In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

从某种意义上说,每一种表达形式都是由社会因素,尤其是自己的语言强加于人的。

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Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic whole; and each of its ideas and ideals wins also its place and power.

每一种社会形态,通过其每一种物质活动,都对公民整体产生影响;它的每一个思想和理想都赢得了它的地位和力量。

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.

诗歌是语言的命运之一……有人会说,诗意的意象,就其新颖性而言,为语言打开了一个未来。

The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.

在所有的教育因素中,影响最大的是孩子家中的谈话。

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

没有任何一种人类传家宝能像艺术和语言那样捕捉过去。

Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.

在舞台上,我是一个恶魔。但我并不是一个社会排斥者。