語言世界盃：世界人民最愛哪種語言？
似乎每個人都最愛的一門語言。是牛津字典網的姐妹網站，2013年舉辦了語言世界盃，看看語言愛好者社區最愛的語言有哪些。前兩屆比賽有32門參賽語言。冠軍花落誰家？2013年是英語，2014年是波蘭語。2015年語言世界盃始於9月1日，參賽語言頭一回增至64門。每天都有兩國語言在友誼賽裏互相挑戰，票數高的語言晉級下一輪。結果……
German
德語
German is the language of law, psychology, and science. No other languages can form words more precisely than German can do. Although its grammar can be somewhat off-putting at first, its rigour and accuracy will soon help you steer the language in the direction you wish, expressing the subtle differences. German is a game of interlocking bricks; you can juxtapose as many words as you want. In spite of the strict rules German has, its morphology is like playing with dough.
德語是法律、心理和科學的語言。沒有一門語言的構詞可以像德語一樣精確。儘管德語語法一開始讓人卻步，但其活力與精確性很快可以助你駕馭語言，表達出細微的差異。德語是環環相扣的積木磚塊，無論你想搭多少詞都可以將它們並列起來。儘管德語規則嚴謹，但其構詞有如捏橡皮泥。
French
法語
French is the language of love, of beauty. The appeal of French resides in its multiple meanings. There are so many ways to write one sound in French; vers, verre, vert, vair are all pronounced the same and still have very differentiated meanings. This allows heartfelt rhymes but also very witty puns.
法語是愛與美的語言。法語的吸引力在於其多重意義。法語中一個音可以有很多種寫法；vers, verre, vert, vair發音一致，但其意義大不一樣。這便有了觸動心絃的小詩和詼諧的雙關語。
Spanish
西班牙語
When travelling the globe you may run into tons of people who speak Spanish as their mother tongue. Spanish is all over the world and despite some slight differences among regions everybody would understand you if you say mi casa es tu casa, bienvenido, amigo or ¿bailamos?
你環球旅行的時候也許會撞見無數以西班牙語爲母語的人。滿世界都是西班牙語，儘管有細微地域差異。你要是說casa es tu casa, bienvenido, amigo or ¿bailamos?（”我的家就是你的家”、“歡迎”、“朋友”、“我們跳舞嗎？“），大家都能懂的。
Italian
意大利語
Despite being barely spoken outside Italy, Italian is among the most studied foreign languages because of its melodic sounds and the cultural heritage attached to it. Every area has its sounds, its words, and sometimes also its syntax. When Italian people are abroad, they don’t learn the local language but they teach Italian to the locals.
儘管意大利外鮮有人說，但意大利發音美妙、文化遺產豐富，是人們學的最多的外語。每一個地區都有其音、詞甚至是句法。意大利人去國外時，他們不學當地語言，他們教當地人意大利語。
English
英語
English is a truly global language. Apart from International English, if you have the chance to speak with English native speakers, you will discover a new world full of idioms and slang vocabulary.
英語真是門全球性語言。除卻國際英語，你若有機會和本土英國人說話，你會發覺一個充滿習語和俚語的新世界。
