just to let you know

translating booms in the EU

BBC correspondent Angus Roxburgh seems to have a problem with it.

Lamenting on that "the tower (nb. of Bable) grows and grows" and complaining that an estonian interpreter's work won't be understood back in her home country anyway (how insulting is that).

All in all an article that's written by someone who probably is not appreciating the versatility and differences of other languages.

But maybe he is right: let us all switch to English - at least we can then appreciate the multicultural views and opinions Brits have about people in "Europe" (as they say when they talk about the continent - almost suggesting they are not part of it) even more. This also shows that even geography and EU treaties suddenly gain a different perspective if looked at the british way.

Let's all go English - we don't know what we're missing.

Posted by Michael at April 8, 2004 10:09 AM