A:This historian is famous in the field of Tang Dynasty.
在唐史这一领域,这位历史学家很出名。
B:So he always sits above the salt when there is a seminar about it.
所以每次一有诸如此类的研讨会,他总是坐上宾。
A:Right,to be famous to be respectable in some way.
就是,在某种程度上,越有名越受人尊敬。
B:You got it.
你算是说对了。