioner is not under orders.

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And so as the other man is being carted off to the guillotine to be killed, our hero takes his place.

所以当另一个人被装在车里押到断头台行刑时，我们的主角就代替了他。

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a Paris tout le monde etait coupable,"-- "in Paris everybody was guilty," shouted out one of the prosecutors as they shot men and women down.

巴黎的每个人都有罪","巴黎的每个人都有罪",一个行刑的刽子手如此喊道

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Several times at public executions in 1698 and 1699, he brushed the executioner away, grabbed the axe and did the dirty work himself, chopping off a head or two.

在1698年和1699年的数次公开行刑里,他轰走了刽子手,抄起斧子亲自动手,手刃了几个囚犯

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