Whatever the convention is within a system of differences, that's what makes the sign intelligible.

这些惯例存在于一个有差别的系统中，这就让符号变得有意义了。

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So you can access the values of the specific instance.

现在，这还是有差别的,我为什么要这么做呢？

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There's something about Los Angeles that's different from Milwaukee and that is that in Los Angeles there's just a history of volatile markets.

洛杉矶与密尔沃基,在某件事上是有差别的,那就是在洛杉矶,不稳定的市场行情已有一段历史了

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Okay, there's a distinction between the two And we'll have to talk about that, And I hope that you'll get into some of that in section as well.

好吧，这两种说法之间是有差别的,我们将要就此讨论，我希望你们在阅读章节的时候也考虑这个问题。

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Some languages like English has a-- have a distinction between 'l' and 'r.' Other languages do not.

某些语言,如英语,在"l"和"r"之间是有差别的,其他语言则没有

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So that what's new in Saussure's thinking about the relationship between signified and signifier is that the sign tied up in this relationship is both arbitrary and differential.

这就是索绪尔所贡献的了,能指和所指的关系,也就是符号的组成方式,是任意的，有差别的。

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