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。