He states that, knowing a language, then is knowing how to translate mentalese into strings of words, and vice versa.

他说，懂得一门语言，就是懂得如何将心理语言转化成一连串的词语，反之也成立。

In his book The Language Instinct, psychologist, linguist, and author Steven Pinker puts forth an interesting concept: he believes that all humans have an innate language of thought or mentalese.

在《语言本能》一书中，心理学家、语言学家和作家史蒂文·平克提出了一个有趣的概念：他认为，所有人类都有一种先天的思想语言，或者说心理语言。