Because your COBOL programs can run as separate threads within a process, a language element can be interpreted in two different scopes: run-unit scope or program invocation instance scope.

由于您的COBOL程序在进程中可以作为单独的线程运行，因此可以在两个不同的范围内解释语言元素：运行单元范围或程序调用实例范围。

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One thing it doesn't define, however, is a root element — that is left to a host language to address.

但是有一点它没有定义，就是根元素，这留给了宿主语言去解决。

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The language element persists only within a particular program invocation.

语言元素则仅存在于特定的程序调用中。

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