Linguistics & Language Studies
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From ![]() NEW! ErgodicityFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Singh’s studies at McGill are shared. From connections made and lessons learned to the challenges created by unaddressed trauma. | Jaspreet Singh | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From ![]() Europe and the New World, to 1919 |
We have seen how bilingual Greek scholars, steeped in Byzantine diplomatic lore, relocated to the four corners of Europe and, in the greatest numbers, to Venice. From them the Venetians learned … | Ruth Roland | 41 | 1999 | $5.33 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! FaceFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Relates the turmoil of Singh’s decision to remove his turban and cut his hair as a teen–the trauma it caused his mom, and the pain he suffered as consequence. Speculates on the … | Jaspreet Singh | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Fears of Franco-American ConspiracySECTION THREE - The reception of franco-americans From: A Distinct Alien Race |
In the twenty years before 1900, a segment of the U.S. press presented the view that the Québec Roman Catholic hierarchy conspired to conquer New England. The Franco-American workers, this … | David Vermette | 35 | 2018 | $3.50 Add |
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From Film Translation Research in Spain: The Dubbing of Hollywood Movies into Spanish |
In Spain, film translation (FT), as an area of academic study, began to make a modest appearance in university courses from 1994 onward, starting at the University of Valladolid. Then came the … | -María; José Bravo; José Bravo | 12 | 2006 | $1.68 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Five WomenFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Tells the stories of the women in his life, from his great grandmother to his sister. | Jaspreet Singh | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! flits/flashFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
In this chapter, de Meijer writes about Dutch as the language of her inner world. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() Franco-Americans and AmericanismSECTION THREE - The reception of franco-americans From: A Distinct Alien Race |
This chapter looks at Anglo-Protestant culture in the U.S. and the culture of Franco-Americans, and the tensions that emerged as Franco-Americans denied assimilation. The author argues that the … | David Vermette | 19 | 2018 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() French, Female, and Foreign: French Canadian Children’s Literature in German TranslationFrom: Translating Canada |
Once upon a time, German translations of French Canadian children’s literature were off to a promising start: between 1947 and the late 1950s, more than twenty little books featuring … | Nikola von Merveldt | 13 | 2007 | $1.30 Add |
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From French Theorists, North American Scholiasts |
While increases in frequency and narrowing of collocational range are typical of terminological formation, there may well be (at least in the humanities) a difference in kind between … | Barbara Folkart | 11 | 2006 | $1.54 Add |
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From ![]() From Beautiful Losers to No Logo! German Readings of Jewish Canadian WritingFrom: Translating Canada |
This chapter explores which Jewish Canadian authors and books have been published in German and how they have been reviewed and addresses the way in which the German reception accounts for the … | Fabienne Quennet | 21 | 2007 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() From Terminological Data Banks to Knowledge Databases: The Text As the Starting Point |
Translators use tools to search for linguistic and conceptual information and to locate new resources that can help them in the translation process. They also use translation technology to … | Castellví M. Teresa Cabré M. Teresa Cabré Castellví | 14 | 2006 | $1.96 Add |
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From ![]() From Versailles (1919) to the United Nations |
It had been necessary to devote two preliminary Council sessions to the question of the language medium to be used at the conferences | Ruth Roland | 35 | 1999 | $4.55 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! gastarbeider/guest labourerFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The author confronts conflicting feelings about the aesthetics of the Dutch language. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! heimwee/homesickFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The author and her partner deal with a Neo Nazi during a trip to the Netherlands | Sadiqa de Meijer | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! HouseFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Discusses Singh’s mother’s family home, its importance to her, its loss, and her return. | Jaspreet Singh | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |









