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

这本小说是有关16世纪加勒比海的海盗行。

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·马杜罗使用的一架飞机是海盗行。

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

在我们的共和国早期，政府试图打击海盗行——是的，真正的海盗。

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

在许多人看来，这是一种殖民海盗行。

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海盗行。

He also committed acts of piracy against Portuguese slaving vessels.

他还对葡萄牙的奴隶船进行了海盗行。

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，法国人说服了许多海盗船长放弃他们的海盗行并在岛上定居。

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.

而这个名字出现的乎都得益于海上贸易，加泰罗尼亚人转向海盗行刺激了这种贸易。

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.

关于索马里在印度洋的海盗行的消息引起了他的兴趣。他特别从枪手的角度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海盗行，知道它发生在哪些， 以及这些海盗通常是如何运作的。

You could say it was ripe for piracy.

你可以这么说，这正是海盗行滋生的温床。

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

斯堪的纳维亚的维京人已经从单纯的打劫式海盗行转变全面的殖民和定居。

They're like stealing the Spanish stuff through piracy.

他们就像通过海盗行偷窃西班牙的财物一样。

So, what is actually happening now with pirates?

所以，现在海盗行到底发生了什么？

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，海盗行或直接行动是前进的道路。

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?

我的意思是， 如果你打算几代之后才解决这个问题，那明年和后年在你的领域内发生的海盗行怎么办？

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

但当今的海盗行可以说比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，海盗行以不同的形式存在了数千年。

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

不同形式的海盗行在世界各都存在过。

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，什么在海盗行不再是问题大约200年后， 海盗突然重新出现，以及我们将会了解2020年的海盗都在做什么。