The Long Count is a numerically predictable calendar, not based on archaic measures of time.

“长历法”是一个数字上经得起推敲的历法，它不基于古老的测量时间的方法。

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They created the Long Count Calendar, a time measurement system that had spiritual significance to their culture.

他们发明了长历法，这是一种对其文化具有精神意义的时间计量系统。

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In all of the Long Count texts discovered, transcribed, and translated, only one mentions the key date in 2012: Monument 6 at Tortuguero, a Maya site in the Mexican state of Tabasco.

在所有已被发现、破解和翻译的长计数历文献中，只有一部提到了2012年那关键一日：位于墨西哥tabasco州的一处玛雅遗址的6号纪念碑。

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In the old days, it took a long time to count the votes from the November elections.

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We won't have to count quite that long, but even before we count, we've got to figure out what the meter of the music is, so let's start with that now.

我们不用打那么长的拍子,而且在我们打拍子之前,我们需要先弄清楚音乐的拍子是什么,我们从这个开始

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And on December 21st 2012, the Long Count expires.

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Dell may never be the same, but you can count on the long-suffering company to inflict a little hell of its own on the PC industry once more.

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After significantly building up their net-long positions in gold futures and options contracts on Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange in the past three weeks, speculators completely eliminated those recently established long positions in the latest count of speculative activity from Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

FORBES: Funds Shed Gold Positions, Bolster PGM Futures, Options - CFTC