I have never designed a language for its own sake.

  • -- Niklaus Emil Wirth 尼古拉斯·埃米尔·沃思

我从来没有为语言本身而设计过一种语言。

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We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?

我们总是知道如何向阵亡的士兵致敬。他们是为了我们而被杀的,他们执行了我们的使命。但是,我们如何悼念一个在咖啡馆里被恐怖袭击杀害的随机男子呢?你如何哀悼一位上了公共汽车却再也没有回来的家庭主妇?

It is a building designed by committee: all they have been able to agree on is that it should be rectangular, have windows, and not fall over.

这是一个由委员会设计的建筑:他们所能达成的一致意见是,它应该是长方形的,有窗户,而且不能倒塌。

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.

你可以设计、创造、建造世界上最美妙的地方。但这需要人们把梦想变成现实。

Music is a language - and language, at its finest, should be music.

音乐是一种语言,而语言的精华应该是音乐。

Metaphor is embodied in language.

隐喻体现在语言中。