Le anglese - un lingua autodestructive?
Si nos vole que le Union Europee es un democratic association de nationes soveran e equal nos besonia e merita un lingua neutral pro uso in cosas practic.
Tal lingua existe: INTERLINGUA! Granfraternal linguas hegemonistic como le anglese, germano e francese face un grave menacia a culturas e linguas de parve nationes europee."Unite in le diversitate!" es le motto del Union Europee.Vamos usar interlingua in communication in cosas practic!
Vamos usar nostre linguas national in altere cosas
e relegar le linguas granfraternal
a lor position proprie, equal inter equales, non plus, non minus!
Brussels is creating a ghastly
'Euro-English'Sunday Telegraph (London), 18th November 2001:
by Daniel Hannan
The European Union's normally placid interpreters are in revolt. They are convinced that they are going to have to bear the full strain of the next enlargement round.
The Commission has announced that it wants to admit 10 new countries at the beginning of 2004, increasing the number of official languages from 11 to 20. Of course, the increase in language combinations is geometric, not arithmetic: admitting Estonia will mean finding interpreters who can work from Greek into Estonian, Slovene into Estonian, Estonian into Portuguese and so on.
One way of getting around the problem would be to reduce the number of recognised working languages, but the smaller states have understandably refused to countenance this. Instead, a new report by the European parliament calls for a dual strategy to cope with expansion. First, more use of the so-called "relay" system, whereby speakers are translated into a single common language - almost invariably English - which is then interpreted at second hand into all the others. Second, a requirement that interpreters learn how to work into languages other than their mother tongues.
The interpreters have reacted to these proposals with unfeigned horror. The latest issue of their newsletter, Lingua Franca, is a sustained attack on the MEPs' scheme. The Finns, currently the only translators who have to work into foreign languages with any regularity, complain that they are being driven to distraction by the strain.
My sympathies are firmly with the interpreters. For one thing, they are about the only people in Brussels who actually work for their living. For another, the equality of national languages is one of the few remaining signs that the EU is an association of states, and not a state in its own right.
Above all, though, the generalised use of English by foreign interpreters is bound to have an adverse impact on the quality of our own language. Already, a ghastly Euro-English is growing up in Brussels: unadorned, functional and largely present tense.
This is mainly the fault of the British. Embarrassed at always being addressed in our own tongue, and determined to fit in, we tend to over-simplify our speech. Worse, we litter it ostentatiously with Euro-jargon, some of which is filtering back into Britain itself.
When, for example, before about 10 years ago, did you ever hear the word "subsidiarity"? When did we start saying "derogation" instead of opt-out or waiver? When did "competence" begin to mean jurisdiction rather than skill?
Even writing styles can become continentalised. After a few years in Brussels, one finds oneself using capital letters inappropriately, writing surnames in upper case throughout, signing letters at the bottom right. Last week, I actually caught myself addressing someone to his face as "dear colleague" - a horrible early sign that I may, after all, be going native.
- Daniel Hannan is a Conservative MEP for South East England.
Brussel/Bruxelles crea un typo de horribile 'euro-anglese'Sunday Telegraph (London), 18th November 2001:
by Daniel Hannan
Le normalmente placide interpretes del Union Europee son in revolta. Illes son convincite que illes debera supportar le integre effortio del proxime augmentation del Union.
Le Commission ha annunciate que illo vole admitter 10 nove paises al comencio de 2004, augmentante le numero de linguas official desde 11 a 20. Claro que le augmento in combinationes es geometric e non arithmetic: le admission de Estonia significara que on debera trovar interpretes qui pote travaliar desde Grec a Estonian, Slovenian a Estonian, Estonian a Portugese, etc.
Un maniera de resolver le problema serea reducer le numero de linguas recognoscite pro traduction, ma le paises plus parve ha comprensibilemente refusate a acceptar isto. In vice de illo, un nove reporto per le parlamento Europee clama pro un strategia duple pro tractar con le problema del expansion. Primo, plus uso del assi appellate systema "relay", ubi parlatores son traducite a un singule lingua in commun - quasi invariabilemente le Anglese - le qual es tunc interpretate de secunde mano a tote le altere linguas. Secundo, le requirimento que interpretes apprende como travaliar a linguas altere que su lingua materne.
Le interpretes ha respondite con horror al propositiones. Le ultime edition de su periodico, Lingua Franca, ha un sustenite attacco contra le schermo del MEP. Le Finlandeses, currentemente le unic traductores qui debe travaliar a linguas estranier con alicun regularitate, se plange que illes son fortiate a distraction per le effortio.
Mi sympathia es firmemente con le interpretes. In un mano illes pare ser le unic personas in Brussel qui vermente travalia pro viver. In le altere, le equalitate de linguas national es un del pauc signos remanente que le EU es un association de statos, e non un stato in se mesme.
Super toto, malgrado le uso generalisate del anglese per interpretes estranier, illo habera un impacto adverse al qualitate de nostre lingua. Jam, un horribile euro-anglese cresce in Brussels: non-adornate, functional e in grande parte solmente in le tempore verbal del presente.
Isto es in grande mesura le culpa del britannicos. Vergoniate que alteres sempre parla con illes in su proprie lingua anglese, e determinate que illes debe esser acceptate, le "britannicos" super-simplifica le lingua anglese. Pejor, lo bastardisa continuentemente con euro-jargon, alicuno que nunc infiltra mesmo a Britannia ipse.
Quando, per exemplo, ante dece annos retro, ascoltava vos le parola "subsidiario"? Quando comenciava nos dicer "derogation" in vice de "opt-out" o "waiver"? Quando deveniva "competentia" un "jurisdiction" in vice de "esser competente"?
Mesmo le stylos de scriber pote devenir continentalisate. Depost alicun annos in Brussel, on se trova a se mesme usante litteras "majuscule" inappropriatemente, scribente nomines familiar in litteras grande sempre, e le signatura del litteras al dextre. Le ultime septimana, io trovava me ipse appellante alicuno facie a facie como "car collega" - un horribile signo que jam io mesme forsan ambula como nativo.
- Daniel Hannan es un MEP Conservative pro Anglaterra Sud-Est.
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