1. He recognized that Sanskrit, the language of India, was related very closely to Latin, Greek, and the Germanic and Celtic languages. 他认识到梵语,即印度的语言,与拉丁语、希腊语、日尔曼语和凯尔特语密切同源。
2. In the 18th century, scholars who have studied the ancient languages, Sanskrit, Latin and Greek, noticed that these three languages had many similarities. 18世纪研究古代语言(梵语、拉丁语和希腊语)的学者们注意到这三种语言有许多相似之处。
3. Proto-Indo-European is a reconstructed language, meaning, it is what linguists concluded a parent language of Sanskrit, Latin and Greek would have to be like. 原始印欧语是一门经过重构得出的语言,也就是说,这就是语言学家总结出梵语、拉丁语和希腊语的母系语言的样子。
4. Maybe the languages developed from the same source language long ago, that is, maybe they are genetically related, that was what happened with Sanskrit, Latin and Greek. 也许,这些语言是很久以前从同一种源语言发展而来的;也就是说,也许它们在“基因”上是有联系的,这就是梵语、拉丁语和希腊语的情况。
5. Learn Sanskrit or hieroglyphics instead. 学学梵文或象形文吧。