英语翻译

英语翻译
英语翻译
 

英语翻译
发明一种国际语言不是新的想法.在过去的180年,语言学家已经创建了基于德语、西班牙语和英语等十余种语言,其中之一就是基础英语.
到了1923年,第一次世界大战结束了五年,但欧洲仍在从影响中恢复过来.语言学家及作家查尔斯·凯奥格登,在剑桥经营了几间书店.他出版了《意思的意思》（1923）一书,描述我们该如何使用语言.这本书获得了极高的赞誉,这促使奥格登去设计出“国际语言” - 这比英语要简单得多.于1930年,奥登的书《基本英语：法则和语法概论》出版了.
要说一口流俐的英语,也许需要约7年的时间.奥格登认为,基本英语可在七周内就学会,因它只有850单词,语法也很简单.
“国际语言”引起了世界各地的教育工作者的关注,但其发展却因二次世界大战而停了下来.战争结束后,英国首相丘吉尔和美国总统富兰克林·罗斯福都在找带来世界和平的方法.他们都鼓励使用奥格登的“国际语言”.在过去的60年中,“国际语言”已经取得了一些成功.在东亚地区的某些部分,老师仍沿用奥格登的单词列表.
然而,“国际语言”在主要地区已经消失了.因为非以英语为母语的人越来越多.最近一些语言学家质疑我们是否应该再慎重考虑奥格登的想法.维基 百科开创了一个用基础英语写成的版本,专为非以英语为母语的人而设.现在,就去网上搜搜吧!
原文如下：
The idea of inventing an international language is not a new one.Over the past 180 years,linguists have created over ten different languages that are based on German,Spanish,and English.One of these was Basic English.
By 1923 the First World War was over for five years,but Europe was still recovering from its effects.Charles Kay Ogden,a linguist and writer,was running several bookshops in Cambridge.He published "The Meaning of Meaning" (1923),a book describing how we use language.The book received high praise,which drove Ogden to design the international language - something that was much simpler than English.In 1930,Ogden’s book "Basic English:A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar" was published.
Perhaps it takes about seven years to become a good English speaker.Ogden believed that Basic English could be learned in seven weeks.There were only 850 words and the grammar was very simple.
The language attracted the attention of educators all over the world,but its development was stopped by the Second World War.After the war,both the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the President of the United States Franklin D.Roosevelt looked for ideas that might bring world peace.They both gave speeches that encouraged the use of Ogden's international language.In the past 60 years,the language has had some success.In some part of East Asia,teachers are still using Ogden's word lists.
However,in the main,the language has disappeared.Because there are many more non-native than native speakers of English,recently some linguists have asked whether we should give careful consideration to Ogden's ideas again.And the Wiki pedia website has started a version written in Basic English for non-native learners of the language.Search for it on the Internet now!