Publications

Publication details [#55248]

Angelelli, Claudia. 2011. Los hablantes del código navajo: estrategias de traducción, interpretación y encriptación. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2011 (207) : 153–171.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

Spanish

Keywords

code | conflict | interpreting | language use | translation

Language as a subject

English | Navajo

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This study addressess the vital role played by Navajo code talkers, recruited by the US Marine Corps during World War II in order to protect the radio-transmitted information between US officers. It discusses similarities and dissimilarities between translation, interpreting and encryption and concentrates on the intersection of code talkers, translators and interpreters.