The Anglo-Saxons spoke a  Germanic language before the Normans arrived, but when William became king, he made  French the language of the court.

在诺曼人到来之前，盎格鲁撒克逊人讲的是日耳曼语，但当威廉成为国王后，他将法语定为宫廷语言。

While Anglo-Norman was the verbal language of the court, administration and culture, though, Latin was mostly used for written language, especially by the Church and in official records.

虽然盎格鲁-诺曼语是宫廷、行政和文化的口头语言， 但拉丁语主要用于书面语言， 尤其是在教会和官方记录中。