If language was a tool, it would honestly be a pretty poor tool.

如果语言是一种工具，老实说，它将是一个相当糟糕的工具。

So I begun wi' Compeyson, and a poor tool I was in his hands.

所以我开始与 Compeyson 合作，而我在他手中是一个糟糕的工具。