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As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and is in no better case than a constructed language.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

事实上，一种超越其自身范围的民族语言，很快就会失去其原有的丰富内容，其效果并不比一种建构的语言好。

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We have to stress our conservative credentials and emphasize that we are the natural, national alternative to the Liberals. Clearly the Alliance has shown it can't break out of its Western box. The Alliance is at single-digit support in three quarters of the country.

我们必须强调我们的保守派资历，并强调我们是自由主义者的天然的、全国性的替代品。显然，北约已经表明，它无法打破西方的框框。该联盟在全国四分之三的地区获得了个位数的支持。

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No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism.

至少在西方世界，没有一种重要的民族语言具有完整的语法结构规律性，也没有一种逻辑范畴在语言象征意义上得到充分而一致的处理。

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It's great to be wanted in this recruiting class. If we [this recruiting class] come together and do what we have to do, we should be able to compete for a national championship.

能成为这个招聘班的一员真是太好了。如果我们(这个招聘班)团结起来，做我们必须做的事情，我们应该能够竞争全国冠军。

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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。

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