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欧盟东扩之后翻译工作评估报告 2005-02-03 10:24 （欧盟1月17日快讯）欧盟委员会翻译总司(SCIC)在欧盟东扩8个月之后对口译工作的现状进行了评估。在由25个成员国组成的欧盟内部提供多语种口译并非易事，其培训方式、工作流程、管理方式值得我部借鉴。 Brussels, 13 January 2004 Interpretation: where do we stand 8 months after Enlargement? The European Union is entering its first full calendar year with 25 Member States and 20 official languages. The scale of its multilingual regime makes it unique in the world, and to some the extra work it creates for its institutions may seem, at first sight, to outweigh the advantages. But there are special reasons for it. The Union passes laws directly binding on its citizens and companies, and as a matter of simple natural justice they and their courts must have a version of the laws they have to comply with or enforce in a language they can understand. Everyone in the Union is also entitled and encouraged to play a part in building it, and must be able to do it in their own language. Incorporating nine new official languages ? Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovene ? into the system at one go in May 2004 was an unprecedented situation for the Commission, and its language services have had to adopt some innovative approaches to solving the resulting challenges. Now that the initial dust has settled, the time is ripe for a review of the situation so far. 1. Who is responsible for what in terms of interpretation in the EU institutions? The EU Institutions carry on the most intense, ongoing political and technical conference in the world. The Directorate General for Interpretation (SCIC) provides quality interpretation in meetings arranged by the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Investment Bank and other bodies and agencies of the European Union located in the Member States. DG Interpretation also provides a conference organising capacity to the Commission services. The European Parliament and t