So far as the advocates of a constructed international language are concerned, it is rather to be wondered at how much in common their proposals actually have, both in vocabulary and in general spirit of procedure.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

就一种建构的国际语言的倡导者而言,他们的建议实际上在词汇和一般程序精神上有多少共同之处,这是相当令人惊奇的。

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It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.

语言的清晰度和内容仍然不够……它还必须有一个目标和一个当务之急。否则,我们从语言堕落到喋喋不休,从喋喋不休到胡言乱语,从胡言乱语到混乱不堪。

But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand.

但当它成为一场国际性的喧嚣,职业生涯的成败取决于你是否获得奥斯卡奖时,它就失控了。

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.

真理总是与自身和谐一致的,它并不主要关心揭示正义与恶行之间的关系。

A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.

标准的国际语言不仅要简单、规范、有逻辑,而且要丰富、有创造性。

The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.

我语言的极限就是我思想的极限。我所知道的就是我的语言。

On the theoretical side, I was concerned with stochastic resonance.

在理论方面,我关注的是随机共振。