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It's quite a romantic idea and somehow I like it, but it will not happen and should not happen. There is one language that is understood/used much more in Euro
by Nux 13y ago
It's quite a romantic idea and somehow I like it, but it will not happen and should not happen.
There is one language that is understood/used much more in Europe than any others and that language is English, it's also the one language that is understood in most if not all civilised corners of the planet. The cognitive and all other efforts implied to change this would be just too big.
European nations hold dear to their languages, some more than others, but slowly and surely this grasp will weaken: your films are in English, your internet is in English, your smartphone defaults to English, your code comments are in English and so on.
For those who love Latin, English is not such a bad language to use; its lexicon is ~30% based on Latin.
- wolfgke 13y agoWhat is criticised (especially from French or German native speakers) is that most European languages are more exact in their wording and grammar than English. Thus translating from English into such a language (French or especially German) often involves interpreting what the author probably meant and express it more exactly. This especially makes automatic English -> German translations particular dreaded for computer-generated translations.