横亘在互联网用户和非用户之间的“数字鸿沟”正在孕育一个孪生恶魔:“语言鸿沟”。互联网起源于美国军方和大学的研究项目,用英语实施,这种语言目前仍然是国际商务和科学交流的首选。然而,情况也在快速变化,数千万网络用户既不说也不阅读英语 The “digital divide” that lies between Internet users and non-users is nurturing a twin demon: “the language gap.” The Internet originated in research projects conducted by the U.S. military and universities in English and is still the language of choice for international business and science exchanges. However, the situation is changing rapidly as tens of millions of Internet users neither speak nor read English