No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

没有哪两种语言有足够的相似性,可以被认为代表了相同的社会现实。

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Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?

人类的成长是一个独特的社会关系问题,而不是生物学问题。我们从家庭内部的联系中学到的东西取代了动物行为的本能;这就提出了一个问题,这些联系有多好?

You have to look at the discrepancy between what you hoped and imagined and the reality of yourself and all your shortcomings.

你必须看到你所希望和想象的与你自己的现实和你所有的缺点之间的差异。

If I wanted to go be social I would. I don't have any fear of that. I don't feel like I'm a shy person at all.

如果我想要社交,我会的。我一点也不害怕。我一点也不觉得自己是个害羞的人。

In real life nothing means anything. Stuff happens and there just is no structure.

在现实生活中,什么都不是。事情发生了,却没有结构。