The form of Dutch spoken in the northern part of Belgium, in the region called Flanders. Two things are worth knowing.

The form of Dutch spoken in the northern part of Belgium比利時北部所說的荷蘭語, in the region called Flanders也就是法蘭德斯地區. Two things are worth knowing有兩件事值得知道.

First, it sounds like German to an outsider's ear because it is a Germanic language, but it is genuinely Dutch — a Flemish speaker and a Dutch speaker from the Netherlands can understand each other easily, the way a Taiwanese speaker and a Beijing speaker can. The differences are in accent, some vocabulary and a softer sound. In fact Belgian officials call the language 'Dutch' (Nederlands), and 'Flemish' is more the everyday name for the Belgian variety.

First第一, it sounds like German to an outsider's ear它在外人耳裡聽起來像德語 because it is a Germanic language因為它是一種日耳曼語, but但 it is genuinely Dutch它其實是道地的荷蘭語 — a Flemish speaker and a Dutch speaker from the Netherlands說法蘭德斯語的人和荷蘭本土的荷蘭語使用者 can understand each other easily可以輕鬆互相理解, the way a Taiwanese speaker and a Beijing speaker can就像台灣人和北京人彼此能聽懂一樣. The differences不同之處 are in accent, some vocabulary and a softer sound在於腔調、一些詞彙,以及較柔和的發音. In fact事實上, Belgian officials比利時官方 call the language 'Dutch' (Nederlands)把這個語言稱為「荷蘭語」（Nederlands）, and而 'Flemish'「法蘭德斯語」 is more the everyday name for the Belgian variety比較是日常對比利時這個變體的稱呼.

Second, the word is also an adjective for anything from Flanders — Flemish painters (Rubens, Van Eyck, Bruegel), Flemish towns, Flemish food. As a noun it can also mean the people.

Second第二, the word這個詞 is also an adjective也是形容詞 for anything from Flanders指任何來自法蘭德斯的事物 — Flemish painters法蘭德斯畫家 (Rubens, Van Eyck, Bruegel魯本斯、范艾克、布勒哲爾), Flemish towns法蘭德斯的城鎮, Flemish food法蘭德斯的食物. As a noun當名詞用, it can also mean也可以指 the people當地的人民.

Always capitalised, because it comes from a place name.

Always capitalised永遠要大寫, because因為 it comes from a place name它來自一個地名.