Linguistics & Language Studies
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Introduction |
Introduction | Lynne Bowker | 10 | 2006 | $1.40 Add |
From IntroductionFrom: Translating Canada |
Introduction | Luise von Flotow; Reingard M. Nischik | 7 | 2007 | $0.70 Add |
From Introduction and PrologueFrom: A Distinct Alien Race |
A personal introduction to the topic, some broad context and history, and some definitions. | David Vermette | 28 | 2018 | $2.80 Add |
From NEW! My Mother, My TranslatorFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Recounts the story of Singh’s mother translating his first collection of short stories into Punjabi. Their trust over the translation of the fourteenth story prompted Singh to push his … | Jaspreet Singh | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
From The Importance of Translation |
The importance of translation should not be underestimated, particularly in a world that has to learn to husband its resources as one world or perish in the attempt. Without translators, … | Allison Beeby-Lonsdale | 2 | 1996 | $0.24 Add |
From Before the Trial |
This chapter explores the path leading to the invention of simultaneous interpretation, the decision to use it and its installation in the courtroom. It provides a brief historical description of … | Francesca Gaiba | 33 | 1998 | $4.29 Add |
From NEW! bitter/bitterFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
A poem in Dutch and English | Sadiqa de Meijer | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
From On Second Thoughts |
An elderly student of language testing recalls some of the events in his career, attempting to relate them to current issues, and touching on such topics as overall language proficiency, the … | Bernard Spolsky | 10 | 2007 | $1.00 Add |
From Preface |
Preface | Ruth Roland | 2 | 1999 | $0.26 Add |
From Telling Canada’s “Story” in German: Using Cultural Diplomacy to Achieve Soft PowerFrom: Translating Canada |
We want to understand why certain texts are selected for translation and why others are left aside. Which aesthetic, economic, or ideological considerations enter into the selection process? In … | Luise von Flotow | 18 | 2007 | $1.80 Add |
From The Homeland is Where None of This Can Happen |
This chapter describes the experiences of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish from the 1940s to the present. | Marcello Di Cintio | 25 | 2018 | $2.50 Add |
From The Importance of Prose Translation |
No one would deny the difficulties involved in translating into a foreign language, and yet it is a possibility. The practice is necessary in most countries. This has always been the case, and it … | Allison Beeby-Lonsdale | 4 | 1996 | $0.48 Add |
From The Semantic Apparatus of Guy Miège’s New Dictionary French and English, with Another English and French |
In the following pages, we will look at the work of one specific lexicographer, Guy Miìge. Miìge’s first bilingual dictionary, entitled A New Dictionary French and English, … | Aline Francoeur | 12 | 2006 | $1.68 Add |
From NEW! UnfinishedFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Reveals that Singh’s mother passed away before finishing her memoir, prompting him to undertake a new project. | Jaspreet Singh | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
From “Two Solitudes”? Anglo-Canadian Literature in Translation in the Two GermaniesFrom: Translating Canada |
The two Germanies that were reunited in 1990 had different ideological outlooks on English literatures and their dissemination. | Barbara Korte | 25 | 2007 | $2.50 Add |
From Can Translation be Taught? |
Translation programs can help students to improve their translating skills. The foundation of schools of translation around the world suggests that this principie is accepted by a wide body of … | Allison Beeby-Lonsdale | 5 | 1996 | $0.60 Add |