Globalization of English as a Corporate Language
Linguistic and cultural knowledge are very important nowadays when doing business in an international environment. Due to the rapid development of trade in Romania and in the other Member States of the European Union business English has become more and more important in the economic field. The world’s language situation is undergoing some significant changes and that is why I will try to describe the development of English as a global language. The linguistic globalisation is not an internal language phenomenon but the result of a deliberate linguistic attitude, strictly determined by economic interests.
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Without an International Financial Reporting Language (IFRL): Evidence of Information Asymmetry in the EU
Since 2005, companies in the European Union (EU) are required by Regulation 1606/2002 to prepare financial statements in accordance with IFRS; however, these listed companies are not required to prepare financial statements and disclosures in an International Financial Reporting Language (IFRL) or lingua franca. We question whether firms that file IFRS financial statements only in the local language but not in English, the IFRL or lingua franca, limit the benefits of IFRS; whereas, companies that also file in English reduce information asymmetry and increase the effectiveness of IFRS as a global informational tool. This paper examines annual filings from 6,000 listed companies in the European Union (EU) for the years 2009 and 2012. We found that approximately 60 percent of companies from non-English speaking countries file in their local language and voluntary disclose in English; while 40 percent report only in their native languages, Our research suggests that until international companies adopt English as the International Financial Reporting Language (IFRL) the full benefit of complying with IFRS will not be recognized.
MT and the Swiss language service providers: an analysis and training perspective
Switzerland is perceived as a highly multilingual country, with four national languages and a solid translation tradition in official, administrative and corporate settings, now even extended to include English. A research case study was set up to investigate the understanding and use of translation and language technologies by Swiss language service providers. This paper highlights some findings, particularly focusing upon the issue of translation automation processes in multilingual documentation production, with a view not only to spot preconceptions or knowledge gaps about MT, but also to 
suggest some training principles. We will argue that training activities ought to present MT systems as 
key aiding components of translator workbenches and, their output, as a valid linguistic resource for further human refining, if necessary. Moreover, in line with the idea that MT can be part and parcel of multilingual content production cycles, we will look at the interaction of MT with controlled language, CAT tools and terminology work. In sum, we will make explicit the usefulness of MT against the 
widespread prejudice that investing in MT does not return any benefits given the ‘low and hilarious quality of its output’, as quoted by most of the interviewees of our case study.