On those remote pages it is written that animals are divided into (a) those that belong to the Emperor, (b) embalmed ones, (c) those that are trained, (d) suckling pigs, (e) mermaids, (f) fabulous ones, (g) stray dogs, (h) those that are included in this classification, (i) those that tremble as if they were mad, (j) innumerable ones, (k) those drawn with a very fine camel’s hair brush, (l) others, (m) those that have just broken a flower vase, (n) those that resemble flies from a distance.
—Jorge Luis Borges, “The Analytical Language of John Wilkins”
在那些遥远的页上，写着动物被分为（a）属于皇帝的，（b）防腐的，（c）那些受过训练的，（d）哺乳猪，（e）美人鱼，（f）极好的，（g）流浪狗，（h）包括在这个分类中的那些，（i）那些颤抖的，仿佛他们是疯狂的，（j）无数的，（k）那些画有非常好的骆驼的毛发，（l）其他，（m）那些刚刚打破花瓶，（n）那些像苍蝇从远处。
- Jorge Luis Borges，“John Wilkins的分析语言”