Translators

Thanking the Translators

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Susanne Hobel, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, Susan Ridder, Kim Byung-Hwa, Eleonora Cadelli, Paulo Polzonoff, Translators, Translation, Anke Caroline Burger, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

We owe thanks to the literary translators. Through meticulous and exacting work, carried out in obscurity and often in utter anonymity, these magicians of language open the door to whole new book stacks of wonder.

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AMAZING: New iPhone App Instantly Translates Words In Front Of You

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.25.2011

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You're in a foreign country. There's text in front of you - on a sign, in a menu, wherever - that you don't quite understand. What do you do? If yo...

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Language and Being American in the World

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Language, Translators, Pashto, Afghanistan, Linguistics, Language, Globalization, Chinese, China, German, Pashtun, Afghanistan Translators, World News
Gail Vida Hamburg

It is not unusual for US interpreters in Afghanistan to be ignorant of the languages they claimed to be fluent in. Faking understanding of a foreign language is a common vanity.

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Don't turn the page on our translators

Zachary J. Iscol | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vietnam, Obama, Iraq, Translators, Barack Obama, Moral Obligation, President Obama, Iraq War, World News, Politics News
Zachary J. Iscol

Last night, in a sobering prime time address from the Oval Office, President Obama called for us to turn the page on Iraq. But for thousands of Iraqi...

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The DEA's New Tool Against Crime

Zack Isaacs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Enforcement Agency, Controversy, Ebonics, Imprisonment Rates, Justice, Translators, African-American, Impact News
Zack Isaacs

There's a new job skill that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is requiring of a few agents: how to speak Ebonics. And that's probably because it is not usually taught in schools.

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Translators Deserve Credit Too: Who Really Wrote The Kundera You Love?

The Guardian | Tim Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Milan Kundera, Orhan Pamuk, Translators, Writing, Authors, Tim Parks, Books, Translation, Kazuo Ishiguro, Books News

Who wrote the Milan Kundera you love? Answer: Michael Henry Heim. And what about the Orhan Pamuk you think is so smart? Maureen Freely. Or the imagina...

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Lost in Translation: The High Cost of Interpreting in the Middle East

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interpreters, Iraq, Visa, Translators, Defense Contractors, Iraq Contractors, L-3 Communications, Blackwater, David Isenberg, 216 Translators Killed, Business News
David Isenberg

Interpreters have some of the most high risk jobs in war zones.

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Robert Harding, Obama's Second TSA Nominee, Withdraws From Consideration

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is back to square one – again – in finding a transportation security chief to shore up the natio...

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Translator Speaks Up For Translations

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don Quixote, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ghost Writers, Translators, Why Translation Matters, Writing, Books, Translations, Edith Grossman, Books News

NEW YORK — If you're a fan of Gabriel Garcia Marquez or have purchased the latest edition of "Don Quixote," you might know the name Edith Grossm...

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US Companies Send Translators To Afghanistan Who Are Old, Out Of Shape, Unprepared For Combat

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Translators, Afghan Translators, Afghanistan Translators, Private Contractors, Afghanistan War, War in Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban, Afghan War, World News

NAWA, Afghanistan — Josh Habib lay in a dirt field, gasping for air. Two days of hiking with Marines through southern Afghanistan's 115-degree h...

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Don't Tell, But the Military Is Now Recruiting Foreigners

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Bush Administration, Dennis Baron, Department of Defense, Blackwater, Halliburton, Bob Gates, Civilian Contractors, Enlistment Bonuses, Enlisting Felons, Military Recruiting, Border Fence, Translators, Major Margaret Witt, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Foreigners on student or work visas are probably at least as good a bet as the serious felons the armed forces have been reduced to chasing after. Provided they're straight, of course.

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Why Foreign Language Education Matters

Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Language, Translators, Obama Foreign Language, National Security, Translation, Politics News
Rep. Rush Holt

It is no exaggeration to say that bolstering foreign language education for ensuing generations is vital to our nation's economic and national security.

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