Files:DescriptionFile size FormatBrowse Fulltext0.05 MBPDF
(requires Acrobat Reader)Previous | Next Authors:Björn Melander:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden Publication title:Svenska
tjänstemäns åsikter om EU-texter Conference:Svenskans
beskrivning 24. Förhandlingar vid Tjugofjärde sammankomsten för
svenskans beskrivning Publication type: Abstract and Fulltext
Article No.:015 Abstract:A much-debated issue in Sweden during
recent years is the linguistic consequences of Sweden’s
membership of the European Union. One of the aspects that has
been particularly focused on is the risk of a deterioration of
the quality of the language used in Swedish public documents.
Within the various EU-bodies a large amount of texts are
translated into Swedish from mainly French and English
originals. These translations have been accused of being full of
"translationese", marked by long and syntactically complicated
sentences, and of not following user-friendly dispositions etc.
This article presents results from a questionnaire dist