Use “jeu video de competition” instead of 'e-sports', language watchdog the Académie Française says.
France's language watchdog has told government officials to use French gaming terms instead of English ones.
France's culture ministry told the AFP news agency that Anglicisms were "a barrier to understanding".France regularly issues warnings of the "debasement" of its language through imported English words.Image caption,The Académie Française was created in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, and is the official custodian of the French language.
The institution has long campaigned against the incursion of English words into French, something technology has often encouraged.
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