Towards a multilingual modus operandi in the European Union

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https://doi.org/10.7203/Just.2.24859

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Multilingüisme, Unió Europea, política lingüística, traducció, intercomprensió, justícia lingüística

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El multilingüisme és un dels pilars de la Unió Europea (UE), consagrat en els seus tractats i celebrat en el seu lema, "unió en la diversitat". Tot i això, el multilingüisme ja no té cartera pròpia a la Comissió, en haver estat sistemàticament degradat i estar ara sota els auspicis de la Direcció General de Traducció, una direcció que, tanmateix, no compta amb una unitat dedicada al multilingüisme. A més, amb l'auge de l'anglès com a llengua franca no oficial de la UE, cada vegada es produeix més material en anglès i no es tradueix en absolut. Per tant, cal preguntar-se si els règims lingüístics i de traducció de facto de la UE entren en contradicció amb els tractats. A partir d'una sèrie de fils transdisciplinars procedents principalment de la lingüística, la ciència política i la filosofia política, aquest article avalua el règim lingüístic actual de la UE, alhora que examina diferents models de justícia lingüística, drets lingüístics i valor de la llengua per proposar un nou modus operandi lingüístic per a la UE, basat en tres girs: (1) lingüístic, (2) traductor i (3) transcultural.

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Alice Leal, University of the Witwatersrand

Departament d'Estudis de Traducció i Interpretació

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Leal, Alice. 2023. “Towards a Multilingual Modus Operandi in the European Union”. Just. Journal of Language Rights & Minorities, Revista De Drets Lingüístics I Minories 2 (1). València, ES:149-76. https://doi.org/10.7203/Just.2.24859.
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