He was a local potentate in sumatra the indonesian island that cuts like a scimitar through the eastern indian ocean separating it from the strait of malacca .

他是苏门答腊岛上的土霸王，这座印尼岛屿像一把弯刀穿过东印度洋，与马六甲海峡隔海相望。

It is scarcely possible to exaggerate the influence of vanity throughout the range of human life from the child of three to the potentate at whose frown the world trembles .

从三岁的小孩到眉头一皱世界振动的君主，对人类虚荣心遍及生活各角落的影响，如何夸大都不为过。