[lg policy] Committee of the Regions (EU) Language Policy

[Harold Schiffman]

Language policy

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​ Our aim is to provide you with information in your own language - or one
you can understand - depending on what kind of information you are looking
for.
Official languages of the EU

Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French,
German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese,
Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish. And
as from 2012, Croatian.
Languages in which different information is published on the website of the
Committee of the Regions

   - *Website navigation structure * Published in the EU official
   languages.

   - *General information* Published in the EU official languages as and
   when it is translated.

   - *Official documents, documents of political importance, plenary
   session information and documents * Published in all EU official
   languages

   - *Information which is urgent or has a short lifespan (news,
events,…)*Not published in all languages. The choice of the
language(s) depends on
   the target audience of the information.

   - *Specialised information* (technical information, work in progress,
   calls for tender) Mainly published in English

   - *National and regional targeted information (Europe in my
region)*Published in the language of the country.

   - *Contact forms and answers to your messages* Messages can be submitted
   in any EU official language and answers are provided when possible in the
   same language. An alternative preferred language (English, French or
   German) is requested to ensure swift reply.


Surprised some information isn't available in your language?
Website visitors are sometimes surprised that a page isn't available in
their language.

Generally, the languages available on the Committee of the Regions website
depend on the following constraints:

   - *(legal) importance* – the public must have access to all official
   documents, so these are produced in all official languages. Other
   documents are translated only into the languages needed (for example,
   communication with national authorities, organisations or individuals);

   - *urgency* – to be relevant, some types of information need to be
   published rapidly. Since translation takes time, we prefer to publish
   quickly in the languages understood by the largest number of Europeans,
   rather than to wait for translations into all languages;

   - *cost-effectiveness* – to save taxpayers' money, for
   highly-specialised pages consulted only by a relatively small number of
   people, the concern is to ensure that most can understand the essence of
   the information;

   - *technical constraints* – managing a site in over 20 languages is
   highly complex, requiring a lot of human and financial resources;

   - *translation *– we only have (access to) limited numbers of
   translators and a limited budget for translation (all taxpayers' money).

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