The Translation Industry and the European Union
On Thursday 13th of September 2012, Ms Pinuccia Contino, Head of Unit of Multilingualism and Translation Studies at the Directorate General for Translation (DGT), European Commission, delivered a...
View ArticleLanguage Policies & The Translation Business
Language policies have been shaped by history and are therefore always a sensitive topic to discuss. Still, in the language services industry it is important to keep abreast of changes in language...
View ArticleLinguistic diversity in Europe: the threat from within?
“My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years.” This quote...
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