这本书透过使语言非神秘化并且任何可能的情况下给做事情的不含糊的模式使数据分析简单。

This book makes data analysis simple by demystifying the language and whenever possible giving unambiguous ways of doing things.

我们这个时代的神秘化趋势(尤其是有神论和唯心主义的泛滥)，在我看来，不过是人的软弱和困惑的某种表现罢了。

The mystical trend of our time, which shows itself particularly in the rampant growth of the so-called Theosophy and Spiritualism, is for me no more than a symptom of weakness and confusion.

哈佛大学的江忆恩（Alastair Johnston）批评华盛顿的专家将杀手锏 “神秘化、奇异化”的方式：它仅仅表达了具有决定意义的、获胜的特征。

Alastair Johnston of Harvard University criticizes the way Washington pundits want to make the Assassin’s Mace “mysterious and exotic”: it’s simply the decisive, winning quality.