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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.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

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。

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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。

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It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it.

的确，国家的领土是我们的。的确，它是靠全国人民的英勇和财富获得的。但是，我们对它没有任何专断的权力。

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If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrified. There is no problem about it.

如果我们活着，我们就活着;如果我们死了，我们就死了;如果我们受苦，我们就受苦;如果我们害怕，我们就会害怕。这没有问题。

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People know two languages: their native language and gibberish.

人们知道两种语言:母语和胡言乱语。

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Simplicity is the ultimate form sophistication.

简单是复杂的最终形式。

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Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.

我们的国花是混凝土三叶草。

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