We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

我们的所见所闻和其他方面的经历很大程度上和我们一样,因为我们社区的语言习惯倾向于做出某些解释的选择。

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Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates for oneself and wishes to reproduce.

当然,另一种更严肃的方式是,人们在诗歌和语言中发现了一些适合自己的特质,并希望复制。

In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.

在每个社区,都有工作要做。每个国家都有伤口需要愈合。在每个人的心中,都有这样做的力量。

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

我的观点是,我的生命属于社区,只要我活着,我就有权利为它做我所能做的一切。

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

动物的眼睛有能力说一种伟大的语言。