When multilateralism is dysfunctional, globalization can be a Tower of Babel, with competing national interests colliding to the benefit of none.

如果多边体系无法发挥作用，全球化可能会成为一座“巴别塔”，各国相互竞争，出现利益冲突，最终谁也无法受益。

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Translation is a complex communicative activity as old as the tower of Babel.

翻译是一项复杂的交流活动，历史悠久，就像巴贝尔塔一样古老。

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While true, this also involves a "Tower of Babel" stage in which no one in the family seems to be speaking any common language.

这种看法没错，但也会经历“巴别塔”阶段，就是家庭成员之间看起来说的不是同一种语言。

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And I'm fascinated by the way that even at that elemental point, the religions come in, and like the Tower Babel confuse our speech.

我还为一件事物着迷,那就是宗教最初产生的时候，就像巴别塔扰乱了我们的语言。

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