The current status of the English language at the start of the new millennium compares with that of Latin in most of Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.

英语语言在新世纪之初的情形可以和拉丁语在罗马帝国解体以来在大多数西欧国家的地位相提并论。

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I speak Italian and have studied French, German, and Latin, so I understand the challenges of learning a new language.

我会讲意大利语，也学过法语、德语和拉丁语，所以我了解从零开始学习一门语言所面临的挑战。

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There are hundreds of Latin and Greek prefixes in the English language, and the possibilities for inventing new words are endless.

在英语中有大量的拉丁语和希腊语前缀，造新词的可能性是无止境的。

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Pope Benedict XVI has approved the launch of a new Latin language college in the Vatican.

BBC: Pope Benedict launches Latin academy at Vatican

But in Rome the challenge is not to chop and squeeze the language into new shapes, but to translate modern words into the full, but precise, complexity that Latin requires.

ECONOMIST: So you thought that irksome language was dead?