My architecture is always incomplete, because completion means death.
我的建筑永远是不完整的,因为完成意味着死亡。
Over the centuries the Indians developed sign language for communicating phenomena of interest. Programmers from different tribes (FORTRAN, LISP, ALGOL, SNOBOL, etc.) could use one that doesn't require them to carry a blackboard on their ponies.
The past is always tense, the future perfect.