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-关于这些文件的内容、状态、局限、错误反馈与再利用，请参阅相关 wiki：https://github.com/PerseusDL/lexica/wiki
+For information on these files including contents, status, limitations, error reporting and reuse please see the related wiki. https://github.com/PerseusDL/lexica/wiki
 
-各文件的致谢信息见相应目录。
+Credits for each file are in the relevant directories.
 
-如有疑问或意见，请在本仓库提交 issue。
+Questions or comments? Please create an issue in this repo.
 
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-塔夫茨大学（Tufts University）对 Perseus 数字图书馆拥有整体著作权；其中的材料（包括所有文本、译文、图像、说明、绘图等）供学生、学者及公众个人使用。
+Tufts University holds the overall copyright to the Perseus Digital Library; the materials therein (including all texts, translations, images, descriptions, drawings, etc.) are provided for the personal use of students, scholars, and the public.
 
-Perseus 数字图书馆内的材料著作权状态各异：有关特定组成部分或对象的具体信息，请联系项目组。著作权受美国著作权法及《世界著作权公约》保护。
+Materials within the Perseus DL have varying copyright status: please contact the project for more information about a specific component or object. Copyright is protected by the copyright laws of the United States and the Universal Copyright Convention.
 
-除非另有说明，本仓库所有内容均以知识共享署名-相同方式共享 4.0 国际许可协议（Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License）许可。您须将所作修改提供给 Perseus；Perseus 将对所有被采纳的修改予以署名。
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-## 关于本镜像
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-本仓库系 PerseusDL/lexica 的忠实镜像。原项目内容以 CC BY-SA 4.0 许可发布（整体著作权归 Tufts University 所有），著作权归原作者所有。上游版本系经 codeload 解压获得，本镜像未保留本地 git 历史；抓取于 2026-10-02；来源与完整许可见本仓 LICENSE。
+Unless otherwise indicated, all contents of this repository are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. You must offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes.