Résumés
Abstract
Institutional multilingualism is most often associated with large intergovernmental institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations. Institutional multilingualism in non-governmental organisations (NGOs), however, has remained invisible to a large extent. Like international governmental organisations (IGOs), NGOs operate across linguistic borders. This raises the question whether NGOs use language and translation in the same way as IGOs. The present article takes Amnesty International as a case study, and explores what institutional multilingualism means for this organisation, how it is reflected in its language policy, and how it is put into practice. By gaining insight into the particular case of Amnesty International, this article aims to make a contribution to institutional translation studies.
Keywords:
- multilingualism,
- language policy,
- institutional translation,
- NGOs,
- official languages
Résumé
Le plurilinguisme institutionnel est le plus souvent associé à d’importantes institutions intergouvernementales comme l’Union européenne et les Nations Unies. Le multilinguisme d’organisations non gouvernementales (ONG), cependant, est resté en grande partie invisible. Comme les organisations gouvernementales internationales (OGI), elles opèrent en traversant les barrières linguistiques. Cela soulève la question de savoir si les ONG utilisent la langue et la traduction de la même manière que les OGI. Dans le présent article, nous étudions le cas d’Amnistie internationale et ce que le multilinguisme veut dire pour cette organisation, comment il se reflète dans sa politique langagière et comment il est mis en pratique. En offrant une meilleure compréhension du cas particulier d’Amnistie internationale, cet article apporte une contribution à la traductologie institutionnelle.
Mots-clés :
- multilinguisme,
- politique linguistique,
- traduction institutionnelle,
- ONG,
- langues officielles
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