商鞅变法前，秦国各地度量衡不统一。为了保证国家的赋税收入，商鞅制造了标准的度量衡器，如今传世之“商鞅量”，上有铭文记有秦孝公监造。
公元前221年秦朝建立，秦始皇统一度量衡，成为中国古代统一计量制度的里程碑。
Established in 221 BC, in the Qin dynasty, Qinshihuang unified weights and measures, and became a unified system for the measurement of milestone in ancient China.
即使在那时，尽管，有很多关于世界一统语言的主张是激进的；但是，他们一直在追求梦想，标新立异，并就象那些曾要实现统一度量衡公制的人们一样。
Even then, though, many considered the notion of world language far out; a pursuit for dreamers, the eccentric and people who also wanted to convert to the metric system.
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