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 is the most direct reflection of the mental activities and the characteristics of the language structure are consistent with those of the way of thinking of the language speaker.

语言是思维活动的最直接体现，语言的结构特点是与思维方式的特点相一致的。不同民族的思维方式不同，表达其思维的语子的结构和行文顺序也有很大差异。

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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.

ECONOMIST: Linguistics

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