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p>French officials are told to stop gaming Anxioms

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p>31 May

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p>France's language watchdog has advised officials from the government to use French gaming terms instead of English.

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p>The Academie Francaise believes that "jeu video de compétition" should be replaced with "e-sports" and that "streamer" should be replaced with "joueur-animateur direct".

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p>France's culture ministry stated to the AFP news agency that Anglicisms were "a barrier for understanding".

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p>However, some gamers have criticized the ban, with one saying it "completely pointless".

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p>France regularly issues warnings of the "debasement" of its language due to the importation of English words.

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p>Other official translations include "jeu video in nuage" for "cloud gaming".

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p>The Academie Francaise was founded in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, and is the official keeper of the French language.

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p>The forty Academie members even have their own heavily embroidered uniform, complete with ceremonial sword - an outfit that might not look out of place in a game such 2014's Assassin's Creed Unity.

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p>The institution has long been fighting against the incursion of English words into French technology has often encouraged.

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p>However, Thelocal.fr reported that a previous attempt to replace "le wifi” with "l'access without fil a internet" was unsuccessful. https://886.lv/ </p>

p>On Twitter, one player opposed the ruling, writing: "I'm French and I find this absurd, nobody will ever use these terms. This kind of ban is totally pointless."

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p>But several others in the same set of tweets, which were replied to by Eurogamer, posted memes suggesting they thought that the French versions were more sophisticated than their English equivalents.

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p>France does not like clickbait, deepfakes and podcasts

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p>26 May 2020

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p>Don't say 'fake news,' France urged

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p>5 October 2018

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