The novel is about piracy in the Caribbean in the 16th century.

这本小说是有关16世纪加勒比盗行为。

Venezuela has described the seizure by the United States of a plane used by President Nicholas Maduro as an act of piracy.

委内瑞拉称，美国扣押总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗使用一架飞机是盗行为。

Early in our republic, the government sought to fight piracy -- yes, actual pirates.

在我们共和国早期，政府试图打击盗行为——是，真正盗。

As many people saw it, an act of colonial piracy.

在许多人看来，这是一种殖民盗行为。

After all, de Mowbray wasn't just brazenly undertaking an act of piracy.

毕竟，罗伯特·德·莫布雷不仅仅是然进行盗行为。

He also committed acts of piracy against Portuguese slaving vessels.

他还对葡萄牙奴隶船进行了盗行为。

So, by the middle of the 17th century, the French had convinced many of those buccaneering captains to give up their pirating and settle on the island.

因此， 到 17 世纪中叶，法国人说服了许多盗船长放弃他们盗行为并在岛上定居。

And the places where this name could be found seemed to be places that benefited from the maritime trade, which the Catalan move into piracy stimulated.

而这个名字出现地方似乎都得益于上贸易，加泰罗尼亚人转向盗行为刺激了这种贸易。

News about Somali piracy in the Indian Ocean had caught his interest. He was especially fascinated by the subject from the viewpoint of the gunmen.

关于索马里在盗行为消息引起了他兴趣。他特别从枪手角对这个话题感到着迷。

Now, you may well have heard about modern piracy, about where it takes place, and how these pirates typically operate.

现在， 你可能已经听说过现代盗行为，知道它发生在哪些地方， 以及这些盗通常是如何运作。

You could say it was ripe for piracy.

你可以这么说，这正是盗行为滋生温床。

The Scandinavian Vikings have gone from smash and grab piracy raids to full-on colonization and settlement.

斯堪纳维亚维京人已经从单纯打劫式盗行为转变为全面殖民和定居。

They're like stealing the Spanish stuff through piracy.

他们就像通过盗行为偷窃西班牙财物一样。

So, what is actually happening now with pirates?

所以，现在盗行为到底发生了什么？

So Drake and others started to believe that piracy, or direct action, was the way ahead.

所以德雷克等人开始相信，盗行为或直接行动是前进道路。

I mean, if you're going to solve this three or four generations from now, what about the piracy that's going to happen in your domain next year and the year after that?

我意思是， 如果你打算几代之后才解决这个问题，那明年和后年在你领域内发生盗行为怎么办？

But piracy today is debatably an even bigger problem than it was 300 years ago.

但当今盗行为可以说比300年前更加严重。

Now, piracy, of course, has been around for thousands of years in different shapes and forms.

当然，盗行为以不同形式存在了数千年。

Piracy in different shapes and forms has existed all over the world.

不同形式盗行为在世界各地都存在过。

We'll be talking about where they come from, why pirates have suddenly re-emerged after piracy not really being a problem for 200 years or so, and we'll find out what pirates are doing in 2020.

我们将讨论他们来自何处，为什么在盗行为不再是问题大约200年后， 盗突然重新出现，以及我们将会了解2020年盗都在做什么。