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Thu 02 Feb 2009English language interpreters become endangered species
The English language will soon be deposed as the dominant linguistic force within the European Commission's interpreting services, it was revealed today.
The Commission is set to lose one third of its English language interpreters by 2015 due to retirement and a shortage of new recruits means there will soon be more French, German and even Italian interpreters working within its institutions.
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