线形文字A的历史更为悠久，约在公元前18世纪左右。

Linear A is older, from the 18th century BC.

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除了表音符号之外，线形文字B中还有一些语标符号。

In addition to phonetic signs, Linear B also has several logograms.

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其中的线形文字b，已于1952成功破译，成为欧洲最早的可读文字(参见“历史上重要的破译文字”)。

One of these, Linear b, was famously deciphered in 1952, making it Europe's earliest readable writing (see "the great decipherments").

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Linear A is earlier and it is associated with and it is clearly the language used by the Minoan kings at Knossos and other places.

类线形文字出现得较早,而且它已被确定与克诺索斯或其他地区的,米诺斯时期国王们所使用的语言有一定的关联

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Now, what we learn, both from archaeology and from references in the Linear B tablets is that they engaged-- these cultures engaged in trade to a significant degree.

现在,我们从考古学,以及B类线形文字刻板中的线索得知,这些文明中具有相当多的贸易因素

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Because he couldn't figure out what they were, he called one Linear A and the other Linear B, because he could tell by careful analysis that they were different, and he could tell which pieces belonged to which.

由于他无法分辨他们是什么,因此叫它们A类线形文字和B类线形文字,因为他通过仔细的分析能区别出二者的不同,以及它们是属于哪种类型的

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