Part of a continuing series. (VM)

Part of a continuing bibliographical series on lexicographical information. (VM)

Study investigated bilingual subjects' perceptions of connotative differences between concepts in English and French using a form of the semantic differential in which the scales were derived from Cattell's 16 personality factors. Results show no significant differences in affective meaning between concepts within or across languages but…

Discusses need for Nigerian translators and interpreters to perform adequately in the languages worked in as well as to understand nonverbal and paralinguistic elements of communication and their influence on national unity. (BK)

Presents a model of interpretation, parsing and error recovery in simultaneous translation using two experts and two amateur German-English bilingual translators orally translating from English to German. Argues that the translator first comprehends the text in English and divides it into meaningful units before translating. Study also…

Gives some examples of linguistic borrowing in translatin Quebec statutes from French to English. (AM)

Gives a brief history of the causes for the emergence of translation as a key to national survival and cultural change in China. Focuses on three significant translation phenomena: the role of translation as a vehicle for cultural change; the phenomenon of translating out of the mother tongue; and the relationship between translation and learning…

Provides English interpretations for a list of French expressions using animal imagery, focusing on those metaphors which are commonly used by contemporary French speakers. (CB)

Deals with a major difference between European languages and Chinese, namely the sparse use of anaphoric reference in Chinese. Suggests that the translator's way of rendering references will affect the interpretational potential of the text in the target language. (NKA)

Lists the winners of the 1991 children's book awards, including the Newbery Award (Jerry Spinelli); the Caldecott Award (David Macaulay); the Coretta Scott King Award (Mildred Taylor, author; Leo and Diane Dillon, illustrators); and the Mildred L. Batchelder Award (Rafik Shami, author; translated from Arabic by Rika Lesser). (LRW)

Notes resources for locating translation agencies and individual translators. Offers addresses for two new newsletters on international technical communication. (SR)

Presents goals of internationalism in children's literature; describes some problems; and suggests literature addressing young people's world understanding. Discusses the Batchelder Award, presented annually to an American publisher recognized for producing the most outstanding translated children's book. (RS)

Focuses on the most important problem translators are faced with when translating Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" into German: how can the speech of The African-American Jim be rendered? Examines both orthographic and other linguistic strategies that have been used to differentiate Jim's voice over the last hundred years. (Author/VWL)

Examines a passage written by Freud, discussing the application of psychoanalysis to education and his daughter Anna. Discusses how the passage led to diverse interpretations in France in the 1970s and 1980s when only one French language translation was available. (Author/VWL)