He had no problem with those so-called inkhorn terms, those fancy multi-syllable words from Latin and Greek.

他对那些所谓的书卷气词汇没有任何意见，这些词汇是从拉丁语和希腊语中来的复杂多音节词。

He wasn't opposed to all loanwords, just technical and obscure words, what were commonly known as inkhorn terms at the time.

他并反对所有外来词， 只是反对那些技术性、晦涩难懂的词汇，当时人们通常称之为“墨水瓶词” 。

These were derogatorily known as " inkhorn words, " named for the ink pots that nerds and know-it-alls kept on their desks.

这些被贬义地称为“inkhorn words” ，以书呆子和万事通放在办公桌上的墨水瓶命名。

Some people flaunted their education and learning by using a lot of those types of words, called inkhorn terms at the time.

有些人通大量这类词汇来炫耀自己的学识，当时这些词汇被称为“墨水瓶术语” 。

Those tended to be longer, multi-syllable words, and the influx of those words sparked the so-called inkhorn debate, which I talked about in earlier episodes.

这些词往往较长， 包含多个音节，它们的涌入引发了所谓的“墨水瓶争论” ，我在之前的节目中曾提到这一点。

Centuries ago, English, which seems undogmatic, itself experienced the " inkhorn controversy" , in which some intellectuals freely coined words from Greek and Latin, such as " educate" and " ostracise" .

几个世纪以前，英语本身就经历了“墨水瓶之争”，一些知识分子自由地从希腊语和拉丁语中创造了“educate教育”和“ostracise排斥”等词汇。

Some scholars adopted Latin terms so excessively and awkwardly at this time that the derogatory term " inkhorn" was coined to describe pedantic writers who borrowed the classics to create obscure and opulent terms, many of which have not survived.

此时一些学者度笨拙地采拉丁语术语，以至于创造了贬义词“inkhorn”来形容迂腐的作家借经典创造出晦涩华丽的术语，其中许多已经流传至今。