Intonation plays a decisive role in determining the native-likeness of a foreign language speaker.

外语说得地道与否，语调起着至关重要的作用。

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Interpreting activities involve three parties, I? E. the source language speaker, the interpreter and the target language audience.

口译活动涉及源语发言人、译员和译语听众三方。

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Language," says Saussure, "is not a function of the speaker."

根据索绪尔，语言不是个人的“

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is to actually have a conversation with a native speaker of that language.

是真正地和以这门语言为母语的人去交谈。

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And here, the importance of body language for both the speaker and the listener is just as important as in face-to-face communication.

FORBES: Body Language in Second Life

Each volunteer speaker of a language of interest is first tested with what is known as a Swadesh list.

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Earlier in the day, First Secretary Alun Michael had vociferously defended what many perceived to be a bad start for the Assembly with the controversy over the beef-on-the-bone ban, the appointment of a vegetarian agriculture secretary and a non-Welsh speaker as Welsh language minister.

BBC: 26 May 1999: The Queen opens the first Assembly