Officials of China and France are declaring concerns about the increasing invasion of English words into their national languages. The current situation is even being compared to the invasion of Nazis in France during World War II. The authorities are now taking actions to save their national identities.
The everyday use of such English words like ok, bye-bye, nice and many others are increasing in spoken Chinese and a lot of barbarisms written on the walls of France are the first warning signs that actions must be taken. The French government even led a debate and accounted that over 80 percent of the population agree that the national language is closely associated with the cultural identities of the people.
The Chinese had limited the screening of foreign films and banned websites like YouTube and face book and the French made their national language mandatory in government publications and public schools to fight the negative phenomenon. Officials in Beijing even prohibited every publication, company name and directed them to be translated to Chinese.
Despite the efforts some people are still using English words while speaking in there national language trying to state their open mindedness. The contra argument to this is that people must respect their national language to be respected and positively visible by others.
Nevertheless, not everyone agrees that the invasion of English must be stopped. Some state that this is a natural process that shows expanding culture and companies in France want there branches to be named in English because they think that will make them more recognizable.
References:
English invasion 'threatens French language more than Nazis did'
Chinese language 'damaged by invasion of English words'
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