最初，它是日耳曼语，而在1066年诺曼征服之后，大量法语词汇涌入（英语）。
Originally, it was a Germanic language and then after the Norman Conquest in 1066, there was an enormous influx of French words.
十三世纪，法语成为文学语言，并出现了法语作品《佛古斯传奇》，它是苏格兰现存最早的非凯尔特方言作品。
In the thirteenth century, French flourished as a literary language, and produced the Roman DE Fergus, the earliest piece of non-Celtic vernacular literature to survived from Scotland.
另外，在英语中普遍使用的一个法语单词“roue”但是现在在法语中已经几乎不为人知了，那它是否也应该计入呢？
Or what of "roue", a "French" word common enough in English but now almost unknown in French?
书名叫做“暴风雨中的小岛”小岛名叫Isle Derniere，在法语中的意思是最后的小岛的意思，它是沿路易斯安那海岸分布的起屏障作用的小岛中的一个。
The book is "island in a Storm." the island is Isle Derniere (in French, "last island"), one of the barrier islands that run along the Louisiana coast.
然而，我的个人简历中就会看起来很奇怪如果它是这样写的：“技能：精通法语，文字处理，思考。”
Still, my résumé would look odd if it read, "Skills: proficient in French, word processing, thinking."
到了（17）世纪末，学术院里的那些学究们为了许多重要事务，整天忙得不亦乐乎，其中就包括极力否定单词recruit的再次出现。 此时，它是以动词——recruiter——形式进入到法语的。
By the end of the century these intellectuals were busying themselves with such important matters as disapproving of the re-emergence of the word, now as a verb—recruiter—into the French language.
说法语极其重要，因为它是得到反馈的最佳方式。
SpeakingFrench is extremely important, because it's the best way to get feedback.
在商业界，“企业家”是另一个法语单词。它是指一个启动和运行新业务，并对其多涉及的任何风险承担责任的人。
In the business world, entrepreneur is another French word. It means a person who starts and operates a new business and has responsibility for any risks involved.
中世纪英语既不是法语，也不是盎格鲁•撒克逊语，它是两种语言结合后形成的一个全然不同的语言。
Middle English was neither French nor Anglo-Saxon; it was a completely different language combined of both.
还有“恶狗睡觉，切勿惊扰”（让睡着的狗躺着），它是14世纪时从法语传入英语的，意思是能避开麻烦时就别去惹它。
And the proverb Let sleeping dogs lie meaning don't cause trouble when it can be avoided, came into English from the French in the 14th century.
还有“恶狗睡觉，切勿惊扰”（让睡着的狗躺着），它是14世纪时从法语传入英语的，意思是能避开麻烦时就别去惹它。
And the proverb Let sleeping dogs lie meaning don't cause trouble when it can be avoided, came into English from the French in the 14th century.
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