Linguistics & Language Studies
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From  Achieving Objectives |
The aim of this methodology is to teach a skill—translating. As has already been stressed, the translation class is above all a practical class, and yet the students have to understand the … | Allison Beeby-Lonsdale | 5 | 1996 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! kennis/knowledgeFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
A passage from Genesis. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Ma and PaFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Recalls Singh’s mother’s introduction to his father. Her status and success were highlighted as she entered into an unhappy marriage. | Jaspreet Singh | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Sebastian Brant’s Das Narrenschiff in Early Modern England: A Textual Voyage |
One of the most popular works of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. It is a biting satire of human morals and activities comprising a series of chapters displaying various sins and … | Brenda M. Hosington | 14 | 2006 | $1.96 Add |
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From  Selecting Canadiana for the Young: The German Translation of English Canadian Children’s LiteratureFrom: Translating Canada |
The following analytical overview of the twentieth century shows that the highly successful translation of English-language Canadian children’s literature into German has been structured … | Martina Seifert | 24 | 2007 | $2.40 Add |
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From  NEW! 1968A Turning Point for Language in Canada and Quebec From: 1968 in Canada |
One of the many ways that 1968 was a crucial moment in Canadian history is in the area of language policy. In January 1968, René Lévesque published his manifesto Option Québec; a … | Graham Fraser | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From Criticizing Translations: The Notion of Disparity |
Criticizing a literary translation is not about making subjective value judgments, nor about conveying a feeling, an impression, a pleasure in the reading. On the contrary, it is about performing … | Jean Delisle | 15 | 2006 | $2.10 Add |
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From NEW! Epi-geneticsFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Recounts the time in his childhood that his parents tried to make Singh and his sister taller by hanging from trees. | Jaspreet Singh | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 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 NEW! liefde/loveFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The author reflects on her migration to Canada, and her first encounters with poetry. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From Words in Context |
Teaching units 1 to 4: Words out of context, The same word in different contexts, Semantic fields and lexical sets and Strategies for nonequivalence. | Allison Beeby-Lonsdale | 14 | 1996 | $1.68 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 NEW! Mio/MioFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The author recalls a trip to buy bread, and the power of names. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From Northern Lights in German Theatres: How Quebec Plays Come to GermanyFrom: Translating Canada |
This chapter explores the different ways in which theatre texts from francophone Canada travel to Germany. It examines the support available from European and Canadian institutions and the roles … | Andreas Jandl | 12 | 2007 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Patterns of a Childhood in KashmirFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Chronicles Singh’s childhood in India—family trips, dinners, and challenges, including the complexities and division created through language. | Jaspreet Singh | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
