viernes, 21 de mayo de 2021

The Euro English Song Contest

 

The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will be held on Saturday May 22nd 2021 and singers from many countries choose to sing in English. With globalization English is the new lingua franca or bridge language just as Latin and Greek were in the past.

What is surprising is that the option of putting subtitles to the song in this day and age has not been explored at all.

Hearing other languages is very exotic and the European Song Contest is a showcase for our diversity.

 It would be a more inclusive approach for each country to put the subtitles of the songs in their own language.

Maybe the lyrics would influence the voting, as they should.

 It is a missed opportunity if people are not even given the chance to hear other languages.In the past the host countries used their own language, English and French. Let's hope it will be the same in Rotterdam this year as in the semi finals  we only heard English.


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