大学体验英语第四册 unit.pptVIP

Difficult Sentences The language policy in the European Union is both ineffective and hypocritical, … The language policy in the EU is inefficient and unrealistic. That is to say, making all the languages equal and keeping different languages in an equal state in EU is costly if not impossible. Difficult Sentences Powerful translators lobbies fight for their raison d etre. The translators want to translate a variety of languages to make a living. raison d etre: reason for sb. s existence Difficult Sentences In the name of the high ideal of linguistic equality a time- consuming, expensive and increasingly intractable translation machinery is maintained that is doing its best to translate the illusion of equality into illusions of multilingualism and translatability. Difficult Sentences For keeping the cumbersome illusion of making all the languages equal, some huge translation machinery is maintained to translate the various languages, which costs a lot of time and money. Difficult Sentences English in no longer “ owned ” by its native speakers because acculturation and nativisation processes have produced a remarkable diversification of the English language into many non-native varieties. Difficult Sentences English is no longer only spoken by its native speakers because cultural exchange has brought about a variety of English spoken by non-native speakers of different mother tongues. Summary The European Union decides to adopt a multi-approach in its organizations, therefore requiring all of its documents to be translated into each of the official language of the EU. While this is a costly and somewhat inefficient system, it does allow the EU to present an image of linguistic equality, which is symbolic of wi