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If you thought that English is the language of the 21st century, think again. In Europe, the future could be Latin.
假如你認為英語是21世紀的語言,最好再重新想想。在歐洲,拉丁文恐怕才是未來的語言。
In the EU, languages are big political business. Each member state fights fiercely for its national tongue, with EU texts routinely translated into all 23 of the bloc’s official languages.
在歐盟,語言可是重要的政治問題。所有會員國都拚命爭取其國家語言的地位,歐盟文件通常都會翻譯成23個會員國的官方語言。
But trouble starts when there is only room to use one word from one language - such as when creating an internet domain name.