Considers the relevance of translation theory to specific and authentic translation problems. Demonstrates, with passages from an U.S. novel and several translations, that translations can be good in the target language although translators are presented with varied problems of content, allusion, and culture-specific references. Concludes that…

Developed Korean version of Youth Depression Adjective Check List (Y-DACL). Administered state form of Y-DACL to 829 Korean adolescents along with Beck Depression Inventory and Self-Rating Depression Scale. Internal consistency was high, split-half reliability was moderately high, and test-retest reliability was low as expected. Estimates of…

Bilingual students who choose to study their native language in school have unique needs. Once they have been identified and placed in a special class for native speakers, these children must learn to match their familiar verbal language with the less familiar written language. By becoming translators and interpreters for the school, writing for…

Identifies component features which are important for the skill of interpreting. Discusses differences between interpreting and translation and between consecutive and simultaneous interpreting. Provides methods for teaching component skills of interpreting to students. (HB)

Discusses two English translations of an identical passage from "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Considers the different approaches manifested by these two translators. Argues that cultural elements exert great influence on the work of translators and that culture must become central to any theory of translation. (HB)

Discusses the difficulty in rendering culture-specific or language-specific elements in film subtitled translations of dialogue. Indicates the strategies used by subtitlers when confronted by these phenomena. Analyzes four French films rendered in Danish subtitles with regard to these issues. (HB)

Procedures useful in teaching translation are presented, including the following: silent reading, focused rereading, identifying vocabulary, dictionary work, oral translation, written translation, rereading the translation. (three references) (LB)

A method used to help translators develop skill in understanding texts uses a grid for organizing information before it is translated into another language. The technique, which can also be used simply for notetaking, is illustrated with a text in French. (MSE)

Suggests reasons why beginning second-language students try to translate into their primary language as they listen, even though this strategy is recognized as problematical, and proposes some teaching techniques to avoid their adopting it. (22 references) (GLR)

Proposes a translation framework to be used in the Spanish foreign-language classroom as a supplementary teaching technique. The use of translation techniques in the classroom can bridge the gap between language and culture by helping students develop metalinguistic skills that bring them to a higher level of awareness about the target language…

On the basis of a think-aloud protocol from an experienced public-service translator, this article uses some of the tools of critical-discourse analysis and translation-quality assessment to present a case study of one such public-service translator and to discuss wider implications for others in the profession. (Author/VWL)

This response to an article on the effect of recent developments (particularly globalization and advances in technology) on the production and perception of language discusses the role of English as a global language and issues surrounding translation. Suggests that stereotyping resulting from non-nuanced and unsubtle transfer of information might…

Responds to comments by six authors on a previous article written by the author on the effect of recent developments (particularly globalization and advances in technology) on the production and perception of language. (Author/VWL)

Examines what happens to children's books that are translated. Suggests that greater attention to the translating, editing, and reviewing of children's books is still needed, and cites several examples where American and other international publishers have disregarded the integrity of the original when coming up with linguistic equivalents. (AEF)

Examines the reliability and validity of the Palestinian version of the Student Alienation Scale. Results, based on 574 students, revealed a high internal consistency for the SAS and a concurrent validity with other measures. Findings indicate that the Arabic version of SAS is suitable for use in research and clinical work. (RJM)