Nothing new here: Europe means translation, and the more we have of both, the better. The main features of this text can be found in the speeches of virtually all well-interpreted members of the European Parliament, in the glossy brochures of virtually any translation school in Europe, in the introduction to several hundred well-meaning publications on European translation. This means that translation has pride of place.' 'The European Union that is being constructed is unique in that it is not only multilingual but also seeks to respect its linguistic and cultural specificities through the use of all languages in its debates. If I may translate (and I don't intend to outlaw the practice): 'La communautГ© europГ©enne qui est en train de se construire possГЁde cette caractГ©ristique unique d'ГЄtre multilingue et de prГ©tendre respecter les particularismes linguistiques et culturels par l'usage de toutes les langues lors de ses dГ©bats, c'est dire que la traduction y occupe une place de choix.' (Colloque Europe et traduction, Artois, March 1996)

In which it is argued that there is too much translation in Europe, that effective integration depends on degrees of nontranslated communication, and that an exclusive focus on translation seriously obscures our vision of a unified future.ДЄ few months ago I attended a translation-studies conference where the official programmatic text began as follows:

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