Like empires, however, all lingua francas eventually fade.

然而，与历史上的那些帝国一样，所有世界通用语最终都会没落。

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In practice, however, English, the mother tongue of only 8% of South Africans, has taken over as the lingua franca.

然而实际上，仅为8%南非人母语的英语现在已经俨然成为了混合方言。

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All of these make a world’s lingua franca more drillingly present in minds the world over than was ever possible before.

所有这些均使世界比以往任何时候更需要一种世界通用语言。

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As a result of the globalization of business through mergers and international investment, English has become a lingua franca.

通过企业兼并以及国际投资，作为全球化商业的结果，英语已经成为一种通用媒介。

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Once a lingua franca is established, it takes a long time to shift.

通用语言一旦形成，它的地位就不会在短时间内受到撼动。

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With Project Lingua , volunteers translate alternative media sources from citizen journalists on the Global Voices network.

网站志愿者翻译来自全球之声（GlobalVoices）网站的不同媒体来源，这些消息由公民记者收集。

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However you use it -- informally, formally, extensively, or casually -- UML is the lingua franca of software development.

无你非正式地，正式地，广泛地，或偶然地使用它，UML是软件开发的混合语言。

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Hong Kong s incessant street chatter has become trilingual: Cantonese, English and the mainland s lingua franca, Mandarin.

香港街上的声音，已经变成了混杂英文、广东话和普通话的「三语广播」；

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Resorting to body language when the new lingua is not flowing

新语不畅时诉诸肢体语言

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The decision to learn a lingua franca is pragmatic.

学习通用语纯粹是出于实用目的。

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Some lingua -francas have ridden trade routes, but these are tongues of convenience that change quickly with circumstances.

一些通用语曾经支配着贸易路线，但是这些便携性的语言也会随着环境发生很快的改变。

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India is so disparate that cinema became the national lingua franca and its national religion.

印度变得很不一样，电影成了它的通用语言和宗教。

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English as a lingua franca offers unfair advantages to the half-billion people who speak English as a native language.

英语成为全球通语，是对本族语言为英语的五亿人口的偏袒，对他人的不公。

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Will English remain the lingua franca?

英语是否会保持国际通用语言的地位？

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Research and Practice of Lingua -cultural Teaching

语言与文化教学并重的研究与实践

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Behind all this lies the reality that the lingua franca in Kyrgyzstan is Russian.

这一切的背后，吉尔吉斯斯坦通用语言却是俄语。

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