The series originally appeared in the Belgian magazine "Pilote" This project aims to examine the issues that the translators, from the French to the English versions, encountered with the translations of Asterix in Britain, while maintaining a specific focus on the linguistic and cultural issues. ... These are part of Venuti's theory of the translator's invisibility. ... These were pulled from an article written my Michaela Canepari focusing on the translation of Asterix in Britain into English and Italian. ... However the remaining editions all take place outside of France...

• Word Count: 9276
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While applying for an American citizenship you must show an understanding of the English language, including the ability to read, write and speak simple words and phrases and in ordinary usage in the English language. ... A few corrupt translators could easily decide the outcome of a poll. ... Illegal immigrants voted in Fresno and Tulare County in November 1994; and a prominent legal alien - a Mexican businessman and a publisher of a Spanish language newspaper - cast a ballot in both 1992 and 1994, despite his lack of American citizenship. ... The money could be better spent teaching the i...

• Word Count: 377
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

An appropriate evaluation of skills will include evaluation of both languages, and will be completed by a bilingual speech-language pathologist or one who has knowledge of the rules and structure of both languages and the assistance of a translator or interpreter. ... Most immigrant children arrive in the United States as monolingual speakers of their native language, develop bilingualism as they acquire English, establish English-speaking households, and raise their children as English-speaking monolinguals. According to survey data, even Spanish, a language thought to be particularly endurin...

• Word Count: 5919
• Approx Pages: 24
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Companies are paying thousands of dollars every year to individuals that have taken the time to learn how to communicate in a language other than English. The most commonly learned language for the business world is Spanish. ... I know first hand that having the ability of speaking a foreign language, especially one like Spanish can help in providing a serious upper hand in the job market. ... What technologies have come up with now are voice translators. ... I have never used one of these machines before but it is my understanding that these machines can be very helpful, but on occasion i...

• Word Count: 1309
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Required language translations included Spanish, German, Italian, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Korean. ... It reviewed the in-house solution and suggested multiple options, including a workflow tool to be used by in-house translators. ... SDL suggested Best Western consider the use of 'intelligent Machine Translation' as an alternative to linguists, reducing the number of translators required during peak to zero.... These are used to improve the performance of automated translation, after which translators post-edit the output into its final form. ... Though English Lang...

• Word Count: 1994
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Life in America for a non-English speaking person is not an easy life. ... They are not in an area where very many Spanish speaking people live and they are not familiar with English. ... They would have to have some sort of dictionary to translate some of the words or there might be a translator or teacher to help them. ... They may even sign up for some Community-Based English tutoring so they can learn some English for themselves (Guzzardi 2002). ... Life in America for the non-English speaking people is not an easy life. ...

• Word Count: 895
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The second time I saw Alyssa, she was sitting in a circle with 4 other girls speaking Spanish. I don't think Alyssa knew that I understood spanish, but she was discussing her situation with her boyfriend. ... Cohen, who spoke a little Spanish and was extra slow and calm while approaching her with her assignments. When Alyssa wasn't doing work, she only spoke to students that she felt comfortable speaking spanish with. ... The IEP shows the different accommodations for the student, which was extra time on his test, if he needed a translator, receive instruction multiple times. ...

• Word Count: 1541
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The story of Amistad centers on the legal status of Africans caught and brought to America on a Spanish slave ship in 1839. ... In the beginning of the movie Sengbe knows no English, but by the middle he learns some while in prison. A translator is found who helps Sengbe express his anger at the legal system that may free him, but will not correct or even address the real crime against him. ... However, the questions about their status as African-Americans plays against them because they do not speak English. ... The United States argued that its treaty with Spain required it to return sh...

• Word Count: 1316
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The user can punch in a word of his own language for example, he is Spanish and he would like to learn a bit of English so he would type in a word or a phrase into the translator, and it would instantly translate the word or phrase into English, and in this way he could learn various words and sentences to enable him to carry a conversation which in turn he will learn more English. ... The last way that one can learn a foreign language is by using the internet to use message sending programs, and example is MSN, a user from France would like to learn a bit of English so what he could do is tha...

• Word Count: 768
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Steven Spielberg's "Amistad" is centered on the legal status of Africans caught and brought to America on a Spanish slave ship. ... Cinque spoke no English at the beginning of the movie, but he learns some while he is in prison. A translator is found who helps him express his consternation at the legal system that may free him but will not correct or even address the real crime against him. ...

• Word Count: 487
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Belize City is the only Central American city where English is the official language, so Nohemy is able to speak both English and Spanish (Encarta Encyclopedia Article, 2003). This skill allows her to work as a translator at the court house and other places in surrounding the Pipestone area. ...

• Word Count: 891
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Young enough to learn the English language and quick enough to adjust to American customs, immigrant children often served as their parents translators and envoys to the new world. ... The transition from my native language Spanish, to English was a hard step to take. ...

• Word Count: 792
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Declaring English the national language would also save the country money. ... New Jersey alone spent $922,000 in 1998 on court translator fees (Samborn). ... Americans speak English, not Spanish, Russian, Chinese, or any other language. ... They knew no one, spoke no English, but they did have determination. ... He said he learned English and spoke it well enough to get by. ...

• Word Count: 1342
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Her love of language and need to understand it has molded her life as an English professor and acclaimed author (Contemporary 1). ... The publication has only one poem that hints of color and only one Spanish word. ... An English professor at Middlebury College in Vermont, the publishing of a collection of poetry, Homecoming, brought the first taste of success in 1984 to Alvarez (Contemporary 1). ... "In English or Spanish? ... For the majority of her life, it has been the love of her native Spanish that has created a divide deep within her disillusioned self. ...

• Word Count: 2799
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The employees will be paid in Dollars (1), however they must be able to speak English and know how to use the computer (2) . ... (2) It is a disadvantage to be obliged to learn how to speak English or use the computer. Actually people working in a firm have to use the computer and speak at least one foreign language, however the employees in this example don't speak a foreign language and they have to go to English courses with 35 years age... In three years, according to a recent study by International Data Corp., 39 percent of people who visit the Internet will seek sites in language...

• Word Count: 1566
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

He taught English to some families in Mexico in 1921 and also published his first prose piece, "Mexican Games"(Davis). ... He went to the Soviet Union, Haiti, Japan, Spain, Genoa, France, and other parts of Europe. Hughes was an author, anthologist, librettist, songwriter, columnist, translator, founder of theaters, and a poetical innovator in jazz technology. ...

• Word Count: 978
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

As the translator of Saussure's Course in General Linguistics, Roy Harris, puts it: The essential feature of Saussure's linguistic sign is that, being intrinsically arbitrary, it can be identified only by contrast with coexisting signs of the same nature, which together constitute a structured system (p. x). ... Dog is "dog" in English, "perro" in Spanish, "chien" in French, "hund" in German. ...

• Word Count: 1928
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Before 1914, English literature and ideas were in many ways still harking back to the nineteenth century: after 1918, Modern begins to define the twentieth century. ... The language mix reflects a sense that there is no longer a fixed language of poetry just as there is no longer one English. ...

• Word Count: 10566
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Japanese surrealism and its interactions with the French culture become even more difficult to explicate through a scholarly text in English, a third language that was also, at times the medium of those interactions (Swain, J.D.). ... Most hospitals and other medical facilities offer both translators and documents in a variety of languages. Translators, although necessary, may add another layer of uncertainty to the communication between heath care provider and patient. ...

• Word Count: 2932
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

They offer softwood and a minimal amount of hardwood lumber to their current markets, some of which include: Chile, Spain, Jordan, Russia and many more. ... The Manitoba Woodlands division is the largest manufacturer and distributor of softwood lumber, Supplying a wide range of products both in Canada and internationally to countries like Chile, Italy, Jordan, Spain, Russia and many more. ...

• Word Count: 4394
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography

While searching the American Psychological Associations (APA) website I found a great article that showed that there are several variables of sexual orientation that affect the classroom experience and academic achievement of K-12 students. Population being studied in this case is jr' high and high school students. First students can be at a disadvantage to pre-dispossed biases by teachers. As we've learned already to this point everyone has bias and there is no way around it. If you have an accepting teacher and one that will make the situation a good thing instead of unconformable ...

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He was a guide and translator with a French expedition led by Pierre de Gua, Sieur du Monts. ... In the early 1600's, British, French, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish settlements dotted the east coast of North America. ... Although the Blacks fought their hearts out for the English after the war, they were still treated unfairly. ...

• Word Count: 2905
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

About seventy-five per cent of the content available on the Internet today is in English. However considering that there is more than forty-six per cent of current Internet users who do not read English produces a growing concern to all e-businesses that have not accommodated for foreign customers. What can be even more distressing is the fact that the most-usednon-English languages for U.S companies are Spanish, German, Japanese, French and Chinese. It is a necessity for any e-business to implement their site with a form of language translator. ... He states, Just as English is a second langu...

• Word Count: 1765
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