||1:The first English Language Day was the result of work by the United Nations.||2:A few years ago, the U.N.'s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization created Language Days for each of the U.N.'s six official languages.||3:The aim was to celebrate multilingualism – the use of different languages around the world – and different cultures.||4:Another goal was to campaign for equal use of all six official languages throughout the United Nations.||5:The other five languages are Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.

||1:第一个英语节的出现是联合国努力的结果。||2:几年前，联合国教科文组织为联合国六种官方语言各自创造了语言日。||3:这样做的目的是为了庆祝世界上不同语言的应用，即多语制，以及不同文化。||4:另一个目的是在联合国中推广所有六种官方语言的平等应用。||5:另五种语言是阿拉伯语、汉语、法语、俄语和西班牙语。

This column is all for multilingualism .

本文完全赞成掌握多种语言。

Multilingualism opens fabulous opportunities for the dialogue that is necessary to understanding and cooperation.

多语言使用为理解与合作所必需的对话创造了绝佳的机会。

International Mother Language Day is a moment to recognize their importance and to mobilise for multilingualism and linguistic diversity.

国际母语日，我们要认识到母语的重要性并努力促进多语言使用和语言多样性。

Other research, however, complicates the picture of the potential benefits of multilingualism .

尽管如此，其他的研究使多语人群的潜在优势描绘过于复杂。

Her cosmopolitan looks, multilingualism and contacts in Venetian society would have made her a prized asset.

具有国际色彩的容貌、精通多种语言的能力以及在威尼斯社会中的关系，使她成为宝贵的资产。

UNESCO is committed to promoting multilingualism on the Internet.

联合国教科文组织致力于推动互联网上多种语言的使用。