More than one in five American residents now speak a language other than English at home, according to new research based on 2016 US Census Bureau data.
根據(jù)基于美國(guó)人口普查局2016年的數(shù)據(jù)的最新研究顯示,如今超過(guò)1/5的美國(guó)居民在家使用英語(yǔ)以外的語(yǔ)言。
The research, conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies, shows that a record 65.5 million US residents five years of age and older don't speak English at home.
由移民研究中心負(fù)責(zé)進(jìn)行的這項(xiàng)研究顯示,在家不說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的5歲及以上的美國(guó)居民達(dá)到創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的6550萬(wàn)人。
Among them, 26.1 million (39.8%) told the US Census Bureau that they speak English less than very well. This figure is based entirely on the subjective opinion of the respondents.
其中,2610萬(wàn)人(39.8%)對(duì)美國(guó)人口普查局稱自己英語(yǔ)講得并不是很好。這一數(shù)字完全基于受訪者的主觀看法。
On an objective test of English literacy, prior CIS research showed that even among immigrants who have lived in the country for more than 15 years, 43 percent score at the "below basic" level, which is sometimes equated to functional illiteracy.
在一項(xiàng)有關(guān)英語(yǔ)讀寫能力的客觀測(cè)試中,移民研究中心之前的研究顯示,即使是在這個(gè)國(guó)家居住超過(guò)15年的移民,43%的人的得分“低于基本水平”,這有時(shí)等同于功能文盲。
Many Americans who speak a foreign language at home are not immigrants. The data show that overall, 44% (29 million) of those who speak a language other than English at home are US-born.
許多在家使用外語(yǔ)的美國(guó)人并不是移民。數(shù)據(jù)顯示,總的來(lái)說(shuō),44%(2900萬(wàn))的在家說(shuō)外語(yǔ)的人是在美國(guó)出生的。
Of languages with more than 400,000 speakers, the largest percentage increases since 2010 were among speakers of Arabic (up 42%), Hindi (up 33%), Urdu (up 22%) and Chinese (up 20%).
在使用人口超過(guò)40萬(wàn)的語(yǔ)言中,2010年以來(lái)使用人數(shù)增幅最大的是阿拉伯語(yǔ),增幅為42%,其次是印地語(yǔ)(33%)、烏爾都語(yǔ)(22%)和漢語(yǔ)(20%)。
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