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National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

民族语言都是既得利益集团的庞大体系，它们阴沉地抵制批判性的探究。

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I am intrigued with the shapes people choose as their symbols to create a language. There is within all forms a basic structure, an indication of the entire object with a minimum of lines that becomes a symbol. This is common to all languages, all people, all times.

我对人们选择的形状作为他们创造语言的符号很感兴趣。在所有的形式中都有一个基本的结构，用最少的线条表示整个对象，成为一个符号。这对所有的语言、所有的人、所有的时间都是一样的。

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Because they want more advertisements, they are destroying what is a very important part of the society - news reporting. It is wasting important national space that should be used in a more productive manner.

因为他们想要更多的广告，他们正在破坏社会的一个非常重要的部分——新闻报道。它正在浪费应该以更有效的方式使用的重要的国家空间。

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These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages.

英语和法语中缺乏简单性的这些例子，表面上都相反，几乎可以无限地增加，并适用于所有的民族语言。

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I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.

我想学其他语言，也许是法语?我叔叔会说德语，所以可能也会说德语吧?中文似乎太难了。

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Intelligent design is consistent with any faith system I can think of, because most faith systems believe that there is a creator.

智能设计与我所能想到的任何信仰体系都是一致的，因为大多数信仰体系都相信造物主是存在的。

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Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.

政治体系是由自我选择的政治家来运行的。我们不征兵;这不是陪审团的职责。

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