《明史·列传·卷八十五》
世宗喜欢他办事照规矩来，就任用了登庸，把道中改任大理少卿。过了很久，世宗让霍韬出任南京礼部尚书去了。
帝为停韬俸四月，相等亦停二月。
Shizong liked the way he did things according to the rules, so he appointed Deng Yong and changed Dao Zhong to Dali Shaoqiong. After a long time, Shizong appointed Huo Tao as the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing.
<s>[INST] From the Classical Chinese script: 帝为停韬俸四月，相等亦停二月。, document the translation approach to render an English version. [/INST]
Initial step: Identify the imperative component of the sentence, which is the way expressed in the primary clause, "帝为停韬俸四月".

Following steps: The action of "停韬俸" can be translated as "deprive Tao his salary", "为" can be understood as "to make happen", "帝" suggests "the emperor himself executes the action", "四月" is the duration for the action to happen. Thus, this clause can be translated to "The emperor decided to take away Tao's salary for four months".

English rendition: The emperor made a decision that he would cut Tao's salary for four months, and people who have the same rank will have a reduction of salary for two months.</s>
From the Classical Chinese script: 帝为停韬俸四月，相等亦停二月。, document the translation approach to render an English version.
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Initial step: Identify the imperative component of the sentence, which is the way expressed in the primary clause, "帝为停韬俸四月".

Following steps: The action of "停韬俸" can be translated as "deprive Tao his salary", "为" can be understood as "to make happen", "帝" suggests "the emperor himself executes the action", "四月" is the duration for the action to happen. Thus, this clause can be translated to "The emperor decided to take away Tao's salary for four months".

English rendition: The emperor made a decision that he would cut Tao's salary for four months, and people who have the same rank will have a reduction of salary for two months.
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