Using, speaking, or written in several languages. It works two ways, and students should feel the difference. About a person: someone who can speak several languages — 'She is multilingual.' About a thing: made in several languages — a multilingual website, a multilingual sign at the airport, multilingual instructions in a medicine box.

Using, speaking, or written in several languages使用、說，或是用好幾種語言寫成的 It works two ways這個字有兩種用法 and students should feel the difference學生應該要感覺出這個差別 About a person指人的時候 someone who can speak several languages是指能說好幾種語言的人 'She is multilingual.'（像'She is multilingual.'她通曉多種語言） About a thing指東西的時候 made in several languages是指用好幾種語言做出來的 a multilingual website多語網站 a multilingual sign at the airport機場的多語標示 multilingual instructions in a medicine box藥盒裡的多語說明

In careful use, multilingual means more than two. For exactly two, people say bilingual, and bilingual is by far the more common word in everyday talk. If a friend says 'my kid is bilingual', they mean two.

In careful use講究一點的用法裡 multilingual means more than twomultilingual指的是兩種以上 For exactly two剛好是兩種語言的時候 people say bilingual大家會說bilingual and bilingual is by far the more common word in everyday talk而bilingual在日常對話裡常見得多 If a friend says 'my kid is bilingual'如果朋友說'my kid is bilingual' they mean two意思就是兩種語言

Multilingual sounds slightly grander and more official; you see it a lot in school policy, government documents, and job advertisements.

Multilingualmultilingual sounds slightly grander and more official聽起來比較氣派、比較正式一點 you see it a lot in school policy, government documents, and job advertisements你會在學校政策、政府文件、求職廣告裡常常看到它

There is also a looser, warmer use: people describe a city, a family, or a classroom as multilingual when several languages are simply in the air, even if no single person there speaks them all. Taipei's MRT announcements are multilingual in exactly this sense.

There is also a looser, warmer use還有一種比較鬆散、比較有溫度的用法 people describe a city, a family, or a classroom as multilingual大家會把一個城市、一個家庭，或一間教室說成multilingual when several languages are simply in the air只要好幾種語言就這樣在空氣中飄著 even if no single person there speaks them all就算裡面沒有任何一個人全部都會說 Taipei's MRT announcements台北捷運的廣播 are multilingual in exactly this sense就是這個意思上的multilingual

One more thing worth knowing: 'multilingual' says nothing about how well. A person who speaks four languages badly is still, technically, multilingual — which is why job ads usually add a level, like 'multilingual (fluent in English and Japanese)'.

One more thing worth knowing還有一件事值得知道 'multilingual' says nothing about how well'multilingual'完全沒說會說得多好 A person who speaks four languages badly一個把四種語言都說得很差的人 is still, technically, multilingual嚴格說起來，依然是multilingual which is why job ads usually add a level這也是為什麼求職廣告通常會加註程度 like 'multilingual (fluent in English and Japanese)'像'multilingual (fluent in English and Japanese)'（通曉多語，英文和日文流利）