Language Skills: A Barrier for British Companies
- Many British companies are losing business due to a lack of language skills. Telephone operators struggle with overseas calls, and compared to other European companies, British executives are unable to negotiate in a foreign language effectively.
- Due to the poor language skills in Britain, employers are increasingly hiring staff from other countries, particularly in sectors like hotels, commerce, and international transport. This trend reflects the country's dependency on foreign nationals for language-related tasks.
- Statistics reveal that language education in British schools is not a top priority, in contrast to other parts of Europe. This raises concerns about the country's ability to compete globally in terms of language proficiency and international communication.
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長文の英訳お願いします！part2
part1の続きです。 It is claimed that many British companier are losing business through a lack of language skills. Telephone operators often do not understand enough to put through overseas calls,and in a league of European companies with executives who are able to negotiate in a foreign language,Britain is second from bottom. Because of poor language skills at home,employers in Britain are turning increasingly to nationals of other countries when recruiting staff,especially in areas such as hotels,commerce and international transport. Nor is there much good news from British schools,where statistics show that languages are not given as much priarity as in other parts of Europe.
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多くの英国の企業が言語技能が不足しているためにビジネス（商機）を失っていると言う主張があります。 電話交換手は海外からの電話をつなぐのに、しばしば十分に理解できません、そして、外国語で交渉することができる経営陣のいるヨーロッパの会社のグループにおいては、英国は最下位から二番目です。 国内の脆弱な言語技能のために、特に、ホテル、商業、国際輸送の様な分野においては、スタッフを採用する時に、英国の雇用主（会社）は、ますます、他の国の国民を雇いたいと思うようになってきています。 そして、英国の学校からもあまりよいニュースがありません、英国の学校では、ヨーロッパの他の地域におけるほど、言語には、多くのプライオリティー（優先順位）が与えられていないことを、統計が示しているからです。
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全部でpart4まであります。 テストで要約せよという 問題が出たのですが訳があいまいで内容がよく分かりませんでした。 ご協力お願いしますm(__)m When the British Prime Minister,Tony Blair,adressed the French parliament in March 1998,it wasn't so much what he said that impressed people and made news,as the language in which he said it. His performance was unusual because the British are generally felt to be not as good at foureign languages as other Europeans. Some people think this linguistic weakness is a symptom of the rest of the world to learn English:if they are willing to try to speak to us in our language,why bother learning theirs? British industrialists,however,argue that this laziness may become a disadvantage in an increasingly international economy.
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part3の続きです。 There are signs,however,that this linguistic monopoly will not survive into the 21st century. Experts have suggested that the proportion of Internet material in decade as users are given more choice of language. A recent British government report on the future of the English language argued that English will soon be joined by several orther‘world languages’,and the report's auther warned:“We are moving to a stage in which the world will be saturated with English. Every area will have it as a second language,and the most competitive countries will be those that have another world lagnage as well ' It is a warning that most British people do not yet seem to have given much thought to,despite the linguistic efforts of their Prime Minister.
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主語述語がよく分かりません。どのように訳せばよいでしょうか？ There are several ways in which learning to speak a language differs from acquiring other skills.
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こないだテストでだされたんですが和訳した回答を配ってくれませんでした。。。自分の訳があっているか知りたいのでだいたいで良いので和訳できる人がいたらよろしくお願いします。。。 You may wonder why Hawaiians are so eager to maintain their native language. I think the answer is that language is more than just a means of exchanging information. We see the world around us through the window of our language. It enables us to share the history and culture of our people, and so it helps us find our identity. If we lose our language, we lose something of ourselves. Imagine that English has taken the place of the Japanese language here in Japan. What happens to your culture and identity? English is useful for communication in many parts of the world, but your mother tongue is an important part of your identity. In Japan ,too,there is a minority language, just as in Hawaii. The Ainu people have lose much of their language and culture. Today, they are trying to revive their traditions. In this class we are going to study English of course, but I want you to remember that your mother tongue is the most important language in the world. Mahalo for listening. 以上なんですが長文なのでかなり長いです。。。 これでも回答してくれる方お願いいたします。
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訳し方が分かりません。英語が得意な方、教えてください。 Most territories in which English is spoken as a second language still have an (ambiguous) orientation to British English; British publishers have a major share of the global ELT market and there are signs that even US companies are using the British variety to gain greater acceptance in some world markets. 1. Most territoriesとEnglish以下を繋いでいるin whichの部分の訳し方が分かりません。 2. as a second languageのasは「～として」と訳していいのでしょうか？ 3. orientation to British Englishは「イギリス英語への起源」と訳していいのでしょうか？また、その直後の";"はどう処理すればいいのでしょうか？
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When people ask me if Britain has a rainy season, I always answer,"Yes. It begins in January and ends in December." This is why British people are always carrying umbrellas. You never know when it might suddenly start to rain. There is one good thing about having lots of rain: it makes the grass green. Thanks to the rain, the countryside is beautiful. Hiking is a popular hobby, and on the weekends many people drive out from the city to enjoy the country air. Going for a walk in the countryside is a typical English way to spend Sunday afternoon. But there is one problem: you cannot get enough sunshine because of the rain. In summer people like to sit on the beach and lie in the sun. This is not always possible in Britain. One minute you are enjoying the sun,the next you are getting wet in the rain. Because of the rain in Britain,many people choose to go on holiday abroad. However,the British climate is slowly changing because of global warming. The earth's temperature is rising every year. Cold countries are getting warmer. Wet countries are getting drier. As Britain gets hotter and drier,it is becoming a more popular place to take a holiday these days. More and more British people are visiting the beaches in the southwest of England. The problem is that the beaches are now getting very crowded and dirtier. There is another problem in Britain caused by global warming. There are now fewer fish in the rivers. The water level has dropped because there is not as much rain,so the water temperature has risen. The fish cannot live so earily in these conditions. Will the British soon be eating chips without fish?
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英文の翻訳を早急にお願いします！英語に自信のある方！ London is not only England’s and Britain’s, capital city; it is also one of the most multi ?racial, cosmopolitan cities in the world. A quarter of schoolchildren in London do not speak English at home. Instead, they speak an Asian language such as Punjabi, Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali or Chinese; a Middle Eastern language like Arabic or Turkish, or another European language such as Greek, Albanian or Spanish. A recent poster (see above) celebrating London’s diversity claimed that 300 languages were spoken by the 7 million residents, who followed 14 different faiths, or religions, between them. In parts of some other towns, it is easier to hear a language other than English spoken. In Bradford, in the north, or in parts of England’s second biggest city, Birmingham, in the West Midlands, you are more likely to hear a south Asian language. About three adults in ten admit they have prejudice against people of a different skin colour. In one recent survey of 1500 people, more than half said they believe Britain is a racist society; but more than half also said they believe it accepts people of different races more easily than it did ten years ago. It is interesting that some people from former colonies feel more comfortable as devolution increases. Some were scared of the Union jack, a symbol of the British Empire. They feel more comfortable now that English people are choosing to fly the red and white flag of St. George. The other countries of Britain also have their own flags; and some families who have always been British do not speak English as their first language: Wales is officially a bilingual country and 20% of Welsh people speak Welsh. 翻訳サイトを使わないで、翻訳していただけると助かります。
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