Explores the use of directives through an analysis of a 2.5 million word corpus of published articles, textbooks, and second language student essays, and through interviews with insider informants on their perceptions and practices. (Author/VWL)

Evaluates three commercial computer-based language translation programs' translation of a university social sciences telephone survey from English to Spanish. The three programs, "Spanish Scholar,""Spanish Assistant," and "Spanish Amigo," were rated as unacceptable in their quality of translations by native and near-native Spanish speakers. (nine…