The expansion of electronic memory capacity is having fundamental long-term effects on the way texts are produced and used,and thus on the way they are translated.Translators are increasingly working on data bases in ...The expansion of electronic memory capacity is having fundamental long-term effects on the way texts are produced and used,and thus on the way they are translated.Translators are increasingly working on data bases in non-linear ways,separated from awareness of any active communicative context.This enhances productivity and consistency but challenges more humanistic values like understanding,cooperation, and job satisfaction.In order to address these changes,teaching practices should 1)make students aware of the communicative functions of texts, particularly the ways in which particular parts of texts become high-risk in particular situations,2)teach students how to use electronic tech- nologies within such a frame,and how to teach themselves about the technologies,and 3)train students for a range of professional communica- tion jobs,incorporating both the technical sides and the various revision and editing techniques now required by the technologies.展开更多
On a street in Peru the shopkeeper asks me if I am a believer,ifI have faith-by which he means Christian faith,since there are few other brands in town.He asks because I am there with a Christian missionary,and we hav...On a street in Peru the shopkeeper asks me if I am a believer,ifI have faith-by which he means Christian faith,since there are few other brands in town.He asks because I am there with a Christian missionary,and we have explained we are in Lima for a conference on translations of the Bible.For the shopkeeper,it was natural to suppose that scholars interested in the Bible would have to believe in the Bible.So how should I answer?展开更多
文摘The expansion of electronic memory capacity is having fundamental long-term effects on the way texts are produced and used,and thus on the way they are translated.Translators are increasingly working on data bases in non-linear ways,separated from awareness of any active communicative context.This enhances productivity and consistency but challenges more humanistic values like understanding,cooperation, and job satisfaction.In order to address these changes,teaching practices should 1)make students aware of the communicative functions of texts, particularly the ways in which particular parts of texts become high-risk in particular situations,2)teach students how to use electronic tech- nologies within such a frame,and how to teach themselves about the technologies,and 3)train students for a range of professional communica- tion jobs,incorporating both the technical sides and the various revision and editing techniques now required by the technologies.
文摘On a street in Peru the shopkeeper asks me if I am a believer,ifI have faith-by which he means Christian faith,since there are few other brands in town.He asks because I am there with a Christian missionary,and we have explained we are in Lima for a conference on translations of the Bible.For the shopkeeper,it was natural to suppose that scholars interested in the Bible would have to believe in the Bible.So how should I answer?
