Neither Aristotelian nor Russellian rules give the exact logic of any expression of ordinary language; for ordinary language has no exact logic.

  • -- Peter Frederick Strawson 斯特劳森

亚里士多德和罗素的规则都没有给出任何普通语言表达的确切逻辑;因为普通语言没有确切的逻辑。

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Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that.

烹饪对于人们来说是慷慨和深情的一种极其重要的表达,而娱乐是一种既慷慨又富有创造力的方式。你在和别人分享你的生活。当然,这也是你想要得到认可和掌声的一种表达。这没什么错。

Being a wife and a mother is very gratifying, but it's not a creative expression and that's something I need to be happy.

作为一个妻子和母亲是非常令人满意的,但这不是一个创造性的表达,这是我需要快乐的东西。

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

译者的任务是用自己的语言创造出与原文相同的张力。那是很难的!

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

一种特殊的美存在于语言中,语言的美,语言的美。