架构师提供的文本描述。位于亚利桑那州Tsaile的DINé学院为亚利桑那、新墨西哥州和犹他州26，000平方英里纳瓦霍民族的居民提供服务。迪内学院成立于1968年，拥有两个主要校区和六个社区中心，为大约2 000名学生提供服务。

Text description provided by the architects. Diné College, located in Tsaile, Ariz., serves residents of the 26,000 square-mile Navajo Nation across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Founded in 1968, Diné College has two main campuses and six community centers serving approximately 2,000 students.

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位于北马里兰州Shiprok的新的Diné学院图书馆尊重Diné人与自然世界之间的重要联系。图书馆尊重神圣的霍根建筑形式，并呼应纳瓦霍人世界观的弯曲表现。

The new Diné College Library on the Shiprock, N.M., campus respects the vital connection between the Diné and the natural world. The library honors the built form of the sacred hogan and echoes the curving representation of the Navajo world-view.

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拱形和弯曲的墙壁表现出一种温柔和欢迎的精神。在大型弯曲形态之间创建的空间与围绕和定义纳瓦霍人的世界的特殊地貌、神圣方向和天体关系相一致。

The arched forms and curved walls present a gentle and welcoming spirit. Spaces created between the large curved forms align to special landforms, sacred directions, and celestial relationships that surround and define the world of the Navajo.

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图书馆东面墙上的一条狭长的狭缝，使从太阳升起的光线每年两次深入室内，与学年的开始和结束相对应。当光线穿透外部时，他们沿着一堵长长的石墙纵向地瞥了一眼，结束于讲述故事的中心空间。这种特殊的连接点以有意义的方式位于整个图书馆。

A long slit cut in the east wall of the library allows light from the rising sun to penetrate deeply into the interior twice each annually, corresponding with the beginning and ending of the school year. As the rays pierce the exterior, they glance lengthwise along a long stone wall, ending at the central story-telling space. Such special points of connection are located throughout the library in meaningful ways.

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在图书馆内外的各种探索中，都可以看到文化关系。第一个是中央霍根的集中观点。作为纳瓦霍人生活的中心，霍根家族被安置在“讲故事室”的平面图中心。它的特色是一个引人注目的蓝色半透明的开口，就像在图书馆的屋顶上祈祷一样。

Cultural relationships are seen in a variety explorations both inside and outside the library. One of the first is the focused view of the central hogan. The family hogan, central to the life of the Navajo, is placed at the very center of the floorplan in the Storytelling Room.  It features a dramatic blue translucent opening rising like a prayer through the roof of the library.

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其他元素包括天花板上的灯光和光纤，显示北斗七星、北极星和其他对讲故事的传统很重要的星座。

Other elements include lights and fiber optics in the ceiling displaying the Big Dipper, the North Star, and other constellations important to the storytelling tradition.