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Translation: A Multidisciplinary Approach

September 15, 2014 Mona Baker Publications, Translation

Edited by Juliane House Print Pub Date: August 2014 DOI: 10.1057/9781137025487 ebook ISBNs: 9781137025487 PDF / 9781137025494 EPUB Print ISBNs: 9781137025463 / HB 9781137025494 Pages: 290 pp Translation: A Multidisciplinary Approach provides readers with exciting new insights into the cross-linguistic and cross-cultural practice of translation – a field of rapidly growing international importance. World-renowned experts address the subject from a variety of

The World Bank Translation Style Guide: Arabic Edition

September 15, 2014 Mona Baker Publications, Translation

© 2004 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank Translation Services Translation_Style_Guide_Arabic Also available at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/TRANSLATIONSERVICESEXT/Resources/Translation_Style_Guide_Arabic.pdf?__scoop_post=

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Arabic, Style Guide, World Bank

Middle East Studies Scholars and Librarians Call for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions

September 15, 2014 Mona Baker BDS News, Palestine

by Jadaliyya Reports Aug 06 2014 [The following letter calling on scholars and librarians within Middle East studies to boycott Israeli academic institutions was submitted in the name of the below signatories to Jadaliyya on 6 August 2014.] We, the undersigned scholars and librarians working on the Middle East, hold that silence about the latest humanitarian catastrophe caused by Israel’s new

On Books in Translation in the American Market

September 15, 2014 Mona Baker Articles, Translation

September 15, 2014 The German Book Office’s Riky Stock spoke to editors and publishers about the factors at play when considering publishing a translation in the US market. By Katharina Rapp Which foreign books are interesting to American publishers? How do they find these books and who is involved in the translation process? What role does translation funding play and

Temporary Center for Translation

September 14, 2014 Mona Baker Events, Translation

The Temporary Center for Translation is a site for pedagogical exchange founded on the importance of translation as a mode for thinking, making, and doing. Every translation sets into play distinct vocabularies and systems of meaning—linguistic and otherwise—and it is in these encounters that priorities and positions are negotiated. While fidelity to an original work or idea is paramount

Breaking the last taboo – Gaza and the threat of world war

September 14, 2014 Mona Baker Media, Palestine

by John Pilger 11 September 2014 Editor’s note: The following article is adapted from John Pilger’s Edward Said Memorial Lecture, delivered in Adelaide, Australia, on 11 September 2014. “There is a taboo,” said the visionary Edward Said, “on telling the truth about Palestine and the great destructive force behind Israel. Only when this truth is out can any of us be free.”

After the Ceasefire

September 13, 2014 Mona Baker Omar Robert Hamilton, Palestine, Translating Dissent

Omar Robert Hamilton 12 September 2014 On 26 August a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was agreed, bringing a fragile end to a war that killed 2150 Palestinians (mostly civilians) and 73 Israelis (mostly soldiers). Since then Hamas has not fired a single rocket, attacked an Israeli target, or done anything to break the terms of

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#GazaUnderAttack, Gaza, Hamas, Omar Robert Hamilton, West Bank

The Poet Cannot Stand Aside: Arabic Literature and Exile

September 12, 2014 Mona Baker Articles, Culture, Palestine, Translation

M. Lynx Qualey Fourteen hundred years ago and more, the poet-prince Imru’ al-Qais was banished by his father. The king exiled his son, or so the legend goes, in part because of the prince’s poetry. Thus it was that, when the king was killed by a group of his subjects, al-Qais was traveling with friends. Al-Qais returned to avenge his

Interpreting Conflict: Training Challenges in Humanitarian Field Interpreting

September 11, 2014 Mona Baker Articles, Translation

Barbara Moser-Mercer, Leïla Kherbiche and Barbara Class* Journal of Human Rights Practice (2014) 6(1): 140-158. doi: 10.1093/jhuman/hut025 First published online: January 6, 2014 Abstract When communication breaks down, conflict ensues. Resolving conflicts successfully relies heavily on re-establishing communication. Almost all conflicts involve parties who do not speak the same language or share the same culture. Language is the main vehicle of communication under such difficult circumstances, and

Invisible Angels

September 11, 2014 Mona Baker Interviews, Translation

A decade after the Truth and Reconciliation Committee hearings, the interpreters speak their truth. Yvette Hardie interviews three interpreters, April 2006. Download pdf file of interviews: Invisible Angels.

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