The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

独立对待一种所有说本国话的人都必须采用的建构语言的态度确实是一个很大的优势,因为它往往使人把自己看作是语言的主人,而不是语言的顺从的仆人。

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There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence: and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is as indispensable to a good condition of human affairs, as protection against politica.

集体意见对个人独立的合法干涉是有限度的,找到这种限度并保持它不受侵犯,就像保护人们不受政治侵害一样,对人类事务的良好状态也是必不可少的。

A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.

一种共同的创造需要共同的牺牲,也许支持一种建构的国际语言的最有力的论据是,它对所有民族的传统都是同样陌生的,或者显然是如此。

In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort of accompaniment to the signified.

在诗歌语言中,符号本身具有一种独立的价值,这种声音象征成为一种实际的因素,并创造了一种与所指相辅相成的东西。

Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.

独立不是一时兴起或雄心壮志。这是我们民族生存的必要条件。

Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative.

治疗,与分析相反,是一个神话的整体结构,美丽和创造性。

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

法语是一种把肮脏变成浪漫的语言。