Unit 4' Paraphrase

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Unit 4. Paraphrase
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1. The language policy in the European Union is
both ineffective and hypocritical, and its ideas
of linguistic equality and multilingualism are
costly and cumbersome illusions.
Paraphrase
The language policy in the European Union is
inefficient and unrealistic. That is to say,
making all the languages equal and keeping
different languages in an equal state in European
Union is costly if not impossible.
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2. Powerful translators lobbies fight for their
raison d'etre.
Paraphrase
The translators want to translate a variety of
languages to make a living. Here, raison d'etre
is a French word, which means reason for or
justification of sbs/sths existence.
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3. In the name of the high ideal of linguistic
equality a time-consuming, expensive and
increasingly intractable translation machinery is
maintained that is doing its best to translate
the illusion of equality into illusions of
multilingualism and translatability.
Paraphrase
For keeping the cumbersome illusion of making all
the languages equal, some huge translation
machinery is maintained to translate the various
languages, which costs a lot of time and money.
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4. English is no longer owned by its native
speakers because acculturation and nativisation
processes have produced a remarkable
diversification of the English language into many
non-native varieties.
Paraphrase
English is no longer only spoken by its native
speakers because cultural exchange has brought
about a variety of Englishes spoken by non-native
speakers of different mother tongues.
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• 5?And it is this deep diversity in the use of
  English by speakers with different mother tongues
  that invalidates the claim that English is an
  imperialist adversary, an eliminating killer
  language which English, we may ask?

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• 6. Paradox as this may seem, the very spread of
  English can motivate speakers of other languages
  to insist on their own local language for
  identification, for binding them emotionally to
  their own cultural and historical tradition.