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Lindberg Hammond, Deanna, ed. 1988. Languages at crossroads. Medford: Learned Information. ix + 539 pp.
Publication type
Edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
computer=computer science=IT=ICT | interpreter training | linguistic approach=linguistics | literary translation | machine translation=automatic translation | machine-aided translation=computer-aided translation=CAT | technical translation=technical | theory=translation theory=interpreting theory | training=translator training | translatability=untranslatability | Translation Studies
Main ISBN
0-938734-28-8
Edition info
Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference, October 12-16, 1988 Seattle, Washington.

Abstract

This collective volume deals with a number of topics related to translation and interpreting, among which translation and computers, scientific and technical translation, literary translation, translator training and translation theory, interpreter training and interpretation theory, and terminology and translation.
Source : P. Van Mulken

Articles in this volume

Bouygues, Claude. The African textual mine. 17–21
Langen, Toby. Translating the literature of a culture that is forgetting its language. 23–28
Park, William M. Pitfalls and pratfalls in international advertising. 29–35
Beesley, Kenneth R. Language identifier: a computer program for automatic natural language identification of on-line text. 47–54
Cave, Jon R. New developments in Logos® Machine Translation. 55–59
Gachot, Denis A. SYSTRAN as an information tool. 69–77
Levy, Moise. Implementation of a computer-aided translation project at the federal government translation bureau in Canada. 85–89
Mournighan, Timothy. MT's practicality in a small operation. 91–92
Marshall Unger, James. Machine Translation in Japan: where are they coming form? Where are they headed? 93–102
Zarechnak, Michael. The tradition of MT as an information tool. 103–118
Carson, Bonnie L. and Jeanette Wootton. The practicality of using online databases to solve translation problems in scientific and technical fields. 129–140
Fahmy-Jammal, Amal. La traduction médicale: ses défis et ses traquenards [Medical translation: its pitfalls and challenges]. 141–146
Howe, Josephine B. Translating Japanese in the field of pharmaceuticals: the Japanese and U.S. pharmaceutical industries' changing translation needs. 151–157
Lise, William A. Linguistic and typographical problems in technical Japanese-to-English translation: a practical approach. 159–165
Norcross, Eda L. and V. Scott Gordon. Workshop for revisors: challenges for revisors of technical German-to-English translations. 167–174
Otis, Alice and William H. Snyder. The Morgan project: a larger technical translation with short turn-around time. 175–180
Tomii, Atsushi. Techniques in Japanese to English and English to Japanese translation. 181–188
Watt, Richard K. How the translation of German adverbials and conjunctives affects the English sentence framework. 189–203
Altano, Brian W. Translating dialect literature: the paradigm of Carlo Emilio Gadda. 207–212
Doyle, Michael Scott. Hispanic fiction in translation: some considerations regarding recent literary history. 213–222
Murillo, Alan. Is your translation purrfect? A humerous side to feline translation. 223–228
Caprio, Anthony. A foreign language department's approach to translation training. 231–236
Catry-Verron, Marthe. What's new, practicum? 237–242
Cormier, Monique C. Teaching technical translation: text typologies. 243–249
Dancette, Jeanne Eugénie. Translating: an interactive and interactional process. 251–255
Gile, Daniel. Japanese logic and the training of translators. 257–263
McMaster, Marian. The translation program at BYU: myth and reality. 265–269
Mellen, Donna. The translator: translator or editor? 271–276
Mitchell, Annmarie. Nontraditional reference sources. 285–289
Rainey, Brian E. Thoughts on the "language crisis" and the teaching of translation. 291–295
Gaddis Rose, Marilyn. Crossroad or spectrum? Translators' range of relations to a text. 297–303
St-Pierre, Paul. Criteria for translation. 305–306
Sarri, Sam. Multilingual pedagogy & the productive sciences. 307–311
Slater, Jonathan R. In the eye of the beholder: translatability in the visual media. 313–315
Snyder, William H. Teaching language and translation today: second language competence and translation skills. 317–322
Coughlin, Josette M. Inside or between languages: oral communication equals interpretation. 355–362
Gile, Daniel. An overview of conference interpretation research and theory. 363–371
Greaves, Anthony A. Training volunteer translators and interpreters. 373–378
Lambert, Sylvie. A human information processing and cognitive approach to the training of simultaneous interpreters. 379–387
Tayler, Marilyn R., Roda P. Roberts and Ellie de la Bandera. Legal interpreter education: the New Jersey Legal Interpretation Project. 389–397
Weller, Georganne. Bilingualism and interpretation: an under-exploited field of study for research. 407–413
Carr, Silvana E. Towards a court interpreting system in a multi-cultural society: English-speaking British Columbia. 417–422
Kurz, Ingrid. Conference interpreters: can they afford not be generalists? 423–428
Roy-Nicklen, Louise. Legal interpretation: Canada's Northwest Territories. 429–435
Ramler, Siegfried. Origins and challenges of simultaneous interpretation: the Nuremberg trials experience. 437–440
Repa, Jindra. Professional status today and tomorrow: case of court interpreters in Canada. 441–449
Wrenn, Phyllis. Interpreting in British Columbia: facing the challenge. 451–457
Greiss, Susana. Translation of neologisms. 469–472
Longland, John R. Translating Brazilian and Portuguese poetry. 479–482