Same memories, same believes, same desires same feels, same goals-- we obviously can't do that, this is a science-fiction story.

同样的记忆，信仰，渴望,感觉和目标-,很明显我们做不到，这是个科幻设想。

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He thinks that following out desire can renew language, and Menelaiad, I think, is his attempt at doing that.

他认为，贯彻到底的渴望,能够给语言带来活力，而Menelaiad正是他为此所做的一次尝试。

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At some point, I gave up that desire, I didn't want to be a trash collector anymore.

我放弃了那个渴望，我不再想做一名垃圾工。

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The experience of having language speak through him and do things that he doesn't understand makes him want to acquire again that agency that he experienced when he took his father's words literally.

理查对自己所处的状态一无所知,说什么做什么都不明就里,这时的他渴望回到遵从父亲时期的状态,找回那种极富技巧的沟通方式。

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