them:French, German
and
Dutch/Flemish.However,there are now 15 countries in the EU,with a total of 12 languages.EU documents must be translated into all these languages,and at official meetings the speeches must be translated into all the languages by interpreters.
All
this
translating
is
very
expensive
and
time consuming(费时的).It is said that nearly half of all employees of the EU are engaged in translating documents and speeches,and nearly half of the EU's administrative(管理方面的)costs are spent on this task.In the near future it is probably that several more countries,most of them having their own languages,will join the EU,thus making the situation even worse.The problem is not just
cost:there
are
practical difficulties as well.With 12 languages,there are 132 possible “translation situations” that might be needed.It is often difficult to find people in the right place at the right time who can translate from (for example) Danish into Greek,or Dutch into Portuguese,at a high professional standard.
In practice the problem has been made less severe by the use of English in many contacts between EU officials,since almost all of them speak some English.However,any move to reduce the number of official languages(perhaps to four or five)would be a blow to the price of the smaller countries.Another commonly suggested solution is to make English the official language for all EU business.However,this is strongly resisted by powerful member countries like France and Germany.
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