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1、2017年下半年CATTI三笔真题英译汉：Itwasjustonewordinoneemail,butittriggeredhugefinanciallossesforamultinationalcompany.Themessage,writteninEnglish,wassentbyanativespeakertoacolleagueforwhomEnglishwasasecondlanguage.Unsureoftheword,therecipientfoundtwocontradictorymeaningsinhisd
2、ictionary.Heactedonthewrongone.Monthslater,seniormanagementinvestigatedwhytheprojecthadflopped,costinghundredsofthousandsofdollars.“Italltracedbacktothisoneword,”saysChiaSuanChong,aUK-basedcommunicationsskillsandinterculturaltrainer,whodidn'trevealthetrickywordbeca
3、useitishighlyindustry-specificandpossiblyidentifiable.“Thingsspiralledoutofcontrolbecausebothpartieswerethinkingtheopposite.”Whensuchmisunderstandingshappen,it’susuallythenativespeakerswhoaretoblame.Ironically,theyareworseatdeliveringtheirmessagethanpeoplewhospeakE
4、nglishasasecondorthirdlanguage,accordingtoChong.AlotofnativespeakersarehappythatEnglishhasbecometheworld’sgloballanguage.Theyfeeltheydon’thavetospendtimelearninganotherlanguage,”saysChong.Thenon-nativespeakers,itturnsout,speakmorepurposefullyandcarefully,typicalofs
5、omeonespeakingasecondorthirdlanguage.Anglophones,ontheotherhand,oftentalktoofastforotherstofollow,andusejokes,slangandreferencesspecifictotheirownculture,saysChong.“ThenativeEnglishspeaker…istheonlyonewhomightnotfeeltheneedtoaccommodateoradapttotheothers,”sheadds.W
6、ithnon-nativeEnglishspeakersinthemajorityworldwide,it’sAnglophoneswhomayneedtouptheirgame.“Nativespeakersareatadisadvantagewhenyouareinalinguafrancasituation,”whereEnglishisbeingusedasacommondenominator,saysJenniferJenkins,professorofglobalEnglishesattheUK’sUnivers
7、ityofSouthampton.“It’sthenativeEnglishspeakersthatarehavingdifficultyunderstandingandmakingthemselvesunderstood.”Non-nativespeakersgenerallyusemorelimitedvocabularyandsimplerexpressions,withoutflowerylanguageorslang.Andthenthere’sculturalstyle,Blattnersays.WhenaBri
8、treactstoaproposalbysaying,“That’sinteresting”afellowBritmightrecognisethisasunderstatementfor,“That’srubbish.”Butothernationalitieswouldtakethew
