Abstract This paper presents the results of an online survey on the spread of ELF in the translation and interpreting (T&I) industry in Italy. It follows previous perception studies based on a limited number of ad-hoc interviews or broader surveys including unsolicited comments on ELF. This study is the first attempt to carry out a large-scale, online survey among professional translators and interpreters specifically to analyze how they perceive the effects of the increasing use of English by non-native speakers and the resulting consequences on their job. A total of 247 T&I professionals took part in the survey, answering questions about their professional profile, ELF-related features found in source texts, the resulting strategies and solutions adopted to deal with them, and the future developments of T&I. Overall, several challenges are voiced by survey participants, from greater comprehension difficulties to fewer jobs, thus confirming the results of previous studies. However, ELF use also seems to provide new opportunities in more specialized settings and enable better communication with a broader client base. In fact, opposite views can be highlighted in most survey items, pointing to the need to increase the awareness of both service users and providers about the positive and negative effects of the global language par excellence.

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口译员关于英语在意大利作为通用语言的传播的声音

摘要 本文介绍了一项关于 ELF 在意大利笔译和口译 (T&I) 行业传播情况的在线调查结果。它遵循先前基于有限数量的临时访谈或更广泛的调查（包括对 ELF 的未经请求的评论）的感知研究。这项研究是首次尝试在专业笔译和口译人员中进行大规模在线调查，专门分析他们如何看待非母语人士越来越多地使用英语的影响以及由此产生的对工作的影响。共有 247 名 T&I 专业人士参与了调查，回答了关于他们的专业概况、源文本中与 ELF 相关的特征、所采取的应对策略和解决方案以及 T&I 未来发展的问题。全面的，调查参与者提出了一些挑战，从更大的理解困难到更少的工作，从而证实了以前的研究结果。然而，ELF 的使用似乎也为更专业的环境提供了新的机会，并能够与更广泛的客户群进行更好的沟通。事实上，大多数调查项目都可以强调相反的观点，这表明需要提高服务用户和提供者对全球卓越语言的积极和消极影响的认识。