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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Genesis claims that these Jews went on to build the Tower of Babel, although there is no physical evidence of its existence (or of the Hanging Gardens, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world).

《创世记》中宣称正是这些犹太人建造了巴别塔，虽然并没有物证证明它的存在(同样不能证明的还有古代“世界七大奇迹”之一的“空中花园”)。

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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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