文書をフランス語に翻訳するためにフランス語を母国語としない人を雇うのは、水が漏れる蛇口を修理するために大工を雇うのに似ている。の英語

Hiring a non-native French speaker to translate the document into French is like hiring a carpenter to fix your leaky faucet.

Asking a non-native French speaker to translate a document into French is like asking an accountant to build you a house.

Asking a non-native French speaker to translate a document into French is like asking an accountant to build you a house.

Hiring a non-native French speaker to translate the document into French is like hiring a carpenter to fix your leaky faucet.

At first, I was only looking at the French sentences, but before I knew it, I was hooked into translating them.

Of course it's a good thing when someone learning a foreign language tries to use it without fear of making mistakes, but I don't think much of people without sufficient ability producing language learning material of poor quality.

I've heard it said that English is for making money, French for making love, and Spanish for praying to God.

The difficulties of the Japanese language prevent all but a handful of foreigners from approaching the literature in the original.

Foreigners in general don't need as many compliments as Japanese are required to give each other, and it is good to keep this in mind.

Though Japanese has borrowed heavily [a great deal] from Chinese and English, only a few Japanese words have entered other languages.

In the past, there were no oral English classes in high school. Now many schools have oral communication classes.

Many people easily understand the injustice of the current language situation in the world where English dominates. But they also see the collective advantages, as for example a relatively good and direct communication between intellectuals and leaders of different languages through the English language, and the personal advantages as their own knowledge of the English language. About a neutral language such as Esperanto, one does not know much and does not seek information.

No nation can exist completely isolated from others.

Many parents want to learn English and let their children acquire the language in a serious setting.

I’m responsible for our English Web site and for making English pamphlets and maps.

As the only American and the only native English speaker in the company, I'm also responsible for any translating that is required, for label designs for export products, and for keeping an eye on alcohol product trends in North America and Europe.

And even outside these nations, English is perhaps more widely used as a medium of international communication than any other language.

"Don't you think that people from English-speaking countries earn an unreasonable amount from the English language industry? Since I'm Japanese, I'd like to use materials exclusively made by Japanese people." "But you know, you can't really tell if the English is good or not unless it's been checked by a native speaker." "What do you mean by good English!? English used by native speakers? Are natives really that great, anyway?"

Another tendency of many Japanese that bothers foreigners is to make statements that are too general and too broad by using or implying words like "all" and "every".

Fundamentally, you're not practicing anything by translating, so even if you say that you can't do it, once you've set your sights on a similar sentence you've seen before that is more natural yet does not quite convey the original sentence's nuances, translation proves to be an act that is quite addicting.

"While engaged in some official activities, I realized the importance of being broadly educated and able to communicate in English," she said.

No nation can exist completely isolated from others.

However, when listening to an unknown foreign language, our ability to discern different words is lost, and we recognize speech as being a stream of sounds without many pauses.

My parents thought that if I wanted to learn how to make French pastry, I should go to France and learn the right way to do it.

"I am sorry for my odd Japanese. But I cannot speak English." "Hey, can I ask you something? Are you Japanese?" "No. I am an alien." "Ah, I gotcha! I'm a fox, and I'm still trying to learn human languages, so I get what you're going through. English is so friggin' hard, isn't it?"

Japanese speakers of English often have difficulty in dealing with informal conversation, such as at parties or in small informal groups.

Don't be afraid to show yourself through speech and take every opportunity to speak to others in English and soon you will feel right at home in informal conversational situations.

I recommend contributing sentences in your own native language, since people will be able to trust that what you have contributed is likely to be good and natural-sounding.

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.

Though this may sound like special pleading, coming from someone who is himself an English teacher, I think the teaching of English will become more important in this country.