Will French become the second international language?

Hong Kong`s oldest English-language newspaper South China Morning Post has published curious infographics and demonstrated current situation as to the outspread of world languages and the factors affecting their future.

For instance, it is obvious the position of English as the international language is not threatened. Simultaneously, in the next decades it will be beneficial to learn and teach Chinese, while French is an unobvious candidate for a reserve language. French is the second most commonly-taught second language in the world. The total number of French speakers is a far cry from Chinese, but the native/learnt ratio is higher for the French language.

Russian is a different story. On the one hand, Russian is the eighth most spoken native language in the world with 166 million speakers and the eighth language in regard to the number of countries where it is spoken. On the other hand, Russian did not make top 7 of most commonly learnt languages on the planet and, for example, falls behind Portuguese in terms of the number of speakers (mainly due to the recently increased population of Brazil).

Here are some more interesting facts from the infographics:
*There are already 7.2 billion people in the world. 4.1 billion of them are native speakers of one of the 23 most common wotld languages.
*Chinese is the most common native language with 1.2 billion speakers.
*English is the most common language in the world with 1.5 billion non-native speakers and 1.8 billion speakers in total.
*French and English are the only languages with more learners than native speakers.

world languages, infographics

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1548

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Translation services for tunneling shields and tunnel construction technologies

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Where to find texts in English, German, Spanish, Chinese with translation into Russian?

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We know that many people are looking for bilingual text, while studying a foreign language. Sometimes it is a part of an exercise or necessary for a practical work. It turns out that there are not so many high-quality texts on relevant topics in English, German, Spanish, Chinese with a translation into Russian on the Internet.

England from the other shore

1946

In the ancient times England, Ireland and Scotland united to hold in leash their colonies. However, that was not the last union. England and Scotland united to hold in leash Ireland, and England itself united to hold in leash Scotland. The English upper class united to hold in leash the lower class.

History of translation: Three combinations of Yin and Yang in a mushroom grown from a caterpillar

2602

Cordyceps is a medicinal mushroom growing up from a сaterpillar bulk at a height of 3,000-5,000 m above sea level. It occurs more often in the Tibetan Plateau. Therefore, not surprising that it is with the Chinese language we have translated the extensive direction for use this "Chinese caterpillar mushroom", considered to be an aphrodisiac, tonic, rejuvenator and antiswelling agent.

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