Pan-Latin Sustainable Development Vocabulary

The concept of ‘development’, associated with the economic growth of a country, became widespread especially after the Second World War. That of ‘sustainable development’, which adds the idea of sustainability, was created in the 1980s by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and came into common use once it was included in the Brundtland Report, prepared in 1987 by the United Nations Commission on Environment and Development. The English term sustainable development used in this report gave rise to several designations used today in many languages, including Romance languages. Since then, the concept of ‘development’ has been constantly evolving and there have been many attempts to redefine ‘sustainable development’. Recognition of the inseparable three-dimensional nature of sustainable development (environmental, social and economic), related to global economic growth, has spread widely and become an unavoidable concern. In this context, the Pan-Latin Terminology Network (REALITER) in collaboration with the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) has promoted the development of the Pan-Latin Sustainable Development Vocabulary. Starting from the French language, the Vocabulary contains terms in seven Romance languages (Italian, Catalan, Spanish, French, Galician, Portuguese, Romanian) and in English. In the case of Portuguese, the equivalents used in Brazil are also included.

‘发展’这一概念，与国家经济增长紧密相连，尤其在第二次世界大战之后得到广泛传播。而‘可持续发展’（Sustainable Development）这一概念，在1980年代由国际自然保护联盟（International Union for the Conservation of Nature）提出，并在1987年由联合国环境与发展委员会（United Nations Commission on Environment and Development）编制的布伦特兰报告（Brundtland Report）中被纳入，从而开始普遍使用。该报告中使用的‘可持续发展’这一英文术语，催生了在许多语言中包括罗曼语族语言在内的多种名称。自那时起，‘发展’的概念不断演进，对‘可持续发展’的重新定义尝试层出不穷。对可持续发展三位一体（环境、社会和经济）性质的认识，与全球经济增长的关联日益广泛，并成为无法回避的关注焦点。在此背景下，泛拉丁术语网络（Pan-Latin Terminology Network，简称REALITER）与魁北克法语办公室（Office québécois de la langue française，简称OQLF）合作，推动了泛拉丁可持续发展词汇的发展。该词汇库以法语为基础，包含七种罗曼语族语言（意大利语、加泰罗尼亚语、西班牙语、法语、加利西亚语、葡萄牙语、罗马尼亚语）以及英语的术语。在葡萄牙语的情况下，还包括了在巴西使用的对应术语。