来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第1集 第1集》

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  In Alsace almost everybody, as you will see later,
  在阿尔萨斯基本上每个人 你以后就知道
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  spoke German dialect. But it didn't mean,
  说一种德语方言 但也不是说
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  if you asked somebody, "Are you French?"
  你要问别人 "你是法国人吗"
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  and they reply in German, "Yes, I'm French,"
  然后他们用德语回答 "我是法国人"
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  that doesn't--language doesn't necessarily tell you how people
  不一定--语言不一定能代表
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  feel about their identity. Some sage once said,
  对自己的身份认同 有个哲人说过
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  I don't know who it was, but I love this expression,
  我忘了是谁 但我特喜欢这句
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  that a language is a dialect with a powerful army.
  说语言就是有强大军队撑腰的方言
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  Look at Spain. Why was Catalan illegal to
  看看西班牙 为什么直到弗郎哥在1975年死之前
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  publish until Franco croaked in 1975,
  一直都禁止出版物用加泰罗尼亚语
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  clutching the left elbow of St. Therèse or something another?
  要紧握住特蕾莎的左肘还是什么
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  Because Castille, Spanish speaking Castille,
  因为卡斯蒂利亚 讲西班牙语的卡斯蒂利亚