A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
语言
Language
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
由于我的语言和大多数欧洲人讲话时伴随的哑剧，我被归类为一个沉重的人。
The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.
一个作家的文体应该是他心灵的形象，而语言的选择和运用则是练习的结果。
The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
译者的任务是用自己的语言创造出与原文相同的张力。那是很难的!
I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.
我真的想领养一个孩子……我想被称为“妈妈”。“它真的是英语中最美的单词。
Individual words, sounds, squiggles on paper with no meanings other than those with which our imagination can clothe them.
纸上的字词、声音、字句，除了我们的想象力可以赋予它们以含义外，别无其他含义。
Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.
我现在看到，一般说来，讽刺是魔鬼的语言;因为这个原因，我早就干脆放弃了。
Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
我们的语言是我们自己的反映。语言是说话人性格和成长的准确反映。
Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.
诗歌是语言的命运之一……有人会说，诗意的意象，就其新颖性而言，为语言打开了一个未来。
A language is not just a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules. Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind.
语言不仅仅是一组词汇或一套语法规则。每一种语言都是心灵的原始森林。
Discovering your own love language helps you understand why you feel more loved and appreciated by certain people than you do.
发现你自己的爱的语言可以帮助你理解为什么你觉得自己比别人更被爱和欣赏。
It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.
众所周知，语言学习的成果与教授和学习语言的劳动没有任何关系。
Every sickness has an alien quality, a feeling of invasion and loss of control that is evident in the language we use about it.
每一种疾病都有一种异样的特质，一种入侵和失控的感觉，这在我们谈论它的语言中是显而易见的。
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A different language is a different vision of life.
不同的语言是不同的生活愿景。
Language, as well as the faculty of speech, was the immediate gift of God.
语言和语言能力是上帝直接赐予的礼物。
A language is a dialect with its own army and navy.
一种语言是一种拥有自己的陆军和海军的方言。
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.
我们称失去父亲的人为孤儿;一个失去妻子的鳏夫。但是，这个人知道失去朋友的巨大痛苦，我们用什么名字称呼他呢?在这里，每一种语言都是沉默的，在无能为力中保持着平静。
The language you are about to hear... is disturbing.
你将要听到的语言……是令人不安的。
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
语言具有隐藏的力量，就像潮汐上的月亮。