We don't want to restrict ourselves,

比如我们并不想把自己
for instance, to English or French.

只局限于英语或法语
What do all languages share?

所有语言都拥有什么共性呢
Well, all languages are creative

所有语言都是具有创造性的
and this means a couple of things.

这表达了几层含义
One meaning is the meaning emphasized by Rene Descartes.

其中一层便是勒奈·笛卡尔所强调的含义
When Rene Descartes argued that we are more than merely machines,

勒奈·笛卡尔提出人类不只是机器的时候
his best piece of evidence for him was the human capacity for language.

他最有力的证据便是人类的语言能力
No machine could do this

机器并不具备语言能力
because our capacity for language

因为我们的语言能力
is unbounded and free.

是不受控制的是自由的
We could say anything we choose to say.

我们可以说任何想说的话