This paper is a by-product of a pilot program in high school Latin which the author supervised during 1966-1970 for the Washington Foreign Language Program under a grant from the Ford Foundation. (DS)

Second language teaching in Germany, as described in this article, follows the "moderate direct method" and has the principle aim of enabling the students to express their own ideas in the foreign language. (FWB)

Discusses the use of computers for research in the humanities, where their characteristics of "speed, flexibility and economy make them indispensable "to the production of literary concordances, dictionaries, and data stores. (Editor/WM)

Discusses the rationale for sharing courseware between educators, describes the problems of hardware incompatibility associated with software sharing, and introduces a multilingual interpreter system which allows instructional software implemented in different computer languages and on different machines to be shared with a minimum of work. A…

Discusses some of the difficulties that arise when an Arabic-English translator is required to find cultural equivalents for words or concepts that do not exist in one of the languages. Examples are given in the areas of ecology, material culture, social culture, political culture, and religious culture. (EKN)

Examines the problems encountered in evaluating translators' work and attempts to establish criteria for an objective method of evaluation. In this respect, questions the adequacy of traditional correction and revision principles as evaluation procedures and proposes new criteria based on the function and objectives of the evaluation process. (MES)

Discusses the limitations of linguistic translation doctrines and proposes an "interpretive" theory based on the characteristics that account for a successful product. Following this premise, stresses the concept of "cognitive complements" defined as those situational elements that are indispensable for a correct interpretation of the message.…

Expounds Firth's views on the problems of translation and surveys theories of translation by some Firthian linguists. Defines the concept of meaning and the concept of varieties within a language, discussing various dialect categories and other categories that relate to constant features of speakers' and writers' use. (MES)

Describes the elements and functioning of the terminology bank of the PLATO (Programmed Loqic for Automated Teaching Operation) system. Discusses contemporary terminology and lexicography notions on which the bank is based and outlines the tasks performed through PLATERM. (MES)

Describes and illustrates with examples problems encountered by translators in dealing with their clients. Decries users' lack of appreciation for the professional services received, giving an outline of steps and teamwork involved in producing good quality translations. Offers useful tips for improvement of client-translator's relations. (MES)

The TEAM system is a data bank developed in Germany for translators of specialized technical, economic, and scientific texts. The system is described in nontechnical language, with attention to multilingual terminology, multiword terms, phraseology, definitions and contexts, synonyms, grammatical data, and data organization and retrieval. (MSE)

Reports on an experiment designed to test French secondary students' intuitive understanding of the nuances among six semantic categories of the structure "'etre' plus past participle," and their ability to translate these nuances into a second language (English or Spanish). (AM)