Abstracts
Abstract
Since democratic societies are based on the ideal of participatory citizenship and since participatory citizenship presupposes, among other things, the citizens’ right to communicate with the authorities, one of the biggest challenges for contemporary multilingual societies is the elaboration of a fair translation policy: there is no language policy without a translation policy. However, among the numerous studies on language rights, on language policies or on immigrant incorporation, the key role of translation is usually not taken into consideration. Which linguistic and translational territoriality regimes are used by authorities to communicate with their multilingual populations? How do these different regimes relate to their linguistic and translational rights and their chances for participatory citizenship and integration? This essay discusses four prototypical regimes which may be used by authorities to communicate with their citizens. It will also try to hint at their possible impact on minorities’ linguistic and translational rights and integration.
Keywords:
- language and translation policy,
- multilingualism,
- minorities,
- migration,
- integration
Résumé
Les sociétés démocratiques étant basées sur l’idéal de citoyenneté participative et celle-ci présupposant, entre autres, le droit des citoyens de communiquer avec les autorités, un des plus grands défis pour les sociétés multilingues actuelles est l’élaboration d’une politique de traduction équitable : il n’y a pas de politique de langue sans politique de traduction. Pourtant, parmi les nombreuses études sur les droits linguistiques, les politiques de langue ou l’intégration des immigrants, le rôle clé de la traduction n’est pas pris en considération. Quels sont les régimes linguistiques et traductionnels territoriaux appliqués par les autorités pour communiquer avec leurs populations multilingues ? Comment ces différents régimes sont-ils liés aux droits linguistiques et traductionnels des citoyens et à leurs chances de citoyenneté participative et d’intégration ? Le présent article se penche sur quatre régimes prototypiques que les autorités peuvent utiliser pour communiquer avec leurs citoyens. Il tentera également d’évoquer brièvement l’impact des différents régimes sur les droits linguistiques et traductionnels et l’intégration des minorités.
Mots-clés :
- politique de langue et de traduction,
- multilinguisme,
- minorités,
- migration,
- intégration
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