3.1. What are the implications of emerging technologies for the Welsh language?
What can we learn from other regions or countries which have bilingual situations about developing and adopting language technologies?

3.1a How do open-source philosophies contribute to the development and adoption of Welsh language technologies?
3.1b How can both translation technology and other technologies increase the use of Welsh in public and digital spaces?

Background

This theme is about creating the infrastructure and conditions needed to support the two preceding themes—that is, the acquisition and use of the Welsh language. It spans a wide range of policy areas.

Effective economic planning and development are essential to creating environments where the Welsh language can be transmitted, acquired, learned, and used. Raising productivity in communities with a higher density of Welsh speakers is particularly important for ensuring their long-term viability —and, by extension, the viability of the Welsh language within them. Ensuring that the Welsh language is embedded in cultural life and the media in Wales, and is at the forefront of digital innovation, is also critical to the success of Cymraeg 2050.

Within this theme, there are questions relating to community and the economy, culture and the media, digital technology, linguistic infrastructure, and language planning,

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