All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification.

  • -- Bruce Jackson 布鲁斯·杰克逊

通常情况下,学术部门会像走投无路的动物一样,满怀激情地捍卫自己的领土,尽管理由远远不够充分。

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There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. And there is what is probably worse than ever before, the growing use of professional jargon.

当时没有太多的专业术语,而且大多数学者都没有受过写作方面的训练。可能比以往任何时候都更糟糕的是,越来越多的人使用专业术语。

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

男人的病是他的私人领地,不管他有多爱你,和你有多亲近,你都是局外人。你是健康的。

All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side.

所有的战争部门现在都是国防部。这都是我们这个时代双重话语的一部分。侵略者总是站在另一边。

As an academic, this was not the lifestyle I had planned for myself. Now I see myself everywhere.

作为一个学者,这不是我为自己计划的生活方式。现在我看到自己无处不在。

A map is not the territory.

地图不是领土。