English and Translation in the European Union

Alice Leal is Senior Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Table of contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Language, meaning and identity: From mother tongue to lingua franca

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The classical paradigm and its legacy: Logos and affections of the soul

1.3 A historical note on the rise of vernaculars: Cuius regio, eius lingua

1.4 The Enlightenment and its legacy: Language as an instrument for communication, as divine logos and as a nation’s genius

1.5 Linguistic turn and pragmatic turn: The enduring appeal of universalism

1.6 Postmodernism, poststructuralism, deconstruction: Beyond the dichotomy universalism versus relativism

1.7 Introducing a lingua franca

1.8 Multiples Englishes: Competing paradigms in liberation linguistics

1.9 English as lingua franca: A neutral instrument for communication?

1.10 Final remarks

Further reading

References

2. The EU and English as a "lingua franca": De jure multilingualism versus de facto monolingualism

2.1 Introduction

2.2 De jure multilingualism: Herder would be proud

2.3 The pecking order of EU languages: English, the other 23, European languages with no EU status, non-territorial and migrant languages

2.4 De facto monolingualism: Lockean instrumentality and the EU’s "lingua franca"

2.5 One language for communication, many for identification: Pernicious paradox or harmonic reality?

2.6 Language policy: What, why, how?

2.7 Education language policies: Foreign language teaching in the EU

2.8 Final remarks

Further reading

References

3. Translation and the EU: The tension between unity versus multiplicity

3.1 Introduction

3.2 EU language services: Setup, numbers and language regimes

3.3 Translations that are originals that are translations

3.4 Translations and originals: From belabouring the (seemingly) obvious to breaking free from the dichotomy

3.5 Intraduisible, intradução, untranslatable: Back with a bang

3.6 Unity versus multiplicity and the EU’s double responsibility: A necessary aporia

3.7 "Invent gestures, discourses, politico-institutional practices": A language turn and a translation turn for a more multilingual EU

3.8 Final remarks

Further reading

References

4. The EU as a community in formation in the wake of Brexit: For a new linguistic regime

4.1 Introduction

4.2 "Together in disunity": The EU as a common market and a community of shared fate in formation

4.3 EU democracy, public sphere(s), nationalism and transnationalism: Juxtaposing and mixing identities

4.4 Language contact and language dynamic: Ligatures without options

4.5 Linguistic justice: English as friend and foe

4.6 The future of English in the world: ELF, EFL, ELT

4.7 The future of English in the EU in the wake of Brexit

4.8 Intercomprehension and transcultural skills: When others remain others

4.9 Final remarks

Further reading

References

5. The future of language and translation in the EU: A language turn, a translation turn and a transcultural turn

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Language turn

5.3 Translation turn

5.4 Transcultural turn

5.5 Urgent research needed

5.6 Final remarks

Further reading

References

Final Remarks

Annex: Interview with DG Translation