In the first passage, the statement about language by criticism, that sign and meaning can never coincide, is what is precisely taken for granted in the kind of language we call "literary."

在第一段，关于语言的主张，用批判的方式，认为符号和意思永远不能相矛盾，正是这个主张,被人们认为是理所当然的，对于我们所说的文学语言来说“

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But these stories rival, and implicitly polemicize against, the myths or mythologies of Israel's neighbors.

这些故事相矛盾，且隐含着相反含意，与以色列的杜撰故事和神话传说。

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