Britain has signed up to the official EU goal of teaching all schoolchildren two non-native European languages, but is resolutely monolingual.

英国已与欧盟签订协议，以使所有小学生学习两门英语之外的欧洲语言，可现在这沦为空谈。

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An act of Parliament would suffice for Britain to drop some more trifling vetoes, for example over the languages used inside EU institutions.

议会法案足够使英国放弃一些实在微不足道的否决权，比如说，在欧盟机构内使用何种语言问题上就没有必要再争了。

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I didn't say to abandon the native language, because the EU countries have many languages and they still accomplish a lot.

我没说要放弃母语，因为欧盟国家有许多不同的语言，但尽管如此，他们还能有这么多成就。

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EURid works with over 850 accredited registrars and provides support in the 23 official EU languages.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

EU's 20 official languages. (The cost of translation makes getting a patent in Europe far more expensive than in, say, America.) This would have created broad patent-protection and cut costs for inventors.

ECONOMIST: The EU's attempt to harmonise patent law is in a mess

The EU funds projects to promote regional minority languages, such as the European minority language song contest , and participation at the UN forum on minorities.

BBC: Minority language statement