外貿英語話題王(MP3+中英字幕) 第34期:語言差異
Language differences
語言差異A:In foreign trade,language differences are very important.
A:在對外貿易中,語言差異是非常重要的。B: people can not communicate with each other easily,they can not understand each other's way of thinking.
B:是的,如果人們相互交談有困難,那麼他們就無法理解彼此的思維方式。
A:Fortunately,there is a widely-spoken commercial language namely English.
A:幸運的是,有一種被廣泛使用的商業用語英語。B:Many exporters speak French and German as well.
B:有很多出口商也講法語和德語。A:In South America, the most common language is Spanish and Portuguese.
A:而在南美最通用的語言是西班牙語和葡萄牙語。B:Even if the language is accurate,a misunderstanding can not be avoided due to cultural differences.
B:但是有時候由於文化上的不同,即使語言準確無誤,也會產生誤會。A:Yes, the language is a part of culture. It reflects a nation's character.
A:是的,語言是文化的一部分。語言反映一個民族的特徵。B:Yes, it not only includes the nation's historical and cultural background, but also contains the nation's view of life way of life and way of thinking.
B:沒錯,它不僅包含着該民族的歷史和文化背景,而且蘊藏着該民族對人生的看法、生活方式和思維方式。A:So in foreign trade, you must be very clear about language differences.
A:所以在對外貿易中,一定要很清楚語言差異。