Describes the role of the translator and the problems of translating in Canadian diplomatic affairs. (AM)

Examines the legal concept of "corporate body" in French and English law, as well as that of the "company," the "corporation," and the "society"; and discusses the manifestations of a dual legal heritage in commercial enterprises in Quebec. (AM)

Discusses the process and problems involved in organizing bilingual or multilingual dictionaries. (AM)

Comments on a translation of a poultice transcription, believed to be at least 4000 years old. The tablet suggests that the history of one distinctive linguistic feature of technical writing is much older than previously imagined. (three references) (Author/CK)

Discusses translation in the Indian context. Posits that translation involves cultural transfer in addition to linguistic meaning. Shows that several established models of translation can accommodate the inclusion of cultural features. Illustrates this with two translations of Orissan poetry. Concludes that the translator is a creative agent in…

Issues discussed relate to improving translations or stages of the translation process, improving the theory and practice of translations especially regarding synonymy, and improving instruments such as dictionaries that help translators. (10 references) (LB)

Considers the problems related to the translation of names, nicknames, and titles. Discusses the general challenges requiring extensive cultural background, along with special challenges revealing an author's subjective intentions in the form of humor, invention, allusion, or distortion. Provides a method for dealing with such translational…

Discusses the effects of translating televised foreign language materials, including changes in mode and timing. Outlines the necessary skills by which successful subtitlers overcome these complexities. Suggests nine basic fields to consider when creating and evaluating interlingual subtitles. (HB)

Outlines advantages and disadvantages of the Foreign Language Education Forum (FLEFO) on the CompuServe Service. Discusses the future information superhighway and the future of large multilingual global translation projects. (SR)

Describes the conditions affecting the translation and borrowing of acronyms (such as "VHS") among other languages, concluding that the major difficulty in translating acronyms is in balancing intended expressed meaning, represented technicality or potential for common usage, articulation, and perceived acceptability of "foreign" terms. (20…

Recounts how portions of the Bible were translated into E-Prime (English without the verb "to be") by a professor and his students. Cites some passages in the new E-Prime version of the Bible. (PA)

Studied two procedures for detecting potentially flawed items in translated tests with small samples: (1) conditional item "p" value comparisons; and (2) delta plots. Varied several factors in this simulation study. Findings show that the two procedures can be valuable in identifying flawed test items, especially when the size of the…

In response to two papers on translation and norms, this article reflects on the role of norms and research on norms in the field of interpreting and refers to a case study which shows that norms should be considered in one type of empirical research where they have been neglected so far (norms in interpreting research). (SM)

Despite calls over several decades for theory development, there remains no overarching knowledge-translation theory. However, a range of models and theoretical perspectives focused on narrower and related areas have been available for some time. We provide an overview of selected perspectives that we believe are particularly useful for developing…

It is much debated whether translation is semantically mediated or based on word-word associations at the lexical level. In 2 experiments with Dutch (L1)-French (L2) bilinguals, the authors showed that there is a semantic number magnitude effect in both forward and backward translation of number words: It takes longer to translate number words…