研究顯示 超過1/5的美國居民在家不說英語大綱

More than one in five American residents now speak a language other than English at home, according to new research based on 2016 US Census Bureau data.

根據基於美國人口普查局2016年的數據的最新研究顯示，如今超過1/5的美國居民在家使用英語以外的語言。

The research, conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies, shows that a record 65.5 million US residents five years of age and older don't speak English at home.

由移民研究中心負責進行的這項研究顯示，在家不說英語的5歲及以上的美國居民達到創紀錄的6550萬人。

Among them, 26.1 million (39.8%) told the US Census Bureau that they speak English less than very well. This figure is based entirely on the subjective opinion of the respondents.

其中，2610萬人（39.8%）對美國人口普查局稱自己英語講得並不是很好。這一數字完全基於受訪者的主觀看法。

On an objective test of English literacy, prior CIS research showed that even among immigrants who have lived in the country for more than 15 years, 43 percent score at the "below basic" level, which is sometimes equated to functional illiteracy.

在一項有關英語讀寫能力的客觀測試中，移民研究中心之前的研究顯示，即使是在這個國家居住超過15年的移民，43%的人的得分“低於基本水平”，這有時等同於功能文盲。

Many Americans who speak a foreign language at home are not immigrants. The data show that overall, 44% (29 million) of those who speak a language other than English at home are US-born.

許多在家使用外語的美國人並不是移民。數據顯示，總的來說，44%（2900萬）的在家說外語的人是在美國出生的。

Of languages with more than 400,000 speakers, the largest percentage increases since 2010 were among speakers of Arabic (up 42%), Hindi (up 33%), Urdu (up 22%) and Chinese (up 20%).

在使用人口超過40萬的語言中，2010年以來使用人數增幅最大的是阿拉伯語，增幅爲42%，其次是印地語（33%）、烏爾都語（22%）和漢語（20%）。