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.
这与使用双语的一些基本问题有关。
这就是为什么就连双语的医生也要依赖于口译员。
要起步可以买双语的书籍。
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.
BOLT可以将翻译工作提升到新的水平,提供多向双语的复杂对话,而不会偏离主题。
BOLT may elevate translation to a new level by providing multi-turn bilingual complex conversation that does not diverge from context.
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".
他们解释到:“会双语的小孩除了在学校能用英语正常沟通外,他们也能从自己的家庭和民族文化中汲取营养。”
In addition to having no problems with English in the school environment, bilingual children receive extra benefits from the cultural resources in their families and ethnic communities.
结论是,使用双语的过程可能对大脑产生了保护作用,因此双语使用者患老年痴呆症的年龄延后了。但我不认同这个结论。
It was possible that bilingualism protected the brain and they didn't get Alzheimer's disease as soon, but I never thought that.
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.
作者的开篇以使用双语的印度为例,描述了这个国家的中产阶级在新盎格鲁集团中,是世界上增长最快并且最大的英语使用者组群。
Take the beginnings of bilingualism in India, for example, which has stoked the growth of the biggest English-speaking middle class in the new Anglosphere.
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.
他是通晓一种亚洲语言和英语的双语使用者。
研究人员现声称,双语教育的早期研究存在严重缺陷。
Researchers now claim that earlier research on bilingual education was seriously flawed.
更重要的是,“双语优势假说”再次受到挑战。
Even more, the "bilingual advantage hypothesis" is being challenged once again.
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.
他的新书《双语制:生活和现实》在2010年面市。
His latest book, Bilingual: Life and Reality, came out in 2010.
双语教育的提倡者认为,双语教育能产生积极的影响,尽管这些影响可能有限。
Advocates of bilingual education argued that it produces positive effects though they may be limited.
双语教育的提倡者认为,双语教育能产生积极的影响,尽管这些影响可能有限。
Advocates of bilingual education argued that it produces positive effects though they may be limited.
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