| Polish up to second
place in EITI’s top languages
In the 29 months since Poland joined the European
Union, Polish has risen from 15th to 2nd place in EITI’s
top 20 languages.
EITI’s rankings are based on the number of
requests from UK public authorities for telephone and
face to face interpreters.
Poland joined the EU on 1st May 2004. From a ranking
of 16th in June 2004, Polish entered EITI’s top
10 languages in January 2005. In November 2005 it reached
4th place, and in September 2006 moved up to 2nd -
its highest-ever position on EITI’s list.
“We should, of course, be careful about drawing
too many conclusions from our data,” said Carolyn
Burgess, EITI’s Chief Executive. “Our figures
only relate to our customers, not the UK public sector
as a whole. Having said that, we supply services to
a wide range of public authorities throughout the country,
so it is a national picture of sorts.”
Related links
EITI’s top
10 languages (updated monthly)
From EITI’s news archive
EITI reports
rise in demand for ‘new’ EU
languages (August 2005)
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