Sunday, November 9, 2014

Swedish Academy warns of savings proposals against Terminology Centre – Swedish Radio

Swedish Academy warns of savings proposals against Terminology Centre – Swedish Radio

How is the Swedish language to keep up with technological developments? It asks critics after the government proposed to remove the government grant to Terminology Centre. Swedish Academy does now entering the criticism.

The government has proposed to grant to Terminologicentrum be deleted. Swedish Academy does now in the criticism of the proposal and warns of the consequences of what is a national center for Swedish jargon danger of disappearing

– There are enough points where such a small savings can make such a colossal injury. We are a language of caring institution constructed and have to see what this may have for the consequences, and we think it entirely lacks proportions between what you can win and what it could mean, said Peter Englund, the Swedish Academy’s permanent secretary.

What to say ; “At sign” or “at”, “computer” or “computer”, “plastic” or “plastic”?

The words Terminologicentrum designed have been many over the decades, and even though many people probably have not heard on Terminology Centre, we are all more or less dependent on the technical terms and words activities which have developed since the 1930s.

Terminology Centre, each year nearly 4.3 million from the state, as much from the industry and elsewhere where it is dependent on the new technical terms are accurate, general use and possible use of the Swedish language.

But the government’s budget is therefore proposed to the state from 2016 removing 4 million per in state subsidies, that is, almost everything.

– Without government support, we can not do what we do today, and neither do we have the platform to work from as you have when you have a government grant when you have a mission from the state, says Centre for Terminology president Karin Dellby in the P1 program language.

Swedish Academy Peter Englund now questioning whether it’s even compatible with the Swedish language law that the state takes away her hand from such an important part of language development.

Under the law, the state has a obligation to ensure that it is disseminated and Swedish terminology. But Industry Minister Michael Dambergs Secretary Eva Lindstrom could in the P1 program language does not answer whether Terminology Centre will remain in office or not:

– This one can always think about. In relation to the contribution that the company has today, it will be of course a sharp decline, she said.

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