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

上次我们讲到，语言符号系统的部分。

Number them or use bullet points which is even clear.

给它们编号或者使用更清楚的项目符号。

Their meaning would elude scholars for 50 years.

些符号的含义让学者们摸索了整整五十年。

Those symbols at the bank, the graffiti, why were they put there?

银行里的那些符号，为什么要涂在那儿？

That means creating a written form of the language, which the researchers do using what is known as the International Phonetic Alphabet.

意味着要创造那种语言的书面语体，而研究者们正在使用被称为国际音标的符号体系来完成件事。

Bullet points will make your resume much easier to read.

项目符号会让你的简历读起来更轻松。

Just seeing a padlock is not enough.

光看网页上的挂锁符号不够的。

On the periodic table of the elements, Sn is the symbol for what?

在元素的元素周期表上，Sn什么的符号？

And that's how you show word stress.

你标注重音的符号。

They're found here on the Periodic Table with names that are almost impossible to pronounce.

元素周期表上有他们的符号，但发音很难。

Scientists are trying to crack the odd signs in the great pyramid.

科学家们正尝试破译大金字塔内的奇特符号。

There are ones with different sexual orientations skin tones and genders in various roles, all purposefully designed to reflect a modern, multiculturally diverse society, and then there are less intuitive emoji like the levitating businessman, and whatever this means!

有些具有不同性取向、肤色和性别的 emoji 扮演着不同的角色，所有些都为了反映现代多元文化的社会而设计的，然后还有些不太直观的表情符号，比如漂浮的商人，还有些！

If you're studying for a chemistry exam, one card can ask you what the chemical symbol for Neon is, and if you flip it over, it can also make sure you know what Ne represents.

如果你正在准备化学考试，张卡片可以考查你氖的化学符号什么，把它翻转过来，它也可以确保你知道 Ne 代表的什么。

Why think it go to the trouble of paying your hard " Monet" to " okey" some " bizarre" digital token that anyone else could " Goya" download with " Mateeth" .

为什么要费那么大的劲去买你的莫奈硬画，任何人都可以用Mateeth下载些奇异的数字符号。

And in doing so, we also generate, algorithmically, human-inspectable, symbolic, commonsense knowledge representation, so that people can inspect and make corrections and even use it to train other neural commonsense models.

与此同时，我们通过算法生成人类可以检视、以符号表达的常识知识表示，让人们可以检查、修正，甚至用其训练其他神经常识模型。

They're the non-profit group that standardizes emojis.

他们个非盈利组织，致力于表情符号的标准化。

But you need to be very familiar with your set of symbols.

但你需要非常熟悉你自己的那套符号。

Even though when you look up a word in the dictionary, it will probably show just the one symbol which is this symbol, and that's the symbol for the true T.

尽管你在字典中查个词，它上面也只会写着个符号，也就个符号，正 T 音的符号。

Other symbols like Mercury's hat and staff would be associated with good fortune and business.

其他符号如墨丘利的帽子和手杖与好运和财富有关。

Even native speakers have trouble with these punctuation marks when writing English.

即使以英语为母语的人，在写英语时也会遇到使用些标点符号的难题。