统治者

Of course their own government and their own rulers in the successive dynasties.

当然是他们自己各个朝代的政府和统治者。

And this same Word ［ Logos ］ is continually a suppliant to the immortal God on behalf of the mortal race, which is exposed to affliction and misery; and is also the ambassador, sent by the Ruler of all, to the subject race.

一切万物之父［上帝］给予'道'，也即是他的首要使者，那最特别的权力；让他站在被造之物与创造主之间，将两者区分出来。这'道'在永存者面前为苦难的众生代求，也在百姓面前充当统治者［上帝］的使者。

The one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.

一个至高无上的存在，创造者和宇宙的统治者。

It was run by cynical operators and peopled by surly subjects.

它的统治者怀疑一切，而它的国民性格阴郁。

Furthermore, God is sovereign over all things as the Creator, Sustainer, and Ruler of the universe.

此外，上帝是一个主权所有的东西作为造物者， sustainer ，和统治者的宇宙。

The Father : God the eternal Father is the Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation.

三、父上帝永在的父上帝是创造主，万物的根源，维持者，及一切受造之物的统治者。

Dalai Lama……his present Western suzerain does not allow him as much freedom as his Chinese master did.

达赖喇嘛。。。。。。他现在的西方宗主给他的自由，不象他的汉人统治者给他的那样多。

Some of the rulers of these states recognized the suzerainty of the Abbasids, but this was merely a token.

一些统治者的这些国家认识到宗主权的abbasids ，但是这只是一个象徵性的。

In the later period, from 945 to 1258, the caliphs generally held no more than nominal suzerainty; real power, even in Baghdād, passed to dynasties of secular sovereigns.

在后来的时期，从945到1258 ， caliphs一般不超过名义上的宗主权；实权，甚至在baghdād ，通过历代的世俗统治者。

The communicator of classical Chinese vernacular novels and dramas is characteristically ambiguous and complex, ambiguous in that the communicator hides himself for fear of the hegemony of the dominant discourse, the special ways of communication such as "taletelling","acting"and rewriting, and signature confusion because of the booksellers' default; and complex in that the communicator plays plural social roles and he comes into a unity with the receiver as a result of the special communication ways.

前者表现在两个方面：一是传播者慑于统治者的话语霸权而隐身于幕后；二是由白话小说戏曲"说话"、"表演"、改编等特殊的传播方式，以及书商作伪等导致的署名权之争。后者也表现在两个方面：一是传播者在传播过程中的身兼数职及其社会身分的复杂；二是由白话小说戏曲特殊的传播方式决定的传播者与接受者的合为一体。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。