人造语言之国
In the Land of Invented Languages
Arika Okrent · 初版 2009 年
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为什么值得读
- 探讨人造语言作为通用语的特质与逻辑局限
- 涵盖世界语、逻辑语与克林贡语等丰富案例
- 叙述生动有趣是极具吸引力的非虚构佳作
几乎人人都听说过 Esperanto，那不过是试图借助语言团结来实现世界和平的尝试。每个《星际迷航》迷也都知道 Klingon，那不过是一部电视剧为了塑造一个额头带棱纹的战士种族而创造的强悍语言。但很少有人知道 Babm、Blissymbolics，以及近九百种其他的人造语言，它们代表了几个世纪以来无数迷途灵魂的辛勤付出、崇高期望与彻底妄想。在《In The Land of Invented Languages》中，作者 A
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对这个感兴趣的人大概都会喜欢《In the Land of Invented Languages》[1]。它不仅介绍了沃拉普克语（Volapük），还涵盖了从世界语（Esperanto）到克林贡语（Klingon）等许多其他人造语言。[1] - https://www.amazon.com/Land-Invented-Languages-Adventures-Li...
Anyone interested in this would probably enjoy In the Land of Invented Languages[1]. It covers not only Volapük, but many other artificial languages, from Esperanto to Klingon. [1] - https://www.amazon.com/Land-Invented-Languages-Adventures-Li...
…完美地说明了逻辑并不是语言最重要的特征（因为根本没人愿意、或者说甚至没人能够流利掌握它）。Arika Okrent 在她那本（极其精彩的）书《In The Land Of Invented Languages》中就探讨了这个问题。
…illustrates perfectly that logic is not the most important feature of a language (since no one wants to, or perhaps even can, learn it to fluency). Arika Okrent deals with this in her (truly excellent) book In The Land Of Invented Languages.
如果你喜欢这个，你应该读读 Arika Okrent 写的《In The Land of Invented Languages》。除了是我读过最好的非虚构类图书之外，它还探讨了逻辑语（Lojban）以及人造语言具备哪些特征才能适合成为通用语言……
If you like this, you should read In The Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent. Aside from the being the best non-fiction book I've ever read, it talks about Lojban and characteristics of invented languages that make them suitable for becoming a universal language.…
…语言学家。它的选词非常讲究方法（http://www.unish.net/introduce/e_unish_Word.jsp），不像大多数人造语言纯凭创造者的个人喜好。可以看看 Arika Okrent 的《In the Land of Invented Languages》，能让你趣味十足、深入浅出地了解整个话题。
…linguists. It's word selection was highly methodical (http://www.unish.net/introduce/e_unish_Word.jsp) unlike most invented languages which are based on the personal tastes of the inventor. Check out the book In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent for a fun and interesting look at the whole topic.
对于喜欢这类东西的人来说，Arika Okrent 的《In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language》有一章专门讲布里斯符号（Blissymbols），而且它几乎是我读过的最好的非虚构类图书了。
For those into this kind of thing, Arika Okrent's "In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language" has a chapter on Blissymbols and is just about the best non-fiction book I've ever read.
…克林贡语（Klingon）、逻辑语（Lojban）、道本语（toki pona）、多斯拉克语（Dothraki）等等。世界语（Esperanto）和现代希伯来语（在某种程度上）也是这种艺术在实践中更落地的例子。想更深入地了解这个爱好，可以看看 Arika Okrent 的《In the Land of Invented Languages》。[0]: https://www.suberic.net/~dmm/rikchik/rikchik.html [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Secret_Vice
…Klingon, Lojban, toki pona, Dothraki, and so on. Esperanto and modern Hebrew (to some extent) are also more practical examples of this art. For a more elaborate insight into this hobby, there is the book “In the Land of Invented Languages” by Arika Okrent. [0]: https://www.suberic.net/~dmm/rikchik/rikchik.html [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Secret_Vice