翻译题 English-Chinese Translation ( 10% ) Directions: Translate the following into Chinese and write your translation on your Answer Sheet II. It goes without saying, then, that language is also a political instrument, means, and proof of power. It is the most vivid and crucial key to identity: it reveals the private identity, and connects one with, or divorces one from, the larger public, or communal identity. There have been, and are, times, and places, when to speak a certain language could be dangerous, even fatal. Or, one may speak the same language, but 'in such a way that one' s antecedents are revealed, or (one hopes) hidden. This is true in France, and is absolutely true in England: The range (and reign) of accents on that damp little island make England coherent for the English and totally incomprehensible for everyone else. To open your mouth in England is ( if I may use black English) to" put your business in the street": You have confessed your parents, your youth, your school; your salary, your self-esteem, and, alas, your future.