I have a tendency to put upon texts an inherent authority which is stronger, I think, than Derrida is willing to put on them.

我倾向于把一个固有的权威,放在文本之上，这个权威，我想，比德里达愿意放置的更强大。

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He became an authority, really one could say the authority on virtually everything.

他成为权威，一位真正可说是,几乎所有事物的权威。

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