To be sure, in EU institutions’ public and ceremonial meetings, interpretation and translation must be equally available, at least in principle, from every language into every other. Each day, hundreds of interpreters literally pay lip service to this lofty precept, and millions of pages are translated annually so that citizens may consult EU law in their own language.
确切而言，在欧盟机构的公众或礼仪性会议上，从每一种语言到其他所有语言的口译和笔译至少在原则上都是必须具备的。每天都有数百名口译员本着这一原则提供语言服务。每年有上百万页的文件被翻译出来，以便公民们能够以他们自己的语言查阅欧盟的法律。