The spelling reform and the future of German language

本研究的目的是收集1998年开始实施的拼写改革的数据并分析其存在的各种问题。在实施两年后，拼写改革再次发布。2000年，《法兰克福汇报》（FAZ）又恢复了原来的写法，是目前唯一一家拒绝使用新正字法的大报。但是FAZ的决定受到了公众的欢迎，他们仍然使用90%的旧拼写。有争议的拼写改革显然不能为大多数人所接受。最年轻的杜登（2000）却仍然完全制造混乱。它不能设定拼写的标准。似乎在许多方面，曼海姆的正字法委员会心照不宣地回到了旧的正字法。据说每个新闻出版公司都有自己的正字法。一句话，“该改革的改革”其实是必然的。

This study aims at obtaining data for the spelling reform that has entered in force in 1998 and analyzing its various problems.Two years after the introduction, the spelling reform is again issue. In 2000, the FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) has returned to the old way of writing.FAZ is at present the only big newspaper that has refused the new orthography. But the decision of FAZ is well received by the public that uses the old spelling 90 per cent still. The disputed spelling reform is obviously not acceptable to a large majority of the population. The youngest Duden (2000) makes the confusion actually still completely. It can not set the standard of the spelling.It seems that in many respects the Orthography Commission in Mannheim tacitly returns to the old Orthography. It is said that every press and publishing company has their orthography. In a word, the "reform of the reform" is actually inevitable.