The English word 'sensible' and the French word 'sensible' are false friends.
英语的sensible一词和法语的sensible一词同形异义。
A group of English scholars left the French capital in 1167 to settle in Oxford and the place became a magnet for students and teachers from all over Britain.
1167年，一群英国学者离开法国首都，定居在牛津，而后牛津吸引了全英国教师和学生。
When the French ruled England, French was the official language, and only the common people spoke English.
法国人统治英格兰时，法语是官方语言，只有平民才说英语。
Asked what they most admired, 80 percent of Britons in the poll chose French art and culture, while 69 percent of the French named English music, presumably pop.
当问及最赞赏是什么时，民意测验中80%的英国人选择了法国艺术和文化，而69%的法国人提到了英国音乐，可能是流行音乐。
If we try to promote French, to the detriment of English, you may prevent people having access to the latest information and findings.
如果我们试图推广使用法语，而不是使用英语，那就可能妨碍人们获取最新信息和结论。
The French version is the largest, in terms of the number of "good" entries, closely followed by the English one, which has by far the most overall entries and edits.
在 “有效”条目的数量方面，法语版本的站点规模最大，紧随其后的是英语版本的站点，后者拥有目前为止最全面的条目和编辑。
But the real edge lies with culture, particularly the English language, which has decimated all its traditional competitors - French, German and Russian - over the past two decades.
但真正的优势在于文化——尤其是在过去二十年里已彻底挫败诸如法语、德语及俄罗斯语等所有传统竞争对手的英语。
They're from the United States, Japan, and France, and their preferred languages are English (in the United States), Japanese (in Japan) and French (in France) respectively.
他们分别来自美国、日本和法国，他们的首选语言分别是英语(美国)、日语(日本)和法语(法国)。
Before BT, the dutchman-who is at ease in French as well as english-ran part of KPN, the Dutch phone company, and worked for Lucent in America.
在英国电信之前，这个用英语和法语交流无障碍的荷兰人经营荷兰电话公司KPN的部分业务，也曾为美国的朗讯公司工作过。
The Dutch, English and French editions are the joint project of the Huygens Institute and Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum.
该书的荷兰语、英语和法语版是郝金思研究所和阿姆斯特丹梵高博物馆的共同课题。
In this example, an English, French, German, and Italian version of the name is provided when adding the product.
在本例中，在添加产品时，将提供英语、法语、德语和意大利语的产品名。
The Dutch, English and French editions are the joint project of the Huygens Institute and Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum.
该书的荷兰语、英语和法语版是郝金思研究所和阿姆斯特丹梵高博物馆的共同课题。
The discussion on the GSF will take place in English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, and Chinese.
粮安委的讨论将使用英文、西班牙文、法文、阿拉伯文、俄文和中文进行。
The position papers are published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record in English and French and translated into the other WHO official languages: Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish.
这些文件以英文和法文形式发表在《疫情周报》上，并翻译成世卫组织其他正式语言：阿拉伯文、中文、俄文和西班牙文。
Mr Prunier, elaborate, anecdotal and discursive, enjoys demolishing the idea that the war is a conspiracy of English-speaking countries to prise Congo away from the French sphere of influence.
布鲁尼耶先生用精细、趣闻和漫谈式的笔法，驳斥了一种观念，即认为这场战争是一些英语国家为了将刚果从法国的势力范围夺走的阴谋。
For example, in the U.S.A., customers may choose to see the site in English or Spanish, while in Canada many sites are available in English and French.
例如，在美国，客户可以选择以英语或西班牙语查看站点，而在加拿大许多站点以英语和法语出现。
The babies were shown a video of three women who were bilingual speakers of French and English—languages the babies didn't know.
他们向宝宝们播放了一段视频，里面三个女人都能够说英语和法语双语，而这两种都是宝宝们不懂的语言。
This was too late to save us English speakers who had greedily recruited both the noun and the verb from French while the going was good.
然而，这一举动对于我们说英语的人来说已经太晚了。当时，贪心的我们已经把它的名词与动词形式全都征召进了英语。
To beat the English (or the French or the Italians) at their own game held particular importance for African players and their fans.
在比赛中，打败英国人(或者法国人或者意大利人)，对非洲球员和球迷来说，意义深远。
The use of English is tightly restricted in advertising or on the radio, and all English-language slogans must by law be accompanied by a French translation.
英语在法国的使用仅限于广告和广播，所有英语标语都要依法附带法语翻译。
The word arrived in English from French in 1375 and within 100 years the English were pronouncing it “left-tenant” as if there were a “right-tenant” as well.
这个单词在1375年从法语落户英语，在此后100年中，英语将其发音为“Left-tenant”，这样就似乎还应该有一个对应的“right-tenant”。
When English adopted the word class from French around 400 years ago Greek and Roman were seen as "the original" languages and so were tagged with this "first" meaning.
400多年前，英语从法语中吸收了class这个单词，那个时候，希腊和罗马语被看成是“原初的语言”(theoriginal)，所以也带上了“第一”的含义。
The British empire became the global superpower of the 19th century. And the world speaks English, not French.
大英帝国成了十九世纪的全球超级大国，现在全球都在说英语，而不是法语。
Whether English got the word from Spanish or French, ultimately it goes back to Latin and the same root as the word camera, which, back there had a meaning of “room.”
不管英语的camrade是源自法语或西班牙语，最终都回归拉丁文，回到camera（密谈室, 暗箱）的词根，原意”房间“。
The word predecessor has always meant the "person who went before," not only in English, but also in French and in Latin earlier on.
单词predecessor(前任)总是指“先去的人”，这不仅在英语中，在早期的法语和拉丁语中也是如此。
Right at the end of 1880 an operetta called la Mascotte played first in French and then in English in 1881 introducing the English speaking world to the word mascot.
就在1880年底的当儿，一出名为“吉祥物”的独幕小歌剧以法语首演，并随后于1881年用英语演出，从而将“mascot”一词引入英语国家。
The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century. It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the English and French.
这种传统最终在18世纪传到了英格兰和苏格兰，后来又被引入了英国和法国的殖民地。
The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century. It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the English and French.
这种传统最终在18世纪传到了英格兰和苏格兰，后来又被引入了英国和法国的殖民地。
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