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语言
Languages
People know two languages: their native language and gibberish.
人们知道两种语言:母语和胡言乱语。
I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.
我想学几门外语，因此我不得不出国。
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.
电影是三种通用语言之一，另外两种是数学和音乐。
National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.
民族语言都是既得利益集团的庞大体系，它们阴沉地抵制批判性的探究。
I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.
我想学其他语言，也许是法语?我叔叔会说德语，所以可能也会说德语吧?中文似乎太难了。
These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages.
英语和法语中缺乏简单性的这些例子，表面上都相反，几乎可以无限地增加，并适用于所有的民族语言。
It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with.
就好像所有这些语言都是可用的，尤其是在图像方面。为什么只局限于英语?所有这些语言，各种可能性和概念都是可以交流的。
Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't.
人类习惯了这样一个事实:有些语言是他一开始不懂的，而且必须学习，但因为艺术主要是视觉的，他希望自己应该立即得到信息，如果他不懂，就很容易被冒犯。
I am intrigued with the shapes people choose as their symbols to create a language. There is within all forms a basic structure, an indication of the entire object with a minimum of lines that becomes a symbol. This is common to all languages, all people, all times.
我对人们选择的形状作为他们创造语言的符号很感兴趣。在所有的形式中都有一个基本的结构，用最少的线条表示整个对象，成为一个符号。这对所有的语言、所有的人、所有的时间都是一样的。