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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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It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with.

就好像所有这些语言都是可用的，尤其是在图像方面。为什么只局限于英语?所有这些语言，各种可能性和概念都是可以交流的。

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The National Flood Insurance Program is a voluntary program. If a community really feels that the building insurance requirements are too burdensome, they don't have to participate.

国家洪水保险计划是一个自愿的计划。如果一个社区真的觉得建筑保险要求太过繁重，他们不必参与。

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Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.

我们的小系统也有它的时代;他们有他们的日子，也不再存在;他们不过是你身上的碎光。耶和华阿，你比他们更强。

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Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.

数据是一件宝贵的东西，比系统本身持续的时间更长。

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