Words in a language play the same part as bricks do in civil engineering; they make up the elementary components of both.

语言中的词汇跟土木工程中砖瓦的作用相同，都是最基本的组成部分。

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During translation, source and target language play a game of tug of war, creating an unceasing tension that may enrich our work-or not, depending on how well we can handle it.

在从事翻译的过程中，源语言和目标语言常常像是在玩儿“拔河”游戏，生成一种持续的“拉力”，也许会充实我们的工作——也许相反，这取决于我们如何能很好地把握它。

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However, boys tended to play with more complex puzzles than girls, and the parents of boys provided more spatial language and were more active during puzzle play than parents of girls.

然而，男孩比女孩更倾向于玩复杂的谜题，而且男孩的父母在玩谜题时比女孩的父母提供更多的空间语言，也更活跃。

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Professor King says loss of culture, land and language all play a part in poor health.

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MP3 I used to make stuff like the natural language interface to play my MP3s.

我曾经为自己的,设计了一个自然语言界面。

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Think, in "Birches," of really the extraordinary play of language, the freedom of association, all of which is being played off of the strict demands of the meter, at every moment.

想想，“桦树“，是无与伦比的对语言的把玩，自由的结合，所有这些都在格律诗严格的要求下自由地被使用着，每时每刻。

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It sounds like a waste of time, but this type of language play is actually a complicated computer science program.

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The material needs that are fulfilled by good brands are only excuses to play language games that picture things, not as they are, but as they ought to be.

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It's not just about a better understanding of communication over the ages, either, as the timeline of a language can also play a useful role in determining the order of pre-history events, such as the movement of populations over a continent.

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