I will here argue that Searle has not adequately responded to the systems reply. If one internalizes the room, the scratch paper, the "data banks", etc, and is himself not a program but a system then he must have an understanding of the Chinese writing, or to him "Squiggles".
If the room's occupant is given the word "CAT" and in the translation guide he is given, or a data bank if you will, "CAT" equals squiggle "XYZ" with the English alphabet and the squiggle alphabet coordinating with "C" t...
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