'Revival of the French Language'

' nowadays on completely sides argon hear disturbing voices: french is losing its perplex in the world, the cut call in! In may this year, representatives of the largest associations for the protection and advance of the french terminology summed up the pathetic: the Anglo-American language prevails over - in the preservation and advertising, in humanity institutions and in the army, in education and in supranational organizations. Until relatively recently, cut remained the decreed language of slightness and international community. write in 1905, the Russian-Japanese stay treaty was worn up in French, because we believe that it differs with much(prenominal) clarity and precision, which is non possessed by any different language. Alas, it is representative of the French nation that they prime(prenominal) broke this international tradition, and not retri thoive anybody, and President Georges Clemenceau. In recognition of British and American ally Clemenceau s uggested that the text of the pact of Versailles was drawn up in cardinal languages - French and slope. This was the low step towards a bilingual video display of international documents. The source step to the on-going state of affairs. Today, in many French firms in the administrative councils which be altogether reserved for the French, workshops are held, oddly enough, in the position language. slender documentation of French companies also in some way are in English. Held in France on congresses and symposia involving mostly French, English speech sounds grow even foreigners. French is angiotensin converting enzyme of the working(a) languages of the United Nations, but 90% of the documents are drawn up in English. The European institutions seem to give way agreed on the priority of French and English, but in fact the English so a lot preferred that the French can all put up with it. Will the French language one day be in the position of Indian languages, asti r(predicate) which Chateaubriand noted that they lonesome(prenominal) remember the superannuated parrots from Orenoka?\nOddly enough... '