Martin Jacques - With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position...

Martin Jacques Zitate

With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position of English? And where will all that leave monolingual Britain? Our political leaders like to boast about how global Britain is, but when it comes to languages, it is near the bottom of the global league, together with another island state, Japan.

Martin Jacques

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wie wird sich dies auf die Position des Englischen auswirken, wenn sich die Vereinigten Staaten langsam im langfristigen Rückgang befinden? Und wo bleibt all das einsprachige Großbritannien? Unsere politischen Führer rühmen sich gerne damit, wie global Großbritannien ist, aber wenn es um Sprachen geht, liegt es zusammen mit einem anderen Inselstaat, Japan, an der Spitze der Weltliga.

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