the signified-signifier relationship, as I said, is arbitrary.

所指和能指的关系，就如我刚才说的，是任意的。

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The relationship between the signified and signifier is at random and in differentia as well.

能指与所指的关系是任意的、差异的，这种关系的本质决定了它们指向的同时又相互消解；

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In the signified consumer society, people acquire their status identity through consuming various objects as signs.

在一个已经符号化的消费社会里，人们通过消费各种作为符号的物品，而获得各自的身份认同。

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the signified-signifier relationship, as I said, is arbitrary.

所指和能指的关系，就如我刚才说的，是任意的。

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To give a text an Author is to impose a limit on that text, to furnish it with a final signified, to close the writing.

在创作的时候，作者会给文章加上个限制，他最后会给出一个象征意义来结束写作。

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We're talking about a culture when we're talking about the Greeks, which is most strikingly signified by the language that is spoken.

当我们谈论希腊人时我们是谈论希腊文化,是严格以所使用的语言为主要标志的

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In saying one of the documents was a fake, the institute also signified that the rest were genuine.

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