Reading is perception as translation. The inert signs of an alphabet become living meanings in the mind.

Reading is perception as translation. The inert signs of an alphabet become living meanings in the mind.

阅读是感知的翻译。字母表的惰性符号在人们的头脑中变成了鲜活的意义。

-- Siri Hustvedt 希莉·哈斯特维特