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Multilingualism, in the EU’s view, is an important element of Europe’s competitiveness. One of the objectives of the EU’s language policy is therefore for every EU citizen to master two languages in addition to their mother tongue.
One of the EU’s founding principles is multilingualism. This policy aims to: communicating with its citizens in their own languages; protecting Europe’s rich linguistic diversity; promoting language learning in Europe; This is a unique approach, unequalled by multilingual countries or international organisations.
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The importance of multilingualism. Language competences are at the heart of building the European Education Area. They are indispensable for mobility, cooperation and mutual understanding across borders. The co-existence of many languages in Europe is a powerful symbol of the European Union's (EU) aspiration to be united in diversity, one of ...
In the EU, multilingualism is understood as 'the ability of societies, institutions, groups and individuals to engage, on a regular basis, with more than one language in their day-to-day lives'. The EU's multilingualism policy has three goals: to encourage language learning and promote linguistic diversity.
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The European Parliament is committed to ensuring the highest possible degree of multilingualism in its work. Based on the 24 official languages that constitute the public face of the EU, the total number of linguistic combinations rises to 552, since each language can be translated into the 23 others. Currently, over 600 staff employed in ...
Towards a translation turn in the EU. The EUs translation practices and ideologies are at odds with its goals to respect, protect. ’. and foster multilingualism across the bloc. As argued elsewhere (Leal, 2013, 2016, 2020, 2021), the EUs conicted stance towards translation and language in general can be con-. ’ fl.
