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What is the translation profession like? How can you get into the job market? What range of activities must translators cover? How many languages do they need to be fluent in? The significant contributions included in this book bridge the gap between theory and practice and offer new suggestions for analysing translation activity

Companion to the 2009 science fiction movie, Avatar. "This report details Pandora's alien ecosystem; its mining mother lode and topography; its flora and fauna; and the culture, language, and physiology of the native population, the aggressive hunter-gatherer race called the Na'vi. ... Also included in this manual are highly confidential and detailed descriptions of RDA [the "enemy" -- the Resources Development Administration] technology and weapons systems deployed to suppress the indigenous hostiles and defend employees agingst the dangerous Pandoran environment"--P. [4] of cover.

Linguistic minorities are everywhere, and they are diverse. In this context, linguistic mediation activities – whether translation or interpreting – are key to the social inclusion of any kind of linguistic minority. In most societies autochthonous linguistic minorities coexist with foreignspeaking minorities and people with (or without) disabilities who rely linguistically or medially adapted on texts to access information. The present volume draws on this broad understanding of the concept of linguistic minorities to explore some of the newest developments in the field of translation...

Estamos inmersos en una revolución, similar a la que supuso la de Gutenberg en su momento, y es preciso reflexionar sobre la dimensión de los cambios que se están operando. Para ello se agrupan en este volumen las reflexiones de los mejores especialistas en cada uno de los campos abordados (el jurídico, el documental, el social y el cultural) no tanto para llegar a conclusiones definitivas como para ayudar a comprender qué está ocurriendo y cuáles pueden ser las líneas de futuro, tanto desde una perspectiva social como desde la profesional.