中國有4億人在學習英語，中國學英語的人比美國說英語的人還多。好吧，我明說，事實上全球語言永遠不會是中文。但，等一下。全球有這麼多說英語的人的原因是，殖民者把英語傳播得又遠又廣.......
What is the future of the Chinese language?
外國人討論：漢語的未來在何方？
評論翻譯
Meghan Marie Phelps, Credits Chinese, BFSU (2012)Answered Jun 17, 2018There are 400 million Chinese studying English and China has more English learners than the U.S. has English speakers. Ok, that should settle it, the global language de facto will never be Chinese. But wait a second. The reason there are so many English speakers globally is that colonizers spread English far and wide. As innovation continues to spread as well, so to does the influence of the strongest market and the biggest presence.The dichotomy is changing, however. No one will argue that business is booming in China and the purchasing power of their citizens is massive. Globalization is dictating that companies are beginning to desperately search for ways to break into the market there. What does that mean? More businesses hiring practices are turning to bilingual employees to fill tech, science, marketing, advertising, and real estate positions. Take Mark Zuckerberg for example, he’s perfectly poised to enter China’s market and work on collaborative projects. That point is purely speculation but let’s continue in the vein of business sense. For example, doing business with a Chinese partner will put you at a strong disadvantage if you cannot speak Chinese regardless if your partner speaks English. Let''s say you hear what your partner wants to disclose in a meeting, yet the finer details between Chinese speaking colleagues (that your partner does not necessarily want you to access) will be discussed without you will leave you without a clue as to the proceedings. It’s only benefits everyone if more people learn a second language. And increasingly, it’s been Chinese. As employers demand Chinese speaking employees the education system has taken note. While Chinese parents send their children to US schools, Americans are increasingly sending their children to immersion programs in Chinese Universities, online courses, and satellite schools. More and more US schools are offering Chinese as a second language option. Chinese universities are experiencing an influx of enrollments of Russian, Korean, Italian, Indian and other foreign students as well. The biggest trend is at home learning from online teachers. Chinese has become more influential as it becomes the language for business in East Asia. While Chinese might be difficult for native English speakers, it’s easier for Japanese and Korean speakers since their language has roots in Chinese already.One argument is that the Chinese language isn’t as wide-spread globally as English. Sure, the language isn’t being spoken in households but travel to any tourist destination and what population of tourists are there more of? Go to Thailand, Korea, or a number of Asian tourist destinations, and the shop staff, servers, and vendors have learned to speak Chinese to appeal to the customers.Another undeniable facet that could challenge how Chinese spreads is real estate. Chinese are purchasing real estate and acquiring foreign companies lately and it’s been insatiable. China has purchased the worlds largest pig and pork producer from the US as well as other farmland and businesses. They have purchased and have been developing an astounding portion of the African continent. They are building infrastructure, settling, and investing to start up businesses there. Now students from various African countries are making the shift from English to Chinese in their schools, while Chinese are not adopting any African languages.The world of business changes rapidly and unmercifully. Capitalism and globalization trends have the only say for the future of language prence. With that being said, it’s undeniable that Chinese has the potential to rival English in popularity and become a force in business and global trade but replacing its pervasiveness is unlikely. But it’s not a bad idea to log in online and study a couple times a week nonetheless.Meghan Marie Phelps,
北京外國語大學 (2012)中國有4億人在學習英語，中國學英語的人比美國說英語的人還多。好吧，我明說，事實上全球語言永遠不會是中文。但，等一下。全球有這麼多說英語的人的原因是，殖民者把英語傳播得又遠又廣。隨著創新的不斷擴散，最強大的市場和最大的存在的影響也在擴散。
由於僱主要求會說中文的僱員，教育系統已經注意到了這一點。當中國家長把孩子送到美國學校時，美國人越來越多地把孩子送到中國的大學、在線課程和衛星學校的浸入式課程中。越來越多的美國學校將漢語作為第二語言。俄羅斯、韓國、意大利、印度和其他外國學生也紛紛湧入中國大學。最大的趨勢是在家向在線教師學習。隨著漢語成為東亞商業語言，它的影響力越來越大。雖然中文對於以英語為母語的人來說可能很難，但是對於說日語和韓語的人來說就容易多了，因為他們的語言本就源於漢語。
有一種觀點認為，漢語在全球的傳播不如英語廣泛。當然，這種語言不是在家庭中使用，而是在去任何旅遊目的地旅行時使用。去泰國、韓國或一些亞洲旅遊目的地，商店的工作人員、服務員和商販都學會了說中文來吸引顧客。另一個不可否認的方面是房地產，它可能會對中國的房地產價差構成挑戰。中國人最近在購買房地產和收購外國公司，而且一直是慾求不滿的。中國已經從美國購買了世界上最大的生豬和豬肉生產商，以及其他農田和企業。他們已經購買並開發了非洲大陸的一個驚人的部分。他們在那裡建設基礎設施、定居並投資創業。現在，來自非洲各國的學生正在他們的學校裡進行從英語到漢語的轉變，而中國人沒有采用任何非洲語言。商業世界瞬息萬變。資本主義和全球化趨勢是未來語言普及的唯一標誌。話雖如此但不可否認的是，漢語有潛力在受歡迎程度上與英語匹敵，成為商業和全球貿易的一股力量，但不太可能取代英語的普遍性。儘管如此，每週上網學習幾次也不是個壞主意。
Terrence Reed, I have been a Hong Kong resident for six years and lived in Guangzhou in 1998-1999.English has been the language of power for a long time, so it is hard to think of a world where English in not the dominant language. The power of English is economic, first with the English speaking British Empire leading up to the second world war, and the American Empire since the end of the second world war.As the power and influence of The USA declines relative to the growth of China, Russia, India and Brasil (the BRICs), the dominance of English as the language of power will also see a decline. This is especially true as the Internet provides increasing levels of accuracy in translation between languages with no extra cost. More an more people are able to use technology in their local language, so the necessity of learning English is decreasing. The same can be said for Japan. There are still a lot of Japanophiles out there, but the necessity of learning Japanese to appreciate Japanese culture is evaporating as translations are ubiquitous in English, Chinese, French, German, etc. It is increasingly easy and practical for people to rely on their mother tongue instead of having to add English, Japanese, Chinese, etc.As the growth of China''s economy continues to outstrip that of the USA, it will soon, and in some ways already has, exceed that of the USA. There is increasing demand for Chinese (Putonghua/Mandarin) to be taught in schools around the world as the result. It used to be the case that local Chinese in Hong Kong only wanted to learn English, but increasingly Putonghua is becoming essential not only for success in the workplace, but for daily life. This is true in most of the cities in China, Putonghua is pushing out local languages.
Robert Rosenthall, senior staff manager for the USA Army Corps of Engineers, Banking, humanitarian projects developer for the ...Originally Answered: What is the future of Chinese language?It will slowly grow to English.More business transaction people speak English language very well. All of the top schools in China teach English language and the 5 million Chinese people in the USA speak English.We are The Rrosenthall Group USA, an international engineering firm that works with governments and Financial institutions worldwide in humanitarian and economic development in South America, Asia and many African countries with NGO''S and heads of state.In 201200am when most of the world currency will go to the Gold standard meaning that you will need to have money backed up by Gold to successful conduct international financial transactions and banking. The Dollar as we know will change. China will be the number one financial power in the world. Many of the major problems in China will need American consultant who ONLY speak English language. Thus, the leadership of China will be delighted and forced make English language TOP priority in China. The oldest civilization on Earth will never forget OR kill its two Chinese language. BUT in the TOP LEADERSHIP, Educational and Financial circles the English language will be a TOP priority in China.Robert Rrosenthall USAThe Rrosenthall Group USA,Robert Rosenthall,
美國陸軍工程兵團、銀行，人道主義項目開發高級職員經理它（漢語）將慢慢地發展成英語。很多商務人士英語說得很好，中國所有的頂尖學校都教英語，在美國的500萬華人也說英語。我們是Rrosenthall集團美國公司，這是一家國際工程公司，與世界各國政府和金融機構在南美洲、亞洲和許多非洲國家的人道主義和經濟發展方面進行合作，與非政府組織和國家元首進行合作。當世界大多數貨幣將走向金本位時，這意味著你需要有黃金做後盾的貨幣來成功地進行國際金融交易和銀行業務。我們知道美元地位將會改變，中國將成為世界頭號金融強國。但中國的許多重大問題都需要只會說英語的美國顧問。因此，中國的領導人將很高興同時又被迫把英語作為中國的首要任務。地球上最古老的文明將永遠不會忘記或消滅它的中文。但在高層領導、教育界和金融界，英語將是中國的重中之重。
Gabriel Chan, quintilingual part-time polyglotChinese is a language family where the written form is mutually intelligible between its members but spoken form is not. As far as I know, there is no other language system like this in the world, where people can understand if they write but not when they speak.Mandarin (Putonghua) will be the dominant spoken form and the primary influence on lexicon and culture. However I think it is a sad development because each regional spoken Chinese is rich in its own lexicon and culture. These will gradually be lost after a few more generations unless the government takes measures to preserve these heritages.The exception would be Cantonese, Teochew, Hokkien which have huge overseas diaspora, but especially Cantonese, which enjoy a high social and cultural status in Macau and Hong Kong.In the distant future, if East Asia becomes a peaceful economic power block, a modern auxiliary East Asian language (à la Esperanto) may emerge as a new lingua franca for the region.Gabriel Chan,
通曉多種語言漢語是一個語言家族，其中書面形式是漢語成員相互理解的載體，但口語形式不是。據我所知，世界上還沒有其他類似的語言系統，人們可以在書寫時（相互）理解，但在說話時卻無法理解。普通話將成為最主要的口語形式，並對詞彙和文化產生重要影響。然而，我認為這是一個可悲的發展，因為每個地區的漢語口語都有豐富的詞彙和文化。如果政府不採取措施保護這些遺產的話，再過幾代就會逐漸消失。唯一的例外是廣東人、潮州人、福建人，他們擁有大量的海外移民，尤其是廣東人，他們在澳門和香港享有很高的社會和文化地位。在遙遠的將來，如果東亞成為一個和平的經濟強國，一種現代的東亞輔助語言(世界語)可能會成為該地區新的通用語。
Bella Johnson, studied Chinese at University of ArizonaAnswered Apr 19, 2018The Chinese language will continue to gain influence and learners abroad.One of the reasons that the Chinese language may challenge English in the future, is the ability of the Chinese to create useful and convenient apps and websites for daily use.While apps such as WhatsApp, Uber and Facebook all were created in the United States, Chinese entrepreneurs have created their own versions for use in China. Foreigners that try these Chinese versions are very impressed by their features and ease of use. Currently, many popular apps in China, such as the most widely-used car and ride-sharing app in the world, “滴滴出行 (Dīdī chūxíng) Didi Chuxing”.These Chinese apps are gaining traction around the world and may one day, not any time soon, but maybe one day give English-based apps some serious competition. I believe this will give Mandarin Chinese more momentum.In addition to technology, worldwide economic momentum is being led by East Asia. The economy of East Asia is booming and will most likely continue to do so in the coming decades. While Japan and South Korea maintain thriving economies, it is China that has added the most growth and international trade.It is probably the most interesting language to be following (and learning) for today and the future. Stay tuned!Bella Johnson,
曾在亞利桑那大學學習中文漢語將繼續在海外獲得影響力和學習者。中文在未來可能挑戰英語的一個原因是，中國人有能力為日常生活製造出有用的、方便的APP和網站。雖然WhatsApp、Uber和Facebook等應用程序都是在美國開發的，但中國企業家也開發了自己的版本供中國使用。嘗試這些中國版本的外國人對它們的功能和易用性印象深刻。目前，中國有很多流行的應用，比如世界上最廣泛使用的汽車和拼車應用——滴滴出行。這些中國的應用程序正在全球範圍內獲得越來越多的關注，也許有一天，（雖然）不是很快，但也許有一天會給基於英語的應用程序帶來一些嚴峻的競爭壓力，我相信這也將給漢語普通話更多推動力。除科技外，東亞也引領著世界經濟的發展。東亞經濟正在蓬勃發展，而且很可能在未來幾十年繼續如此。在日本和韓國保持經濟繁榮的同時，中國的經濟增長和國際貿易增長是最快的。它可能是今天和將來學習的最有趣的語言。請繼續關注!
Gabriel Flores, M.s. from Guangdong University of Foreign StudiesAnswered May 3, 2018If China continues growing it will become an international language (IL), but, because of difficulty, English and even Spanish will always be the first election. In the next 200 hundred years everyone in this planet will speak at least one of these 3 languages. As always happens with IL the language will suffer some changes, chinese has already changed a lot and I think this 2 changes will happen in the next 200 years. First, in the future it will be more based on words rather than characters. What? Let me explain it, every character has an intrinsic meaning but if we speak like that we will sound like Confucius and it is very confusing (at least for a foreigner),so now we have words. For example long time ago they used 夷 to refer a foreigner now they use 外國人 which has a clearer meaning. These changes will make clear what is a verb, adjective, noun, etc… and will make it easier to learn, even now most of words are composed by two characters but the usage and function is still tricky. Second, the pinyin revolution will rise, every character in a public advertisement will add its pinyin just like children''s books. These changes will empower the language and will make it more enjoyable for foreigners and even for native speakers.Gabriel Flores,
廣東外語外貿大學碩士如果中國繼續發展，它將成為一種國際語言。但由於困難程度，英語甚至西班牙語將永遠是第一選擇。在未來的200年裡，這個星球上的每個人都會說這三種語言中的至少一種。語言總是會發生一些變化，漢語已經發生了很大的變化，我認為以下兩種變化將在未來200年發生：首先，在未來，漢語將更多地基於詞而不是字。說明如下，漢語每個字都有準確的意義，但如果我們都按照字面意義去說話，我們會像古代文言文一樣，這回導致大量的混亂（至少對於外國人來說如此）。於是我們有了（組合）詞。例如，很久以前古人用“夷”來指外國人，如今他們用的是“外國人”一詞。這種變化讓動詞、形容詞、名詞等變得更加清晰，也更易學。現在大多數的單詞都是由兩個字符組成的，但是用法和功能仍然很複雜。其次，拼音革命將會興起，公共廣告中的每個字都將加入拼音，就像兒童讀物一樣。這些變化將增強語言的力量，使外國人甚至以英語為母語的人都能更愉快地使用它。
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