Describes development and implementation of Certificate in Translation sequence for second language students at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (BK)

Study attempts to compare occasional glosses, standard translations, and word-for-word translations as aids to reading by assessing their effect on reading comprehension and syntax acquisition. Results show parallel translations to be of some value for learning syntax and comprehension and standard translations are superior to literal translations…

Addresses the problem of terminological inconsistencies or oddities often quoted in translation literature, lamenting the scarcity of articles devoted to the terminology research process itself. In answer to this need, attempts to clarify the different steps involved in the research process as applied to specific or isolated terms. (MES)

Discusses poetry perception in terms of levels of penetration. Describes the first level as completely prelinguistic; the second as evolving towards meaning and language through intonation; and all further levels presupposing at least partial mastery of the poet's language. Also discusses problems of poetry translation. (Executive Office of the…

States that sound translation practice rests on a clear understanding of linguistic and cultural constraints combined with a punctilious search for equivalences. Describes various levels of constraint and proposes a statistical investigation of the degree of freedom left to translators, suggesting that most of the translated text results from…

Discusses the inadequacy of translations of Aristotle's "Rhetoric," particularly three passages from the commonly used translation by Lane Cooper. The misleading nature of these passages is cited as a major cause for the lack of understanding of Aristotle. (JMF)

Translations and descriptions are given in French for a number of English food terms: convenience foods, fast foods, fast foods industry, fast foods restaurant, frozen foods, deep frozen foods, fast frozen foods, quick frozen foods, dry frozen foods. (MSE)

In view of the call by reformers and critics for a new definition of education itself, the author investigates some of the difficulties in formulating such a definition by utilizing the study of language as well as linguistics, semantics, and etymology. (Author/SJL)

Advocates the early introduction of children to the literature of other languages and cultures and notes some of the problems involved in translation. (MKM)

Outlines the evolution of automatic translation research during the last 25 years and describes the systems developed by the University of Montreal group. Defines the applicability of these systems as limited to technical texts with restricted terminology and simple grammar, their product still requiring a translator's correction and revision.…

About 75 bibliographic references are provided, dealing chiefly with translation theory and reference books, and arranged by year of publication (1955-1978). (AM)

Discusses the dichotomy between legal terminology and legal discourse, and its implications for translation. (AM)

Discusses some problems involved in translating Quebec legal texts, and proposes a method to overcome these difficulties. (AM)

Describes the problems involved in translating federal law in Canada from English to French, and proposes a short-term solution for faster and better translation and a future solution involving the drafting of laws simultaneously in the two languages. (AM)