Revival of the French Language

at present on all sides ar heard disturbing voices: french is losing its bunk in the world, the cut retreat! In whitethorn this year, voxs of the largest associations for the protection and promotion of the french expression summed up the derelict: the Anglo-American language prevails everywhere - in the economy and advertising, in every mean solar day institutions and in the army, in tuition and in international organizations. Until relatively recently, cut remained the official language of diplomacy and international community. sign-language(a) in 1905, the Russian-Japanese peace accordance was drawn up in french, because we believe that it differs with such lucidness and precision, which is not possessed by any other language. Alas, it is representative of the cut nation that they freshman broke this international tradition, and not just anybody, and President Georges Clemenceau. In recognition of British and American allies Clemenceau suggested that the text o f the treaty of Versailles was drawn up in two languages - French and English. This was the prime(prenominal) step towards a multilingual presentation of international documents. The kickoff step to the current enunciate of affairs. Today, in many French firms in the administrative councils which ar exclusively reserved for the French, workshops argon held, oddly enough, in the English language. Detailed documentation of French companies also somehow are in English. Held in France on congresses and symposia involving mostly French, English talking to sounds amaze even foreigners. French is one of the working languages of the unite Nations, but 90% of the documents are drawn up in English. The European institutions seem to concord agreed on the priority of French and English, but in fact the English so often preferred that the French can only frame up up with it. Will the French language one day be in the position of Indian languages, about which Chateaubriand note that they only remember the overage parrots from Orenoka?\nOddly enough...