Germanic & Latinate Equivalents in the English Language
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Garbled ramblings on a life of clear speaking
One of the questions I was asked when I said I was retiring was: “And would you do it all again, if you were starting out now?”
One of those questions it’s impossible to answer, of course. I’d be tempted to follow the example of the man who, when asked which way it was to Tipperary, (or was it Steenokkerzeel? Or Chipping Sudbury?), replied: “If I was you, I wouldn’t be starting from here.”
The A B C of Retour
Directionality in Interpreting. The ‘Retour’ or the Native?
Godijns, R. and M. Hinderdael (eds.) (2005). Gent: Communication and Cognition.
The question of directionality in conference
interpreting, i.e. whether interpreters should interpret only into
their mother tongues or also into a ‘B’ language, namely practise
what some now call retour interpreting, is one which has been hotly
debated by both professionals and trainers since interpreting has
been recognized as a profession. [Read more…]
interpreting, i.e. whether interpreters should interpret only into
their mother tongues or also into a ‘B’ language, namely practise
what some now call retour interpreting, is one which has been hotly
debated by both professionals and trainers since interpreting has
been recognized as a profession. [Read more…]