THE OTHER/YOU (TRANSLATING THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS)
THE OTHER/YOU (TRANSLATING THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS)
Author(s): Luana Chiriţă AudreySubject(s): Anthropology, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Translation Studies
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: Anthropology; inter-cultural communication; cultural values; translating/ interpreting; student training; cross-disciplinary team;
Summary/Abstract: Starting from anthropology and the example of ethnopsychiatry in France, the author proposes an approach of teaching students inter-cultural communication by redefining problems outside traditional boundaries. It is based on solid knowledge of cultural values and on multi-disciplinary teamwork. While new technologies are developing machines and software for translating/interpreting,the human factor still remains of paramount importance in getting the message through to/from people belonging not only to a different language-speaking group, but who also bring along an entire array of values and beliefs that cannot be appropriately decoded and interpreted by a machine. Case-study: a Hungarian fairy-tale.
Journal: Synergies in Communication
- Issue Year: 1/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 73-81
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English