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Message from Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the Occasion of International Mother Language Day
教科文組織總干事奧德蕾·阿祖萊國際母語日致辭
21 February 2024
2024年2月21日
Today, 40% of the people in the world do not have access to education in their mother tongue, the language which they speak or understand best. This takes a considerable toll, both academic and cultural, because mother tongues are essential to the transmission of knowledge between different generations.
世界上目前40%的人沒有機會用母語接受教育，而母語是他們表達或理解得最好的語言。這在學業和文化上都造成了嚴重損害，因為母語對不同世代之間的知識傳承至關重要。
This 21 February, UNESCO is encouraging everyone to mark International Mother Language Day (IMLD) by focusing on learning and transmission.
今年2月21日，教科文組織明確主張將“學習與傳承”作為2024年國際母語日的主題。
The scientific studies are clear: learning in one’s mother tongue is essential to success at school. This boosts self-esteem, awakens curiosity from an early age, and facilitates cognitive development. That is why, at the seventh International Conference on Language and Education, held last October in Bangkok, Thailand, under the aegis of UNESCO, experts and policymakers discussed ways of integrating more languages into schools.
科學研究清楚表明：用母語學習是學業成功的重要條件。母語學習，可以增強孩童的自尊心，從小激發他們的好奇心，并促進其認知能力發展。正因如此，在教科文組織的支持下于去年10月在泰國曼谷舉行的第七屆語言與教育國際會議上，專家和政策制定者就如何將更多語言納入學校教學進行了交流。
Advocating multilingualism in schools also means preserving and promoting linguistic plurality, especially with regard to languages which have only a few remaining speakers. This openness allows people who have not received an elementary education to resume their studies, as is the case in Mozambique, where UNESCO has been training teachers for multilingual education since 2018. Nearly 400 students of all ages, the majority of them women, have been able to pass their exams.
支持在學校使用多種語言，也意味著保護和促進語言的多樣性，特別是那些使用人數很少的語言。這方面的積極努力可以使那些沒有接受過基礎教育的人能夠重拾學業，例如在莫桑比克，教科文組織自2018年以來一直在為教師提供多語言教育的培訓。在這項工作的支持下，近400名不同年齡段的學生通過了考試，其中大多數是女性。
A language, however, is not just a particular dialect or a simple means of communication; it is also the repository of a culture. It is the vehicle for a whole set of representations of and relationships to the world, and for ways of thinking about oneself in relation to others and to things.
但語言不僅僅是一種表達方式或簡單的交流手段，它也是一種文化載體，承載著一整套對世界的表征以及與世界的關系，也包括個體在與他人和世界的關系中自我思考的方式。
It is therefore essential to appreciate and protect the cultural diversity which multilingualism fosters. This is why UNESCO works to protect all languages, for example by conducting activities within the framework of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) (2022-2032). Through this large-scale programme, which is aimed at drawing the world’s attention to the critical situation facing many Indigenous languages, UNESCO is taking action to encourage the use of these languages in public services, and to ensure that the knowledge they convey is better taken into account. This knowledge is invaluable for dealing with challenges as crucial as the fight against hunger or the protection of biodiversity.
因此，促進和保護多種語言所滋養的文化多樣性至關重要。正因如此，教科文組織致力于保護所有語言，特別是在國際土著語言十年（2022—2032年）的背景下。通過這項旨在讓世界關注許多土著語言困境的大規模計劃，教科文組織致力于鼓勵在公共服務中使用土著語言，并對這些語言所傳遞的知識給予更多的重視，因為這些知識是我們在應對消除饑餓和保護生物多樣性等關鍵挑戰方面的寶貴財富。
Finally, because access to quality information in the language in which one is fluent is necessary for the empowerment of all, UNESCO is leading initiatives to promote multilingualism on the Internet, the world’s leading source of information, and on the airwaves.
此外，鑒于以自己掌握的語言獲得優質信息是所有人獲得身心解放的必要條件，教科文組織正在牽頭開展各項舉措，在世界上最重要的信息來源互聯網上以及在無線電廣播中促進使用多種語言。
At a time when over 90% of online content is available in just a dozen dominant languages, UNESCO, in partnership with the Global Voices network, has established a toolkit to help diversify the languages present on the web. The Organization is also involved in radio projects, supporting and promoting content in Indigenous languages; for example, this is what it is doing in India through an assistance programme benefiting nearly 200 community stations which are mostly in rural areas.
目前，90%以上的網絡內容僅以十幾種主流語言提供，教科文組織與全球之聲網絡合作開發了一個工具包，使網絡內容使用的語言更為多樣化。本組織還在無線電廣播領域采取行動，支持和推廣土著語言內容，例如，在印度開展的一項支持計劃使近200個社區電臺受益，其中大部分電臺位于農村地區。
To guarantee that all people, regardless of the languages they speak, have the same learning opportunities and the same opportunities for the transmission of knowledge: that is the aim of this international day.
這就是今年國際日的目標所在：確保所有人都享有學習和傳承的同等機會，無論他們使用何種語言。
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