At first there was doubt and controversy, which has completely gone away, as more and more examples of this writing have become available and scholars are now able, by and large, to be confident that they know what these things say.

开始的时候还充斥着质疑的声音,而现在已经无可争议,因为已经有,越来越多这样的文字出土,学者们现在,对辨认出这些东西的含义,相当有自信了

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