What are the advantages and disadvantages to having one global language?

使用一种全球语言的优点和缺点是什么？

Some people think this will lead to English becoming the only global language.

有人认为这将导致英语成为唯一的全球语言。

Whether you like it or not, English is the global language of business.

不管你喜不喜欢，英语是全球性的商务语言。

Those years tell the origin story of what's become a global modern language.

这些年讲述了一门已经成为全球现代语言的起源故事。

But he says English, with its association with freedom, will remain the global language.

但他说和自由有关的英语将仍是世界语言。

A language dies every 14 days. Now, at the same time, English is the undisputed global language.

每14天就有一种语言消失而在此同时，英语却毋庸置疑地成为全球性的语言。

So while indigenous cultures are threatened by big global languages, there's still hope that many will survive into the future.

因此，尽管土著文化受到全球性语言的威胁，但许多土著文化仍有希望幸存到未来。

If you haven't heard of Busuu before, it's a global language learning community on both desktop and mobile, which I know is very important to some of you.

如果你以前从未听说过 Busuu，它是一个全球语言学习社区，可以在台式机和移动设备上使用，我知道这对某些人来说非常重要。

Almost 90% of respondents to the global survey also agreed that using emoji can make it easier to communicate across global language barriers, with a further 90% saying they make it easier to express themselves online.

全球调查中近 90% 的受访者还同意， 使用表情符号可以更轻松地跨越全球语言障碍进行交流，另有 90% 的受访者表示， 他们可以更轻松地在线表达自己的想法。