Linguistics & Language Studies

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From Terminological Data Banks to Knowledge Databases: The Text As the Starting Point

From Terminological Data Banks to Knowledge Databases: The Text As the Starting Point

From: Lexicography, Terminology, and Translation

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 … ; ; 14 $1.96 Add
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From Versailles (1919) to the United Nations

From Versailles (1919) to the United Nations

From: Interpreters as Diplomats

It had been necessary to devote two preliminary Council sessions to the question of the language medium to be used at the conferences 35 $4.55 Add
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gastarbeider/guest labourer

gastarbeider/guest labourer

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

The author confronts conflicting feelings about the aesthetics of the Dutch language. 6 $0.60 Add
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heimwee/homesick

heimwee/homesick

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

The author and her partner deal with a Neo Nazi during a trip to the Netherlands 6 $0.60 Add
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House
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House

From: My Mother, My Translator

Discusses Singh’s mother’s family home, its importance to her, its loss, and her return. 13 $1.30 Add
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How Far to Go Too Far
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How Far to Go Too Far

From: Bit Player on Big Stages

In this chapter, Turene examines how in August 1981, Manitoba’s French Language Services Secretariat began operating with virtually no infrastructure, under Premier Sterling Lyon. 6 $0.60 Add
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Hum
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Hum

From: My Mother, My Translator

Further explores Partition and the unease with which it was talked about. Singh recounts his grandfather’s stories, comparing them with his mother’s, plotting his lineage of storytellers. 19 $1.90 Add
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I Do Not Have an Account in the Bank of Wars

I Do Not Have an Account in the Bank of Wars

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

In this chapter the author crosses into Israel to meet with Palestinian writers living there. 42 $4.20 Add
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Ideal Translator Communicative Competence

Ideal Translator Communicative Competence

From: Teaching Translation from Spanish to English

A fuller definition of the teaching objectives and a method for achieving them. 8 $0.96 Add
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If You Can Hear the Rockets, Then You are Alive

If You Can Hear the Rockets, Then You are Alive

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

In this chapter, the author travels to the Gaza Strip, and explores how artists there are able to find beauty in even the most unstable places. 44 $4.40 Add
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ik/I

ik/I

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

The alphabet in Dutch, along with a helpful guide. 6 $0.60 Add
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In Patagonia I Dreamed in Punjabi
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In Patagonia I Dreamed in Punjabi

From: My Mother, My Translator

A poem about a bus ride to Ludhiana. 1 $0.10 Add
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In the Light of What We Don't Know
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In the Light of What We Don’t Know

From: My Mother, My Translator

Singh’s life in Calgary during the COVID-19 lockdowns. 13 $1.30 Add
Interpreters as Diplomats

Interpreters as Diplomats

A Diplomatic History of the Role of Interpreters in World Politics

This book looks at the role played throughout history by translators and interpreters in international relations. It considers how political linguistics function and have functioned throughout … 209 View
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Intrinsic Qualities Favouring Term Implantation: Verifying the Axioms

Intrinsic Qualities Favouring Term Implantation: Verifying the Axioms

From: Lexicography, Terminology, and Translation

No matter how they are dissected, terminology planning efforts, like any management process, always include an evaluation and control phase. This phase is an opportune time to take a critical … ; 12 $1.68 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

The Research

From: The Origins of Simultaneous Interpretation

Introduction 5 $0.65 Add