Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.

  • -- Avram Noam Chomsky 乔姆斯基

语言是自由创造的过程;它的法则和原则是固定的,但是生成原则的使用方式是自由的,并且是无限变化的。甚至词语的解释和使用也需要一个自由创造的过程。

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The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

一个作家的文体应该是他心灵的形象,而语言的选择和运用则是练习的结果。

I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.

我不知道我是否真的精通任何语言。