He seems to have had some work as the state licenser, but also more importantly as the nation's Latin secretary, which means that he would compose and translate all of England's correspondence with the governments on the continent into and from Latin.

他作为国家执照签发人似乎真做了一些工作，但更重要的是,弥尔顿还担任了国家拉丁语文书，也就是说他要,把英格兰大陆上政府的所有通信,编译成拉丁文或者从拉丁文编译成英语。

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