He hardly spoke, one or two words only.

他几乎不说话，仅有只言片语。

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For truly successful translating, biculturalism is even more important than bilingualism, since words only have meaning in terms of the cultures in which they function.

要真正把翻译做好，可以说，掌握两种文化比学会两种语言更重要，因为只有在文化中，语言才有意义。

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Million words a thousand words only into greetings: Annubar, you all right?

万语千言 只化作一句问候：阿牛，你还好吗？

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Fisk was wrong. The words "all right" meant only that the letter had been delivered.

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A Christmas tree, in other words, is a sign that can only be understood intelligibly in terms of a certain cultural understanding.

也就是说，它仅仅用于，也仅仅在一定的文化背景中,才能有意义，被理解。

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In other words, only if we really are sure that the historicist act of reading is effective and works, if I know the meaning of a text. Well, fine.

换言之，要是我们确定,阅读这个历史主义行为是有效的，有用的，如果我知道文本的意思，那么，很好。

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She had to learn English, and she initially knew words only by their sound.

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The trick, as always, is to make sure you use action words only if they accurately bring to life your key message points.

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But those words only served to make DePrince even more determined.

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