There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.

-- Elias Canetti 伊莱亚斯卡内蒂

没有丑陋的语言这种东西。今天，我听到每一种语言，仿佛它是唯一的一种;当我听到一种即将消亡的语言时，它使我不知所措，仿佛它是地球的死亡。

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Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.

大地教我忘记自己，正如融化的雪忘记了它的生命。大地教我听天由命，就像秋天里枯死的树叶。大地教会我勇气，就像那棵孤独的树。大地教我重生，就像春天发芽的种子。

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And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation.

我正在努力寻找一种不那么容易被期望调节的语言。

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Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis good works make the man.

传道人靠语言，行善能造就人。

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Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth.

求你给我站住的地方，我就使地震动。

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