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　　外语专业的同学在选择语种专业的时候一般都有自己的考虑，学法语的同学可能喜欢法式浪漫，学德语的同学或是惊叹于德国式严谨，学英语的同学大概是想世界各地畅行无忧吧。不过，据外媒报道，近两年，中国大学生选择学习葡萄牙语和西班牙语的人数猛增，并称这和中国在拉美国家的影响力扩大有很大关系。

　　Fangming started learning Portuguese, it was with an eye to becoming a top Chinese diplomat in Brazil.

　　张方明(音)当初学习葡萄牙语的时候，他的理想是成为中国驻巴西的一名优秀外交官。

　　For Sun Jianglin, a Portuguese degree was about landing a job, but also a deeper knowledge of Brazilian music. “Bossa nova!” the 19-year-old undergraduate cooed. “I really like this kind-of-close-to-jazz music!”

　　而对孙江琳(音)来说，拿到葡萄牙语学位不仅是为了找工作，也是为了更深入地了解巴西音乐。“巴萨诺瓦!”这位19岁的本科生说，“我非常喜欢这种类似爵士乐的音乐!”

　　The pair – who also go by the names Rodrigo and Antonia – are part of a new generation of Chinese students hoping a mastery of Latin America’s languages coupled with their country’s expanding role in the region will prove a recipe for success.

　　两人的葡萄牙语名字分别是罗德里戈和安东尼娅。他们所代表的新一代中国学生希望，对于拉美语言的熟练掌握再加上中国在该地区不断扩大的影响力，会使他们走向成功。

　　Twenty years ago – before a commodities boom made China Brazil’s top trading partner – ties between the two were negligible and few Chinese students studied Brazil’s official language, which has more than 220m native speakers worldwide. Today, record numbers are doing so, wagering it will guarantee them work as diplomats, interpreters or lawyers for Chinese ministries or firms in the Lusophone world.

　　20年前，在商品热潮令中国成为巴西最大的贸易伙伴之前，两国之间的关系还不紧密，学习巴西官方语言葡萄牙语的中国学生寥寥无几，而全世界以葡萄牙语为母语的人口超过2.2亿。如今，学习葡萄牙语的中国学生人数创下了历史纪录，因为他们认为学习葡萄牙语能让自己成为中国的政府机构和公司派驻葡语国家的外交官、翻译或律师。

　　“There’s a saying: ‘Learning Portuguese will help you find a good job, with good pay!’” said Sun, a second-year student at China’s leading language school, the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU).

　　孙江琳说：“很多人说，学葡萄牙语能帮你找到高薪工作。”她是来自北京外国语大学的一名大学二年级学生。

　　There has also been an explosion in the study of Spanish – spoken in many Latin American nations – with about 20,000 Chinese undergraduates in 2016 choosing the language, up from just 500 in 1999, according to official figures.

　　学习西班牙语的人数也呈现出爆炸式增长，许多拉美国家都说西班牙语。根据官方数据，2016年有大约2万名中国本科生选择学习西班牙语，而1999年仅有500人。

　　Margaret Myers, the head of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Asia and Latin America program, said more and more Latin America departments were opening in China because of a push to foster regional experts.

　　美洲国家对话组织亚洲与拉美项目负责人玛格丽特·迈尔斯说，中国开设了越来越多的拉美语言院系，因为中国在大力培养该地区问题专家。