Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.

  • -- Ferdinand de Saussure 索绪尔

语言学必须认识到在语言中普遍存在的规律,并以严格理性的方式,将普遍现象与局限于语言某一分支的现象区分开来。

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It's interesting that instead of having to get tighter and more restricted for a collaboration, strangely enough, from the beginning, we've actually been more confident that we could handle this.

有趣的是,从一开始,我们并没有因为合作而变得更加紧密和受限制,奇怪的是,我们实际上对自己能够处理这个问题更有信心。

In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation.

在回答时,我只能辩解说,对一项似乎与以往调查的总基调相矛盾的发现,人们自然会很犹豫地接受。

Aging gracefully is one thing, but trying to slow it down is another.

优雅地变老是一回事,但试图延缓衰老则是另一回事。

I think people in general think more about their insecurities.

我认为人们通常会更多地考虑他们的不安全感。

This moment will be just another story someday.

这一刻总有一天会成为另一个故事。