But of course, a lot was known about these Mycenaeans well before the syllabary was deciphered.

当然,大量关于迈锡尼的知识,在那些表音文字被破译前就知道了

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That is not true for Crete because, although they had a script-- and we have available to us tablets with those writings on them-- to this day no one has deciphered the language written by the Minoans.

不过对于克里特来说不行,因为,虽然他们的确有一些手稿存世...,我们能够看到这些写着字的残片,不过直到今天,没有一个人能破译米诺斯文明的文字

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