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Quiz about Multilingualism in the European Union

Multilingualism in the European Union Quiz

This quiz is about multilingualism in the European Union.

A multiple-choice quiz by Beatka. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Beatka

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
95,212

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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980

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many official languages are there in the European Union? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many official languages were there in the original "Europe of Six" (1952-73)? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. What are the three most commonly used languages in the EU institutions? Hint

English, Polish, Spanish

English, French, German

French, English, Italian

Italian, Spanish, Maltese

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Question 4 of 10

4. You need to have graduated from a translation school in order to work as a staff translator for the EU institutions.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. What are the translators of the European Court of Justice called? Hint

legal translators

lawyer-linguists

lawyer-translators

translating lawyers

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the French acronym for the Joint Interpreting and Conference Service? Hint

CICS

JICS

SCIC

CISC

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the Machine Translation system called? Hint

SYSTRAN

TRANSLATOR's WORKBENCH

EURODICAUTOM

CELEX

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is Europanto? Hint

an artificial language

a new name for Esperanto

an official language of the European Union

nothing, it doesn't exist

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Question 9 of 10

9. What percent of the overall budget of the EU is the cost of translating and interpreting? Hint

0.8

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union, based in Luxembourg, provides translating services for: Hint

European Parliament

European Commission

Council

EU agencies

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many official languages are there in the European Union?

Answer: 23

There are 23 different official languages in the 27 member states of the European Union.

http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/languages/index_en.htm

2. How many official languages were there in the original "Europe of Six" (1952-73)?

Answer: 4

Those four languages were: Dutch, Italian, French and German. Luxembourg and Belgium's official languages are among those mentioned above.

3. What are the three most commonly used languages in the EU institutions?

Answer: English, French, German

Those languages are: English, French and German.

4. You need to have graduated from a translation school in order to work as a staff translator for the EU institutions.

Answer: False

Candidates for a job as translator in the EU must have degree or equivalent qualification either in languages or in any other specialised field (economics, law, science, etc). But they don't need to have graduated from a translation school.

5. What are the translators of the European Court of Justice called?

Answer: lawyer-linguists

You need to be a law graduate to work as a translator for the European Court of Justice, which is based in Luxembourg.

6. What is the French acronym for the Joint Interpreting and Conference Service?

Answer: SCIC

SCIC stands for: Service Commun Interpr�tation Conf�rences. It is under this acronym that the Joint Interpreting and Conference Service is widely known. SCIC provides interpreters for the institutions and agencies of the European Union.

7. What is the Machine Translation system called?

Answer: SYSTRAN

SYSTRAN, an acronym for System Translation, is a multilingual machine translation system. The European Commission version of the system - EC Systran - contains 18 language pairs, mostly involving English and French.

8. What is Europanto?

Answer: an artificial language

It is a kind of an artificial language (but not a very serious one), which is supposed to be understandable for all Europeans. It was created by Diego Marani, the chief translator and reviser employed in the Secretariat-General of the Council of the European Union.

Here is a sample sentence in Europanto: "Que would happen if, wenn Du open your computero, finde eine message in esta lingua?" You can find more information about Europanto at: http://www.europanto.be/.

9. What percent of the overall budget of the EU is the cost of translating and interpreting?

Answer: 0.8

Translating and interpreting in all European Union institutions amount to 0.8 percent of the total budget of the EU - which means only two Euros per every citizen of the EU per year.

10. The Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union, based in Luxembourg, provides translating services for:

Answer: EU agencies

The Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union, created in 1994, provides translating services for EU agencies and offices, such as Europol (European Police Office). The EP, Council and EC have their own translation services.

Source: Author Beatka

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