@incollection{Stickel2016, author = {Gerhard Stickel}, title = {Introduction/Einf{\"u}hrung/Įžanga}, series = {Translation and Interpretation in Europe. Contributions to the Annual Conference 2013 of EFNIL in Vilnius}, editor = {Gerhard Stickel}, publisher = {Lang}, address = {Frankfurt am Main/Berlin/Bern/Bruxelles/New York/Oxford/Wien}, isbn = {978-3-631-65292-3}, url = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-53651}, pages = {39 -- 45}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Following a welcome in Lithuanian and English to the guests and members on the occa- sion of the 10\"’ anniversary of EFNIL, the history of this European language Organization is sketched. A brief survey of the sociolinguistic themes treated at previous Conferences and the state of the inajor projects is given, followed by an introduction (in German) to the general topic of the present Conference. The importance that translation and interpretation have for European language diversity and the individual national languages beside foreign language education of all Europeans is being stressed.}, language = {en} }