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target groups (content creator or content consumer) and also to providenecessary training and education programs to apply these technologies.In the framework of the European Culture Programme, only publishing houses are eligible torequest financial support for translation.Recommendations The existing European culture programmes should be extended to performing artsand theatre to request financial support for translation. There is no Europeandatabase that connects individual national databases of existing translations oftheatre plays. The EC should support a database that connects national platforms on aEuropean level, regrouping existing works and allowing access to the work oftranslators and interpreters in order to promote multilingual content.Subtitling is preferable to dubbing because it makes people aware of multilingualism. Thiswas also the conclusion of an EC consultation in 2007, to which the majority of respondentsagreed that subtitling ‘conveys authentic language’.RecommendationsPromotion of subtitling of films, especially in countries where ‘dubbing’predominates, such as France, Germany, and Spain.Support for subtitlers, whose creative work is protected by copyright, particularlyin smaller linguistic areas.6 TerminologyTerms representing the same concepts but belonging to different languages must beavailable to facilitate communication in multilingual environments.Recommendation The EC is well-placed to monitor quality and completeness of terminologynetworks, and to take corrective action.Civil Society Platform on Multilingualism: 63Policy Recommendations for the Promotion of Multilingualism in the European Union 06/06/10 – FULL VERSION