Friday, July 19, 2019

Affective Translating

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It’s widely assumed that the main function of language, its raison d’être, is to express and communicate our thoughts. That may be,...
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Monday, May 27, 2019

Now that I am 90

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Last Saturday, 25 May, was my ninetieth birthday. A good moment for reflection. I want to thank publicly and profoundly all the many peop...
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Thursday, May 16, 2019

Indigenous Interpreters

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Indigenous :: originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native,    eg  "the indigenous peoples of Siberia....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Eighteen TED Translators

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Back in 2011 there was a post on this blog about the volunteers who translate articles for Wikipedia and about the research being do...
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Thursday, April 4, 2019

The First ‘Australian’ Interpreter

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This post is offered as a contribution to the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL).                      ...
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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Upcoming Conferences on Professional and Non-Professional Interpreting

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A bit belatedly – for we are already at the end of March – a conference has been announced for early October on the topic that occupied ou...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Case History of a Guatemalan 'Native' Interpreter

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Followers of this blog will know that our model of translator competence is a developmental one, starting from the untrained Natural Tra...
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