芬蘭語的15變格
Not all languages are created equal when it comes to learning difficulty.
語言的學習難度都不盡相同。
All men are created equal. 人生而平等。when it comes to說到...
Some would argue that Mandarin is the most difficult language in the world while some Taiwanese students would say that English remains the most intimidating subject in school.
有些人認為中文是世上最困難的語言，而也有些台灣學生會說英文仍是學校最讓人害怕的科目。
argue (v.)爭論,主張,認為intimidating (adj.)嚇人的,令人害怕的
The point is that a language that is difficult for a Chinese speaker might be less so for someone who speaks German or French, meaning students are not created equal, either.
重點是一個對中文母語者來說很困難的語言可能對母語是德文或法文的人來說沒那麼困難，這意味著學生的起跑點也不盡相同。
However, the language that is constantly voted as the most difficult language to master, even by linguists, is Finnish.
然而，有一個經常被票選為最難以精通的語言，甚至連語言學家也都如此認為，就是芬蘭語。
master (v.)精通,掌握linguist (n.)語言學家；linguistics (n.)語言學
Finnish has a reputation for being a tricky language to learn.
芬蘭語眾所皆知是個難以駕馭的語言。
reputation (n.)名聲；have a reputation for 因….而為人所知tricky (adj.)棘手的,難對付的
It is often said that it is Finnish’s linguistic ties to Hungarian, another difficult language that also belongs to the Finno-Ugrian group, which makes it so hard to learn.
大家經常說這是因為它跟匈牙利語有關聯，匈牙利語也是一個隸屬芬蘭烏戈爾語族的困難語言，這就是為何芬蘭語如此難學的原因。
ties (n.)關係belong to 屬於；是……的一員
The 15 grammatical cases in Finnish make it a challenging task to learn the language because even the smallest change at the end of the word can significantly change its meaning.
芬蘭語中的15個變格是讓它如此具挑戰性的原因，因為字尾的一點小變化就能大幅地改變它的意思。
case (n.)(文法上的)格significantly (adv.)大幅地,顯著地
Words can grow as long as they need to by adding various suffixes.
只要在字的後面加上各種字尾就能讓字變得很長。
suffix (n.)字尾,後綴；prefix (n.)字首,前綴；(例如：incredibly，-ly是suffix，in-是prefix)
It is quite magical, isn’t it? Tolkien, the author of “The Lord of the Rings,” developed his language of the elves based on this tricky yet fascinating language.
這真的很神奇，不是嗎？托爾金，也就是《魔戒》的作者，根據這個困難但美妙的語言發展出書中精靈的語言。
develop (v.)發展,開發base sth. on sth. 以……為基礎fascinating (adj.)迷人的,極好的；fascinate (v.)深深吸引,迷住