Translation: The Role of English in the 21st Century (by M.A.Hasman)
The following is just a translation of a text written by M.A.Hasman that I found in an English Textbook.
下边我作了我英语课本中一篇M.A.Hasman写的文章的翻译.
The global spread of English over the last 40 years has been remarkable.
在过去40年间英语在全球的分布范围变的显著。
It is unparalleled in several ways:
它在许多方面下是无与伦比的：
by the increasing number of users of the language；
比如說应用此语言的人数正在增加；
by its depth of penetration into societies;
和它社会渗透的深度；
by its range of functions.
以及它的作用范围。
(问题：在这里怎样翻译英语中的“by”? 用”以”不对吧。)
maybe you can use比如說,和,例如,比方.....
Worldwide over 1.4 billion people live in countries where English has official status.
举世有超过1.4十亿个人在用英语当官方语言的国家内生活。
One out of five of the worlds population speaks some English.
世界上所有的人的五部分中之一部分的人会说点英语。
it's too redundant,you could only say五分之一的人
And at present one in five - over one billion people - are learning English.
并且，目前有五中之一个人 - 总共有超过十亿个人 - 正在学英语。
(五人中有一人)
Over 70% of the worlds scientists read English.
全世界的百分之70的科学家读英语.
Over 85% of the worlds mail is written in English.
全世界的百分之85的邮件是用英语写的。
An over 90% of all information in the worlds electronic retrieval systems is stored in English.
全世界的电子检索系统的百分之90 的消息是用英语存储的。
By 2010, the number of people who speak English as a second or foreign language will exceed the number of native speakers.
2010年以后，学英语当外语或者当第二门语言的人数会超过说英语当母语的人数。
This trend will certainly affect the language.
语言肯定会被上述的趋势受影响。
English is used for more purposes than ever before.
从没有过那么多应用英语的用处。
英语的应用已经远远大于从前
Vocabularies, grammatical forms, and ways of speaking and writing have emerged influenced by technological and scientific developements, econimics and management, literature and entertainment.
词汇，语法式，还有说和写的方法都被技术和科学的发展，被经济和管理，并且被文学和娱乐活动 影响了。
What began some 1500 years ago as a crude language, originally spoken by little known German tribes who invaded England, now covers the globe.
1500年前它本来只是侵略英国的小日耳曼部落说的粗鲁的一个语言，现在他覆盖整个地球。
粗俗(i feel you can make it more simple)
(这是文章的第一部分)
