Quora精选：学法语有用吗？什么用？

Is it worthwhile to learn French?法语值得我花时间学吗？

 

获得21.1k好评的回答@Louis Amiot：

Of course, it is worthwhile.当然值得。Here are some reasons:以下是几点原因：•Because you are eager to learn a new language•因为你渴望学一门新的语言•Because French is the most practical foreign language which is spoken in more countries than you thought (Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, more than half of African countries,....) , and which is one of the two official languages (with English) at the UN, UNESCO and at the Olympic Games.•因为法语是最实用的外语，说法语的国家比你想象得要多（加拿大、比利时、瑞士、超过半数的非洲国家…），而且法语是联合国、联合国教科文组织和奥运会的两种官方语言之一（还有英语）。•Because it could be a real asset in your professional career•因为它是你职业生涯中真正的资本•Because you'll be able to deeply discover a rich culture.•因为你能深入了解一个丰富的文化。•Because French is a creative language. French literature is recognized worldwide, we have some fantastic author such as Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Albert Camus and so many more. It'd be a chance to be able to read their texts in their original language.•因为法语是一种有创造力的语言。法国文学在全世界都被认可，我们有一些出色的作家如维克多·雨果、大仲马、阿尔贝·加缪等，不胜枚举。如果能读到他们作品的原文将是难能可贵的机会。•Because French is also a door to learn other languages. Learning French helps to learn other languages​​, including Latin languages ​​(Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian).•因为法语也是学习其他语言的敲门砖。学法语有助于学习其他语言，包括拉丁系语言（西班牙语、意大利语、葡萄牙语和罗马尼亚语）。•Because French is not such a tough language to learn for an English speaker. Actually, 50% of English words come from French.•因为对说英语的人来说法语并不难学，其实50%的英语词来自法语。

 

获得44.3k好评的回答@Mark Harrison：

I'm answering this question from the perspective of someone whose first language is English.我对这个问题的回答是针对母语是英语的人的。French is reasonably similar to English:法语和英语有很多相似之处：1.The language of the ruling class of England was French for a long while, because the ruling class of England was French.1.英格兰统治阶级在很长一段时期内都说法语，因为当时英格兰的统治阶级是法国人。2.Both are, in part, descended from Latin2.这两种语言在某种程度上都起源于拉丁语。3.France and England are culturally reasonably similar.3.法国和英格兰的文化有很多相似之处。French is different from English:法语和英语的不同：1.The syntax is different, you can't just learn "words" and string them together to speak French1.语法不同。不是只学会单词，然后串在一起就是说法语了。2.The way in which verbs conjugate and nouns decline isn't really a concept you come across in English.2.动词结合和名词变形都和你在英语中学的概念不一样。Put the two together, and you have a language that is reasonable easy to learn, but different enough to force you to learn different "patterns", and you end up with a way to think about linguistics through a practical example, rather than abstractly... ... and more broadly, you learn how to think in different ways, which is a very, very useful skill.把这两种语言放在一起你就学会了一种很好学的语言，但它们差异又很大，迫使你学习不同“模式”，最终通过实践了解了语言学，而并非通过抽象的学习。从更广义的角度来说，你学会了如何用不同方式思考，这是一项非常非常有用的技能。So, yes, I'm glad I studied French as a child, and certainly glad that I took advantage of some lessons in my 30s when I worked for an Anglo-French group.所以，是的，我很开心我小时候学过法语，当然也很开心在30多岁为一个英法团体工作时上了一些课程。... but for me, the utilitarian benefits are outweighed by the "mental workout" I get thinking in a different language.但对我而言，比较实用的好处就是通过用不同语言思考我的大脑得到了锻炼。

（翻译：菲菲）

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