They enabled him to create visual collages, which were profoundly original and at the same time rooted in a rich linguistic history.

它们使他能够创造视觉拼贴画，这些拼贴画具有深刻的原创性，同时又植根于丰富的语言历史。

By the time the Normans were done tinkering with it, the Middle English spelling system was already a jumble of Germanic, Latin, and French conventions, but two big events in linguistic history were about to make things much, much worse.

当诺曼人完成修补时，中古英语的拼写系统已经是日耳曼语、拉丁语和法语约定俗成的大杂烩，但语言史上的两件大事将使事情变得更糟，更糟。