Voltaire famously pointed out that the Holy Roman Empire Wits neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire; but the Habsburgs, who presided over it for more than 300 years, often had other ideas.

伏尔泰曾对其做了一个很有名的评价，他指出神圣罗马帝国既非神圣、亦非罗马、更非帝国；但统治罗马300多年的哈布堡人，往往有其他想法。

Roman, and not imperial Holy Roman Emperor, was Marie Antoinette’s brother. I should note, by the way, that at this point, the Holy Roman Empire was basically just Austria.

既不圣神 也不是罗马 更不是帝国的 圣神罗马帝国的皇帝同时也是玛丽.安托瓦内特的哥哥 顺便一说 此时的神圣罗马帝国基本等于今天的奥地利。

Richard had made enemies from Sicily to Cyprus during his crusade and alienated his allies in France and the holy Roman empire which quickly came back to haunt him.

理查十字军东征期间，从西西岛到塞浦路敌无数，还疏远了他法国和神圣罗马帝国的盟，这些盟很快就回来困扰他。

He decamped first to England and then to Germany, where he served as a military advisor to the government of Bavaria, so impressing the authorities that in 1791 he was named Count von Rumford of the Holy Roman Empire.

他先逃到英国，然后来到德国，担任巴伐利亚政府的军事顾问。他深深打动了当局，1791年被授予神圣罗马帝国伦福德伯爵的称号。

After the western Roman empire fell in 476 AD, or some other year, the kings of the so-called Holy Roman Empire, 962 to 1806 AD routinely referred to themselves as Kaiser, the German form of the name Caesar.

西罗马帝国公元476年衰落，或者是别的年份，所谓的神圣罗马帝国的国王，从公元962年到1806年一直自称为Kaiser (皇帝)是Caesar德语中的表达。

Normandy itself had been lost by King John to the French crown, while the multicultural Kingdom of Sicily was now part of the Holy Roman Empire.

诺曼底本身已经被约翰王割让给了法国王室，而多元文化的西西王国成为了神圣罗马帝国的一部分。

Back in 1555, the Holy Roman Empire had managed to stop the continent exploding with something called the Peace of Augsburg.

早1555年，神圣罗马帝国通过《奥格堡和约》设法阻止了大陆的爆发。

Anyway, what would the world look like if the Holy Roman Empire was for whatever reason resurrected today?

不管怎样，如果神圣罗马帝国今天因为某种原因复苏了，世界会变成什么样子？

As a good Lutheran growing up in the Holy Roman Empire — a collection of several hundred states roughly analogous to modern Germany — Kepler wasn't meant to be a mathematician.

作为一个神圣罗马帝国（一个由几百个邦国组成的帝国，大致类似于现代德国）长大的虔诚的路德教徒，开普勒并没有打算成为一名数学家。

Historically and up to the present day to an extent, Afghanistan continues to operate in a way that's more similar to the holy Roman empire than the European Union.

从历史上到今天，某种程度上，阿富汗的国家运转形式更类似于神圣罗马帝国，而不是欧盟。

It was the start of a journey that would take him not just across the Holy Roman Empire, but into more danger than this sickly teen could have ever believed possible.

这是一段旅程的开始，这段旅程不仅带他穿越了神圣罗马帝国，还让这个体弱的少年经历了他从未想象过的危险。

I say Empire in air quotes because the history of the Holy Roman Empire and the way it operated is incredibly complicated.

我说帝国是加了引号的，因为神圣罗马帝国的历史及其国家的运作方式非常复杂。

The modern Holy Roman Empire would also have an enormous economy with a nominal GDP of 9.232 trillion US dollars.

现代神圣罗马帝国也将拥有庞大的经济规模，名义上的国内生产总值为 9.232 万亿美元。

Overall, the Holy Roman Empire in the modern world would be an absolute powerhouse.

总的来说，神圣罗马帝国现代世界将是一个绝对的强国。

The Holy Roman Empire was never really an empire or holy or Roman.

-神圣罗马帝国从来不是真正的帝国、神圣或罗马帝国。

Like, they were literally the entire Holy Roman Empire after the fact, like, destroyed.

比如说，实际上他们就是后来被彻底摧毁的整个神圣罗马帝国。

James Bryce had even discovered the Holy Roman Empire.

詹姆布莱甚至发现了神圣罗马帝国。

The Swiss Confederation got its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499, making it the oldest independent nation on this list.

瑞士联邦于 1499 年从神圣罗马帝国获得独立，使其成为这份名单上最古老的独立国家。

Nuremberg was considered one of the most powerful cities in the Holy Roman Empire because it was a major stop for the spice trade as ingredients from across the Middle East and the Mediterranean made their way through Europe.

纽伦堡被认为是神圣罗马帝国中最强大的城市之一，因为它是香料贸易的一个重要站点，来自中东和地中海的原料通过欧洲各地时会经过这。

Finally, in 967, Otto knew it was time for him to  return to Germany. He crowned his son, Otto II, as co-emperor, ensuring the Holy Roman Empire  would continue to have a leader after his death.

最后， 967 年， 奥托知道是时候返回德国了。 他加冕他的儿子奥托二世为共治皇帝，确保神圣罗马帝国他死后继续拥有一位领袖。