7 Amendments of Jill EVANS related to 2018/2028(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there are 24 official languages and more than 60 national and regional and sign languages in the European Union; whereas multilingualism presents one of the greatest assets of cultural diversity in Europe and, at the same time, one of the most significant challenges for the creation of a truly integrated EU;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the availability of technological tools such as video games or educational applications in minority and lesser-used languages is pivotal for the development of language skills, especially in children;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that in order to raise the profile of language technologies in Europe, the Commission should allocate the area of 'multilingualism and language technology' to the portfolio of a Commissioner, given the importance of linguistic diversity for the future of Europe;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls upon the Commission to financially support the subtitling, dubbing and translation of video games and software applications into minority and lesser-used languages;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the EU institutions to raise awareness of the benefits for companies, public bodies and citizens of the availability of online services, content and products in multiple languages, including lesser-used languages, with a view to overcoming language barriers and to thelp preservation ofe the cultural heritage of language communities;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on administrations at all levels to improve access to online services and information in different languages, especially for services in cross-border regions and for culture-related issues, and to use already existing language technology such as machine translation, speech recognition and text-to-speech, in order to improve the accessibility of those services;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Highlights the importance of text and data mining techniques for the development of language technologies; considers that text and data mining techniques should therefore be made as widely available as possible, including for civil society organisations and businesses;