Translation and interpretation costs in the EU have shot up following the bloc's enlargement to take on ten new member states in 2004.
The European Commission on Thursday (27 April) announced that the expenses for the translation service after enlargement rose by €259 million per year, from €541 million a year.
Meanwhile translation by all the EU institutions into the 20 official languages rose to around €800 million a year.
Out of this, around €300 million is spent on...
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