Globalisasi dan nasionalisme bahasa

BEBERAPA hari lalu, tokoh Wartawan Negara, Datuk A Kadir Jasin, menulis catatan berjudul Let’s Speak and Be Understood yang secara sinis dan berat sebelah memerli keputusan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob untuk berucap dalam bahasa Melayu di pentas antarabangsa.

Tulis beliau: ”Let’s face it. Unless you’re the Presidents of Russia, China or the United States, the delegates are not likely to be in too much of a hurry to put on their earpieces to listen to the translation of your speech. Of course speaking in the mother tongue is unavoidable if your English is inadequate or plain bad.”