近年来，科学家开始表明双语的优势比与更多人进行交流更为重要。
In recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more important than being able to converse with a wider range of people.
加州大学河滨分校的教授朱迪思·克罗尔表示：“在过去20年左右的时间里，对双语的研究实际上出现了爆炸式增长。”
"In the last 20 years or so, there's been a virtual explosion of research on bilingualism," says Judith Kroll, a professor at the University of California, Riverside.
这就是为什么就连双语的医生也要依赖于口译员。
现在这项研究的重点是说双语的人脑部结构的不同。
Her research is now focusing on the structural differences in bilingual brains.
我们通过半双语的Skype聊天和不拘的交换心型表情符保持联系。
We'd maintained our relationship through semi-bilingual Skype conversations and liberal exchanges of heart-shaped emoticons.
双语的摩洛哥人在使用阿拉伯语时比使用法语时，对于摩洛哥名字反应更积极正面。
Bilingual Moroccans reacted more positively to Moroccan names when using Arabic than when using French.
相关研究发现，懂双语的人用一种语言说话时，另外那种语言也会在头脑中积极的运作。
When a bilingual person is speaking in one language, research shows that the other language is active in his or her mind.
在医药口译中理解术语是至关重要的。这就是为什么就连双语的医生也要依赖于口译员。
Understanding technical terms is critical with medical interpretations. It is why even bilingual doctors rely on interpreters.
像这样全身心投入到语言环境中，没有同事和懂双语的朋友帮忙做翻译，对建立自信心很有帮助。
The total immersion, where you have no colleague or bilingual friend to turn to for translation, is brilliant for building confidence.
一位西方人说，中铝公司让一个四十多岁会双语的厉害家伙负责好几个收购案，“他非常非常棒！”
Chinalco, says a Westerner, has used the same 40-something bilingual hotshot on several deals: he was "very, very good".
这篇报告显示会说双语的小孩甚至在数学等非语言科目取得更好成绩，EllenBialystock似乎不同意此一论点。
The literature has shown that bilingual kids even do better in non-linguistic areas like maths. Ms Bialystock seems to disagree.
同样地，双语的西班牙人在使用西班牙语时，对于西班牙名字反应也很积极，但是在使用英语的时候对于西班牙名字的反应似乎有点负面。
Likewise, bilingual Hispanics reacted positively to Spanish names when using Spanish but reacted somewhat negatively to Spanish names when using English.
欧洲的研究者，如比利时根特大学(Universityof Ghent)的教授Wouter Duyck博士，也进行了类似的研究，试图在其他双语的人群中重现这种结果。
Researchers in Europe, such as Wouter Duyck, a professor at the University of Ghent in Belgium, are also working on similar studies to replicate the effect in other bilingual populations.
事实上，大多数美国以外的孩子都被期望成为双语者，或者——在很多情况下——甚至是多语者。
In fact, most children outside of the United States are expected to become bilingual or even, in many cases, multilingual.
研究发现，在（学生）种族比例和（家庭）经济水平趋于平衡的双语课堂有助于孩子们适应社会和文化的多样性。
Ethnically and economically balanced bilingual classrooms are found to be helpful for kids to get used to social and cultural diversity.
从小在双语环境下长大的孩子必须关注社交线索，以弄明白在什么环境下与什么人交流该使用哪种语言。
Young children being raised bilingual have to follow social cues to figure out which language to use with which person and in what setting.
新的研究结果表明，使用双语能通过建立心理学家所说的“认知储备”来强化大脑。
New research shows bilingualism strengthens the brain, by building up what psychologists call the cognitive reserve.
来自多伦多约克大学的EllenBialystok解释道，双语儿童在执行行动优先排序的任务时表现比单语儿童要好。
Ellen Bialystok, from Toronto's York University, explained that bilingual children are better at prioritizing tasks than monolinguals.
使用双语或学习语言可以保持大脑功能，降低痴呆症的风险，同时“不用则废”理论也已经证明了其好处。
Being bilingual or learning languages preserves brain function and lowers the risk of dementia, and the "use it or lose it" theory also has proven benefits.
研究人员称，双语儿童能更好地区别单词含义，也更有可能结交不同文化背景的朋友。
Researchers say bilingual children are better able to separate a word from its meaning, and more likely to have friends from different cultures.
毕竟翻译严肃作家的作品基本不是新手所长，而是博学多识、经验丰富的双语专家精通的领域。
After all, translating serious writers' works is hardly the place for rookies but a rarefied field for wise, weathered bilingual professors.
我的意思是，当你看到双语词典中找到的第一个翻译确实与上下文不符时，你就不应使用它。
By that I mean that you should not use the first translation you find in a bilingual dictionary when you see that it really does not fit within the given context.
山本（2001）发现年龄和双语能力之间的联系。
那些主要说外语的学生并不完全是双语使用者，他们才刚刚开始学英语。
The students who were dominant in a foreign language weren't yet comfortably bilingual; they were just starting to learn English.
上面是美国的莫大伟先生设计的双语书法的两份样图。
Two samples of the bilingual calligraphy devised by Mr David Moser.
娜塔莉.凯利(下文简称NK)：您最通常碰到的关于双语能力的“神话”是什么？
Nataly Kelly: What is the myth that you most commonly encounter about bilingualism?
由于通晓“双语”，我比我的“单语”同事们多赚10%。
Considered "bilingual," I made 10% more than my "monolingual" colleagues.
由于通晓“双语”，我比我的“单语”同事们多赚10%。
Considered "bilingual," I made 10% more than my "monolingual" colleagues.
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