问答题 Whether Europe’ s languages will flourish or fade under the impact of 1992 is a matter of debate. Some foresee the day when a Europeanized form of English—perhaps known as “Eurolish” —will become the common language. Lesser languages could fall by the wayside. Claude Truchot, a professor of English at the University of Social Sciences in Strasbourg, sees a danger of a “regionalization of European languages and cultures, ” with some languages no longer being spoken except in rural packets. Others believe that by maintaining nine official languages, the EC may have checked the decline of some lesser known tongues. “Danish has never been spoken more than now, ” claims Christophe Thierry, director of the Paris-based Higher Institute of Interpretation and Translation. “The prospect of 1992 has increased the importance of languages by bringing together more technicians from different countries. ” Europe has always been a continent of linguists. There is every prospect that it will be even more so after 1992.无