Renan gave priority to this will for a common life over any ethnic definition and set the French idea of the nation in direct contrast to the almost racial notion of people (Volk) that dominates the German tradition.

Renan将这种共同生活的意愿置于一切族性定义之上，并将法国的民族理念与主导德国 传统的近乎种族主义的民族 (Volk) 概念进行直接的对比。

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Drawing Kazakhstan westward would help embed this secular tradition.

把哈萨克斯坦拖向西方将会巩固这一世俗传统。

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The non-Westerner, however, would rather place tradition above innovation.

但是非西方人更加愿意把传统置于创新之上。

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Indeed, the Gaullist tradition ends with him.

事实上，他的出现恰恰预示着戴高乐主义传统的终结。

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We have mutually enriching Euro-Asian traditions that could serve as a basis for such a dialogue.

我们共同拥有的丰富的欧亚关系的传统就是这种对话的基础。

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