Esperanto is a language made on purpose in 1887 so people from different countries could talk without one side having to use the other’s mother tongue.

Esperanto is a language made on purpose in 1887Esperanto是一種在1887年特意創造出來的語言 so people from different countries could talk好讓不同國家的人可以溝通 without one side having to use the other's mother tongue不需要哪一邊去用對方的母語

A Polish-Jewish eye doctor, L. L. Zamenhof, published it. He signed the book Dr. Esperanto — in that language the name means something like “one who hopes” — and the name stuck.

A Polish-Jewish eye doctor一位波蘭猶太裔的眼科醫生, L. L. ZamenhofL. L. Zamenhof, published it把它出版了. He signed the book他在書上署名 Dr. EsperantoDr. Esperanto — in that language the name means something like “one who hopes”這個名字在那個語言裡的意思大概是「懷抱希望的人」 — and the name stuck這個名字就這樣被沿用下來了

The language was first called Lingvo Internacia, “international language.” The grammar is meant to be regular, and many word-pieces will feel familiar if you already know a European language, so learners can move faster than with a natural language.

The language was first called Lingvo Internacia, “international language.”這個語言一開始叫做Lingvo Internacia，也就是「國際語言」 The grammar is meant to be regular文法設計得很規則, and many word-pieces will feel familiar if you already know a European language如果你已經懂一種歐洲語言，很多字根會覺得眼熟, so learners can move faster than with a natural language所以學習者學起來會比學自然語言快

It never became the world’s shared tongue; though actually a living community still speaks it, writes in it, and holds meetings.

It never became the world's shared tongue它從來沒有變成全世界共通的語言; though actually a living community still speaks it, writes in it, and holds meetings不過其實還是有一群活生生的人在說它、用它寫作、開會

The English name is a borrowing of that same Esperanto word; it shows up in English by 1892.

The English name is a borrowing of that same Esperanto word英文裡的這個名字就是直接借用那個Esperanto字; it shows up in English by 1892它在1892年就已經出現在英文裡了