EU language wars

[Ashendant]

There have been fights in the EU where they want their language to be important in the EU single Patent law Which what language does EU recognise(and translating costs are high)

It goes like this:

Commission propose single patent in English
France and Germany wants their language in
France and Germany get their language in
Italy and Spain doesn't want German and French in, either you put everything or you put English only
Germany and France get into Fisticuffs with Italy and Spain
Belgium proposes English only now, German and French later when machines are good to translate, with having a discussion about it, when the machines are good to translate
Italy Concedes
Spain Still goes at fisticuffs wanting it's Spanish in

[AtheistPhil]

There have been fights in the EU where they want their language to be important in the EU single Patent law Which what language does EU recognise(and translating costs are high)

It goes like this:

Commission propose single patent in English
France and Germany wants their language in
France and Germany get their language in
Italy and Spain doesn't want German and French in, either you put everything or you put English only
Germany and France get into Fisticuffs with Italy and Spain
Belgium proposes English only now, German and French later when machines are good to translate, with having a discussion about it, when the machines are good to translate
Italy Concedes
Spain Still goes at fisticuffs wanting it's Spanish in

The different languages in the EU have always been a source of problems They require a shitload of translators, as there are more than one hundred ways of translation needed, and that costs way too much money.

The pragmatic solution would be to use English but that would be unfair to every non English speaking countries because it would create a cultural influence/domination (and it would be the same with French, Spanish or German).
A good solution would be to choose a language not affiliated with any country or culture and whose sole purpose would be to make everyone understand each other (such as Esperanto). But unfortunately the EU has always been reluctant to try that solution.

[Skipper]

Coming from an English man this may seem a bit biased but the simple way is to just all use English. It is the most widely used language and a lot of EU countries have a large portion of their population who use it fluently as a second language.

[theVOID]

Make an official EU language with features from all the languages, then they can spend the next 3 decades arguing about the dictionary!

[leo-rcc]

If you are going with the most spoken language you would need to translate to Chinese and Hindi, before English. Then it would be Spanish, Arabic, and Bengali.
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/mo...guages.htm

However, if it is for communication in technology, the best language would be Chinese and English. Most of the manufacturing countries in the world adopt English as the main language of communication.

[Shinylight]

I think choosing a constructed language such as Interlingua would be best.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingua

[leo-rcc]

I think choosing a constructed language such as Interlingua would be best.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingua

That's been tried before with Esperanto. It fell flat on its face.

[Shinylight]

That's been tried before with Esperanto. It fell flat on its face.

Making it compulsory to learn fluently as a second language would work, we live in times when communication between states is vital and translators are becoming expensive, I believe that something like this needs to be done to save time and money.

[leo-rcc]

That's been tried before with Esperanto. It fell flat on its face.

Making it compulsory to learn fluently as a second language would work, we live in times when communication between states is vital and translators are becoming expensive, I believe that something like this needs to be done to save time and money.

We are doing that with English already. At this very moment no less.

[Cando]

Each country will always use their own language. Even during the roman empire, latin was only used in administration, law, and a few other official areas. Other than that, each area continued speaking its own language. It will be no different under the EU fascist superstate. And that's a fact. Don't even try to deny it.