Does translation support multilingualism in the EU ? Promises and reality – the example of G erman

Bibliographic Data

ID12114234
AuthorsUlrich Ammon (University of Duisburg-Essen, corresponding author), Jan Kruse (University of Duisburg-Essen), Jan Peter Kruse (0000-0003-1460-1547, University of Duisburg-Essen, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume23
Issue1
Pages15-30
Publication date2013-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0802-6106 • E-ISSN: 1473-4192
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ijal.12017
OpenAlexW1911306412
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

The translation services of the E uropean U nion ( EU ) are meant to guarantee that EU institutions can, and actually do, communicate with member states in these states' own official languages, as long as they have been bestowed the status of official EU languages (Council Regulation No 1, Articles 1–5). Though it is well‐known among EU politicians that reality falls short of this objective, there is no serious discussion about this, let alone an attempt to bring reality in line with the Regulation. As the following study of the EU Commission's communication with the G erman national parliament ( Bundestag ) shows, actual practice does contrast sharply with the EU politicians' never‐ending eulogy on multilingualism. Such eulogy instead seems to be part of an ideology which serves to calm down concerns from traditional competitors of E nglish as an international language such as, in particular, speakers of F rench, G erman, I talian or S panish, the status and function of whose languages suffer most from the present practice

Business · Commission · Eulogy · European commission · European union · International trade · Linguistics · Multilingualism · Parliament · Political science · Politics · European and International Law Studies · Law · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy · Translation Studies and Practices

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