Somehow when you're unnamed you're not part of language; you're still connected to the mother. And he actually had a female name. Remember he's called Christine for a while.

不管什么原因你没有名字就是没成为语言的一部分;,你还是与妈妈紧紧联系，事实上他会得到,一个女性的名字，记住他曾经一段时间被叫做克里斯汀那。

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they cannot understand you because you're speaking a different language because you're in a foreign city.

但是他们并不理解你在说什么，因为你在异国他乡，说着他们听不懂的语言。

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you can see that already Sal is taking what he can get from this language and transposing it into his experience of reality.

你会看到Sal在说他能从这语言中得到什么,并转换成他的现实经历。

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What do you think is the most important thing when learning a new language?

你觉得学一门新的语言最重要的是什么？

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