Is the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union going to deal a fatal blow to the language of Shakespeare on the continent? English, one of the 24 official languages of the EU, is very much spoken in Brussels and in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. But according to certain leading French politicians, its status after the Brexit should be questioned. 英国脱离欧盟会对英语在欧洲大陆的使用产生致命的影响吗?英语,是欧盟24种官方语言之一,在布鲁塞尔和欧洲议会所在地斯特拉斯堡都非常盛行。但是据某法国政要说,英国脱欧后,英语的地位也应受到质疑。 On Friday morning, the mayor of the southern French town of Béziers, Robert Ménard — a man with close ties to the National Front — reckoned that English no longer had “any legitimacy” in Brussels. 法国南部城市贝济耶市市长罗伯特•麦纳德与国民阵线有非常密切的联系,周五上午,他说他猜测英语在布鲁塞尔不再具有“任何合法性”。 |