Sometimes, however, improvements are more about what a language removes than what it adds.
但是，有时候语言的改进更多地体现在它取消了什么内容，而不是增加了什么。
I master C programming language. Half a year ago, I gave up C and transferred to Sales Department. Even I master the C programming language, I still didn't realize what a language means.
我精通C语言，但是就在半年前我放弃C语言，转到市场部门工作之后，我都还没有悟到语言到底是什么。
It is impossible to say at what point along the continuum a dialect becomes a separate language.
要说出同一语言的方言差异到什么程度就成为一种别的语言是不可能的。
Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent.
他希望发现一个没有听到母语的孩子会说什么语言，他让护士们保持沉默。
What happens when a language dies out?
当一种语言消失时会发生什么？
What can you do by learning a foreign language?
学习一门外语能做什么？
Proto-Indo-European is a reconstructed language, meaning, it is what linguists concluded a parent language of Sanskrit, Latin and Greek would have to be like.
原始印欧语是一门经过重构得出的语言，也就是说，这就是语言学家总结出梵语、拉丁语和希腊语的母系语言的样子。
Speech recognition enables them to understand what a person is saying, and natural language processing is used to work out a response.
语音识别功能使他们能够理解人所说的话，而自然语言处理功能用于做出回应。
So far, research suggests it may be possible to learn about the tone and pronunciation of a language or even the meaning of words while sleeping, although it is to a weaker level than what we do during the day without noticing.
到目前为止，研究表明，在睡觉的时候学习一门语言的语调和发音，甚至是单词的意思是可能的，尽管这比白天无意识学习的效果要差。
So an executable process language explains to a system what it should do.
所以可执行过程语言向系统解释了它该做什么。
Johnson: What do we lose when we lose a language?
约翰逊：一种语言的消亡对我们意味着什么呢？
What these actors did was make a statement with body language.
这一众演员要作的是，以身体语言作一个宣言。
While frameworks attempt to shape these languages to fit their new role, it makes you wonder... what would a language look like that was designed specifically for developing mobile applications?
各种框架试图对这些语言进行调整，从而适合他们的新角色，但是这会引起你的思考，专门为开发移动应用程序而设计的语言应该是什么样子的呢？
Do not wait for someone else to show you the language, nor to tell you what to do. Discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up.
不要等待别人来教你如何学习外语，靠你自己来发现学习外语的方法和技巧，就像一个茁壮成长的孩子。
What makes a modeling language?
什么是建模语言？
Note carefully that the phrase is "principal" programming language, meaning the developer himself was forced to make a distinction as to what is their "principal" language.
请注意，这里使用了“首选”编程语言一词，这意味着开发人员自己需要区别什么是他们的“首选”语言。
It must also be impossible to make a movie about a computer programmer because what is programming but writing in a language few people in the audience know?
按这个逻辑，用电影去表现一个电脑程序员也是不可能的，因为编写程序只不过是用一种很少人看的懂的语言去写作罢了。
It must also be impossible to make a movie about a computer programmer, because what is programming but writing in a language few people in the audience know?
按这个逻辑，用电影去表现一个电脑程序员也是不可能的，因为编写程序只不过是用一种很少人看的懂的语言去写作罢了。
What we're going to do is simply use a language that helps us understand.
我们要做的就是,用一个语言来帮助我们理解。
The tutorials start out with foundational information such as what it means to be a dynamic language.
教程以诸如什么是动态语言这样的基础知识开始。
But what happens in a language that doesn't compile, such as PHP?
但是，在非编译语言，例如php中，会发生什么？
We asked ourselves: starting from a clean SLATE, what would a language look like that is dedicated to developing mobile web applications?
我们自问：如果从头开始的话，一门专注于开发移动web应用程序的语言，应该是什么样子的呢？
Notice that we haven't said anything about what programming language a Web service is written in, or what operating system it's running on.
请注意，我们没有讨论用什么编程语言编写Web服务，也没有讨论 Web 服务运行在什么操作系统中。
InfoQ: What should a programming language provide in terms of features and properties to allow easy integration of internal DSLs?
InfoQ：一个编程语言需要具备哪些功能和特性才能够易于和领域特定语言相集成？
Another potential feature is automatically determining what language a document is by doing some statistical analysis on.
另外一个潜在的功能是通过对文档做一些状态分析，自动识别文档的语言……针对这些功能，我们会提供一些补丁。
But what is the right language for a particular problem?
对于特定的问题，什么才是恰当的语言呢？
What does functional coding look like in a language that does?
在支持的语言中进行函数编码是什么样的呢？
Either way, you learn about what other people like in a language, how deeply they feel so, and perhaps even a little about why they feel so.
不论是哪一种，你都可以学到在这门语言中到底人们喜欢些什么，他们有多喜欢，甚至有可能稍微了解为什么他们会有这样的感觉。
Background: What is a language?
背景：这门语言是什么？
If we were to design such a language, what are the problems we would like it to address?
如果我们想要设计这样的一种语言，需要解决什么样的问题呢？
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