For decades, American presidents have used diplomatic language, concerned that calling it genocide would harm relations with Turkey.

几十年来，美国总统一直使用外交语言，他们担心称之为种族灭绝会损害与土关系。

So here's to you, UN interpreters, up in your boxes, making diplomacy happen from the sidelines.

致敬那些同传箱里默默耕耘、用语言为外交铺路联合国议们。

Now, it's very important to have an understanding of diplomatic language, okay?

现在，了解外交语言非常重要， 好吗？

But international diplomacy isn't the only problem that conlangers have tried to fix.

但国外交并不是语言学家试图解决唯一问题。

Standardized tests continued to be used around the world for the next two millennia, and today they're used for everything from evaluating stair climbs for firefighters in France, to language examinations for diplomats in Canada, to students in schools.

标准化测试在接下来两千年里继续在全球范围内使用，如今它们被用于各种场合， 从评估法国爬楼梯能力，到为加拿大外交官进行语言考试，再到学校里学生测评。

But when it came to Chinese, I found that I was able to learn because I was interested If I compare myself to the other students diplomatic language students in Hong Kong at the time.

但在学习中文时，我发现自己之所以能够学会，是因为我对它感兴趣。如果拿我和当时在香港他学生——那些学习外交语言学生——相比话。

The first option is to address the situation or address the topic with soft diplomatic language.

第一个选择是应对这种情况，或者用温和外交语言来处理这个问题。

By the 17th century, France was the leading land power in Europe, and French was well established as the language of prestige, replacing Latin as the language of diplomacy in international relations.

到 17 世纪， 法国已成为欧洲领先陆地强国，法语已成为享有盛誉语言，取代拉丁语成为国关系中外交语言。

And what is the difference in English between direct, assertive or aggressive language and indirect, soft or diplomatic language.

英语中直接、自信或攻击性语言与间接、柔和或外交性语言之间有什么区别？