So, how did a dead language with no living speakers come back to life?

那么，一种没有活人使用的消亡语言是如何复活的呢？

And there are no new Latin words, as it is now a dead language with no native speakers.

而且也没有新的拉丁语单词，因为它现在是一种没有母语人士的死语言。

For example, we talk about " dead languages."

例如，我们谈论“死语言” 。

Linguistics take this position because all languages are spoken except those dead languages such as Latin, which is only existent in written form.

语言学有这样的观点，是因为世界上说什么语言的人都有，除了那些已经废弃的语言，比如只以书面形式继续存在着的拉丁语。

But those would be " dead languages."

但那些将是“死语言” 。

A " dead language" is a language that no one speaks anymore.

“死语言” 是一种不再有人使用的语言。

" What can be the possible use of Larry's learning dead languages" ?

“拉里学习死语言有什么可能的用途”？

It's a dead language. It's not going anywhere.

它已经过时了 学了也没用。

It might make you wonder: What do we do with dead languages?

这可能会让你想知道：我们如何处理死语言？

The Greeks had nothing alien to study — not even a foreign or a dead language.

希腊人没有什么外星人可以研究——甚至没有外语或死去的语言。

Yeah, well, I doubt he speaks a dead language when he does press.

他在接受采访时不会说拉丁语吧。

Twice in its history, English came very close to joining the list of dead languages.

英语在其历史上曾两次差点跻身死亡语言之列。

Two other uses of " dead" are a little different from " dead language" and " dead weight."

“dead” 的另外两个用法与“dead language” 和“dead weight” 略有不同。

It is not in vain that we call Greek a dead language; it produces a condition of death in the spirit.

我们称希腊语为死语言并非徒劳； 它产生了一种死亡状态在精神上。

Not that the pronunciation of a dead language is of much importance; yet your accents and quantities have a grotesque sound to my ears.

并不是说一种死去的语言的发音很重要；但是你的口音和数量在我耳中听起来很怪异。

As for me, I don't often give them a chance, and when I get caught I talk science and dead languages till they run for their lives.

至于我，我不经常给他们机会， 当我被抓住时， 我会谈论科学和死语言， 直到他们逃命为止。

Except in the abandoned sphere of the dead languages, no one has discussed what part of education has, in his personal experience, turned out to be useful, and what not.

除了死去的语言这个被遗弃的领域， 没有人讨论过根据他的个人经验， 教育的哪些部分是有用的， 哪些不是。

And then, for some reason, I took two to three years of ancient Latin, which one cannot speak because it's a dead language, though it has helped me in my understanding of other romantic or Latinate languages.

然后，出于某种原因，我学了两到三年的古拉丁语，人们不会说古拉丁语，因为它是一种已经死亡的语言，尽管它帮助我理解了其他浪漫的或拉丁语系的语言。

As far as European languages – that is, talking about European languages – Latin and ancient Greek would certainly nowadays be considered " dead languages." That doesn't mean that no one learns those languages, obviously.

就欧洲语言而言——也就是说，谈论欧洲语言——拉丁语和古希腊语现在肯定会被认为是“死语言” 。 显然，这并不意味着没有人学习这些语言。