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Fri 02 Feb 2009English loses dominance in European Commission as interpreters retire
ENGLISH WILL soon be overtaken as the dominant linguistic force within the European Commission’s interpreting services.
The commission said yesterday it is set to lose one-third of its English language interpreters by 2015 due to retirement and a shortage of new recruits, which means there will soon be more French, German and Italian interpreters working within its institutions.
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