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

这本小说是有关16世纪加勒比海海盗。

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

在我们共和国早期，政府试图打击海盗——是，真正海盗。

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

不同形式海盗在世界各地都存在过。

For piracy to be attractive, pirates need ships to steal from.

了使海盗具有力，海盗需要有船只可以盗窃。

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

在许多人看来，这是一种殖民海盗。

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

竟，罗伯特·德·莫布雷不仅仅是公然进海盗。

He also committed acts of piracy against Portuguese slaving vessels.

他还对葡萄牙奴隶船进了海盗。

So piracy is a subcategory of raiding.

所以海盗是劫掠一个子类别。

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，海盗或直接动是前进道路。

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

当然，海盗以不同形式存在了数千年。

We, of course, have piracy in the modern world.

我们当然在现代世界中有海盗。

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海盗。

This meant that he was given official permission to engage in acts of piracy by the English king.

这意味着他获得了英国国王正式许可，从事海盗。

Nowadays, the term piracy can be used for a whole variety of things.

如今，“海盗”这个词可以用来形容各种各样事情。

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海盗转变全面殖民和定居。

In the pre-modern world, piracy is pretty much omnipresent.

在近代以前世界，海盗几乎无处不在。

You could say it was ripe for piracy.

你可以这么说，这正是海盗滋生温床。

Piracy in the pre-modern world is best thought of like a campfire, maybe.

在现代以前世界里，海盗最好被理解像篝火一样，或许吧。

So, what is actually happening now with pirates?

所以，现在海盗到底发生了什么？

Or maybe think about piracy like a stock market.

或者也许可以把海盗想象成一个股票市场。