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hm. It sounds like the root issue isn't alglophones not learning other languages.
It is that no one is deciding to translate all of these things from english into swedish,etc.
This means that papers are either being written in or translated to English only, or the important breakthroughs you need were done by native English speakers...
As a native English speaker, I don't particularly feel responsible for that.
At any rate, the world needs a lingua franca. Before, I guess it was French and you'd all be scrambling to learn French while we sat at our cafes with our baguettes and went hon hon. Now, it's English.'s turn,
Whoever speaks the current global language as a native hasn't as much incentive to learn other languages.
Maybe it'll be Sweden's time to shine some day.
It is that no one is deciding to translate all of these things from english into swedish,etc.
This means that papers are either being written in or translated to English only, or the important breakthroughs you need were done by native English speakers...
As a native English speaker, I don't particularly feel responsible for that.
At any rate, the world needs a lingua franca. Before, I guess it was French and you'd all be scrambling to learn French while we sat at our cafes with our baguettes and went hon hon. Now, it's English.'s turn,
Whoever speaks the current global language as a native hasn't as much incentive to learn other languages.
Maybe it'll be Sweden's time to shine some day.