Episode 159: How scientists view EU translations: the ‘Polish eurolect’

DGT Radio — Radio Lingvistika

‘Invisible heroes’ of the European Union. ‘Voice’ of the EU institutions. ‘A line of soldiers’ marching on a battlefield. These are some of the images used by scholars to describe EU translators at work.
Prof. Łucja Biel, from the University of Warsaw, shares with us her fascination with the ‘complex phenomenon’ of EU translations and the development of what researchers call ‘eurolects’. She explains her main findings regarding the ‘Polish eurolect’, which she studied at length.