Re: CHAT: The EU expands (was Re: THEORY/CHAT: Talmy,

Stephen Mulraney wrote:
> Ok, to turn the question around, what's the status of Maltese? Obviously
> it's official, but is it the main language of communication between almost
> everyone, and the main language of public & political discourse, or is it,
> like Irish in Ireland, officially the main language, but not in practice?
>
> s.
As far as I know, and I learnt this *before* May 1, Eire was the only
member state of the EU that did not require proceedings to be translated
into it's (other) national language of Gaelic, even though it's still
regarded as an official language.

To my knowledge, the daily proceedings of the Maltese government (are
the nationals called Maltesers? Just a thought ;)) are in Maltese, and
certainly daily communications are in Maltese too. Thus I'd hazard a
guess that Maltese would be yet another market for translators in Brussel :)

Livi