So, this is part of a larger intellectual trajectory.

这是一个更大的知识轨道中的一部分
Barth is not alone in thinking these things about language.

巴斯在思考这些语言问题时并非踽踽独行
I argued that Barth tried to counter that sense of helplessness

我认为巴斯试图借语言之手
at the hands of language

去反对那种无助感
by imagining that the human effort at connecting with another person

他猜测人类凭借爱和欲望机制
through the mechanisms of love and desire always renewed

努力去和别人沟通常常会复兴
the possibility for language to do new kinds of work in the world.

语言在这个世界上产生新作用的可能性
So, if language seems exhausted because it's always preceding you,

如果语言因为总是先于你而显得枯竭
everything has always already been said,

每件事总是已经被宣布过
there's no new plot to be had, the world is full of stock phrases,

再没有新鲜事满世界都是股票用语
how do you use them to embody an experience that seems fresh to you?

你怎样用它们去表达对你来说很新奇的经历
How do those stock phrases alienate you from the very experience

这些股票用语怎么就能使你远离那些