So far as the advocates of a constructed international language are concerned, it is rather to be wondered at how much in common their proposals actually have, both in vocabulary and in general spirit of procedure.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

就一种建构的国际语言的倡导者而言,他们的建议实际上在词汇和一般程序精神上有多少共同之处,这是相当令人惊奇的。

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Point-to-point transit via low orbit could dramatically speed up international flights, connecting the world even further. And safe, consistent space travel opens up the possibility of commercial space stations, trips to the moon and exploration beyond.

通过低轨道的点对点过境可以大大加快国际航班的速度,进一步连接世界。安全、持续的太空旅行为商业空间站、月球之旅和其他太空探索开辟了可能。

A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.

一种共同的创造需要共同的牺牲,也许支持一种建构的国际语言的最有力的论据是,它对所有民族的传统都是同样陌生的,或者显然是如此。

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.

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。

So as far as Serbia is concerned, it does not have the right to influence the privatization or to claim any property, because Kosovo is a former member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

因此,就塞尔维亚而言,它没有权利影响私有化或要求任何财产,因为科索沃是南斯拉夫联邦共和国的前成员。

Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.

因为它将传统等同于偏见,左派发现自己越来越无法用普通人的共同语言与他们交谈。

As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.

在我看来,爱意味着争吵,弥天大谎,和几记耳光。