The practice of makingexcellent films based on rather obscure novels has been going on solong in the United States as to constitute a tradition.
根据默默无闻的小说制作优秀影片在美国由来已久，已经成为传统。
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The kinds of authority established by the bogeys of tradition and custom and conservative tradition are not always distinguishable from the kinds of authority that are based on genuine strength.
由约定俗成的习俗的幻象以及,保守的传统建立的权威,和建立在真实力量上权威难以分辨。
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There is a stark contrast with the Western legal tradition, based on individual rights and freedoms, which dates back to the Enlightenment.