In our last lecture, I was talking about language as part of our semiotic system.

上次们讲到，语言是符号系统的一。

We might also call this " symbolic" language.

们也可以称其为“符号”语言。

But how do you design a symbol in a way that will last across generations and languages?

但是，您如何设计一种能够跨越几代人和各种语言的符号呢？

So a manual alphabet is sort of a subsystem within a sign language that is used to represent a written language.

手语字母是符号语言中的子系统，而符号语言用于代表书面语言。

The Language of Probability: To comprehend probability, one must become familiar with its language and notation.

2. 概率语言：要理解概率，必须的语言和符号。

Music is a language that requires understanding of complex symbols, much like learning to read or write.

音乐是一种需要理解复杂符号的语言，就像学习阅读或写作一样。

We’ve talked a lot about the things that make a culture a culture – things like norms and symbols and languages.

们已经谈了很多关于使一种文化成为一种文化的事情——比如规范、符号和语言。

They found vast, empty cities stretching as far as the eye could see, with buildings and monuments that bore symbols of a language long lost.

他们发现广阔而空旷的城市一望无际，建筑物和纪念碑上刻有一种早已失传的语言的符号。

It's no wonder that in the 1990s computer scientists kind of gave up on so-called symbolic  language processing in favor of a new strategy: statistical language processing.

难怪在 1990 年代计算机学家放弃了所谓的符号语言处理，转而采用一种新策略：统计语言处理。