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SUMMARY:Institutional multilingualism: theories\, policies and practices o
 f language and law in the EU - Javier Moreno-Rivero (PhD student\, Theoret
 ical and Applied Linguistics\, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages\, 
 University of Cambridge)
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DESCRIPTION:The European continent is widely known for its multilingualism
 . As compared to other geopolitical powers (as it is the case of the Unite
 d States\, the Commonwealth\, China\, or the Islamic world\, for instance)
 \, there is no one-and-only language tied to a European identity. At the m
 oment\, there are 24 official languages in the European Union. With the ai
 m to ensure communication among Member States\, the EU founded the Directo
 rate-General for Translation and the Directorate-General for Interpretatio
 n\, which are entrusted the task of overcoming language barriers among its
  citizens. Nevertheless\, although all the EU official languages hold an e
 qual status\, there is a disguised hierarchy (Nic Craith 2006 and Biel 201
 4) organizing languages in accordance with their use in institutions that 
 increases disparities already existing in national domains.\n\nThe main ob
 jective of this paper is to assess the implications of the language regime
  of the EU institutions. Firstly\, it will describe the evolution of langu
 age and translation policies in the European Union. Secondly\, I will put 
 a particular focus on the role of legal translation in these institutions\
 , and will explore the ways in which translation embodies the hegemonic mu
 ltilingualism (Krzyzanowsky & Wodak 2010) within the European Union. Final
 ly\, by presenting a practical case study from Spain\, the potential futur
 e directions in the development of institutional multilingualism will be d
 iscussed.
LOCATION:Seminar Room G\, Second Floor\, 17 Mill Lane\, Cambridge\, CB2 1R
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