Crossing barriers and bridging cultures : the challenges of multilingual translation for the European Union / edited by Arturo Tosi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tosi, Arturo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Europe.

Translating and interpreting.

Multilingualism--Political aspects--Europe.

Multilingualism.

Languages in contact--Europe.

Languages in contact.

Multilingualism--Political aspects.

Europe.

European Union.

Physical Description:

xv, 135 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Clevedon, UK ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : Multilingual Matters, [2003]

Contents:

Part 1 Overviews of Languages and Cultures in Contact

1 The Multilingual Translation Service in the EU Parliament / Barry Wilson 1

2 Multilingualism and the Interpenetration of Languages in Contact / John Trim 8

3 The Use of Anglicisms in Contemporary French / Christopher Rollason 21

4 Translation of EU Legal Texts / Renato Correia 38

5 European Affairs: The Writer, the Translator and the Reader / Arturo Tosi 45

Part 2 The Making of a Single European Voice

6 The Contribution of Freelance Translators / Freedie De Corte 67

7 Translation and Computerisation at the EU Parliament / Anne Tucker 73

8 Translating Transparency in the EU Commission / Luca Tomasi 88

9 Helping the Journalist to Translate for the Reader / Christopher Cook 99

Part 3 The Debate Between Insiders and Outsiders

10 Linguistic Interpenetration or Cultural Contamination? / Helen Swallow 104

11 Equivalences or Divergences in Legal Translation? / Nichole Buchin, Edward Seymour 111

12 Opaque or User-friendly Language? / Christopher Rollason 117

13 Round Table on Multilingualism: Barrier or Bridge? / Sylvia Ball 120

Appendix The European Community's Language Charter 132.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1853596043

1853596035

OCLC:

49519137