|
The News site for Linguists |
|
|
|
18-12-2006
The cost of translation in Europe
|
 Brussels, Belgium (SNA): Asserting cultural identity may be more important in the growing European club. Ireland's decision has raised the stakes for other countries. Last year Spain requested semi-official status for Catalan, Galician and Basque. The Spanish government will foot the bill for translation services for Spaniards who prefer to use those languages. Welsh nationalist politicians are now lobbying the British government to get the same deal for Welsh, although not so far to any effect. Getting national governments to pick up the tab for using regional languages can keep the EU's costs down. In 2005 the union spent some EUR 1.1 B (USD 1.4 billion) on translation and interpretation.
For more information, please visit:
www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=74104
|
 write a comment
 Email this article to a friend
For more information on the services available, click here.
|
|
|
