But the simple English translation -- much less precise, but it captures the gist of what Bernoulli had to say -- was this: The expected value of any of our actions -- that is, the goodness that we can count on getting -- is the product of two simple things: the odds that this action will allow us to gain something, and the value of that gain to us.
簡単な英訳―正確ではありませんが ベルヌーイが言いたかった要点を捉えている英訳はこうです 私達の行動の期待値 ―私達が手に入れられると期待できる利点―は ２つの単純なものから成ります 私達があるものを得られる確率と それが私達にもたらす価値です