According to the guardian on May 31, in order to maintain the purity of the language, the French government thoroughly revised the rules for the use of video game terms on the 30th local time, banned English video game terms, and required that the approved French version must be used to replace English words such as "E-sports" and "streaming".
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English media: in order to maintain the purity of language, France prohibits the use of English terms in video games
The French Ministry of culture, which participated in the revision process, told AFP that the video game industry is full of English, which may become an "obstacle to understanding" for non game players.
According to the guardian, among the alternative terms given by the French authorities are "cloud Games" and "eSports". The former has been modified to "jeu video en nuage" and the latter has now become "jeu video De competition". The guardian said that some of the revised expressions have obvious translation traces.
It is reported that the revised rules issued by the French authorities on the 30th will be binding on government staff. The French Ministry of culture also said that experts had looked up video game websites and magazines to see if there were French terms. The Department said that the general idea is to make it easier for people to communicate.
According to the guardian, France has often issued serious warnings that its language has been eroded by the influence across the Strait (Britain) or across the Atlantic (the United States). Acad é Mie Fran ç aise, a language regulator with a history of hundreds of years, warned in February that "[language] degradation must not be seen as inevitable". The agency also emphasized some expressions, including the brand "ouigo" (pronounced "we go" in English) of SNCF, the French national railway operator, and foreign words such as "big data" and "drive in".