Multilingualism at work : from policies to practices in public, medical and business settings / edited by Bernd Meyer and Birgit Apfelbaum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meyer, Bernd.

Apfelbaum, Birgit.

Series:

Hamburg studies on multilingualism ; v. 9.

Hamburg studies on multilingualism ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism.

Language acquisition.

Physical Description:

vi, 274 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In case of a crisis companies are recommended to follow a one-voice-policy in the communication with their stakeholders. The following chapter investigates how the one-voice-policy is performed in multilingual business writing. In doing so it will be shown which linguistic means are sensitive for translating the original in the target language and how they may violate the principle of one-voice-policy.

Contents:

Multilingualism at work: a brief introduction / Birgit Apfelbaum and Bernd Meyer

Public sector. Linguistic competence and professional identity in English medium instruction / Juliane House and Magdalène Lévy-Tödter

The multilingual organization of remembrance in Nazi camp memorials / Birgit Apfelbaum

Achieving bilingualism in the Canadian federal public workplace: Does language training matter? / Guillaume Gentil, Josée Bigras and Maureen O'Connor

Medical sector. Managing linguistic diversity in a South African HIV/AIDS day clinic / Christine Anthonissen

Interpreter-mediated interaction as a way to promote multilingualism / Claudio Baraldi and Laura Gavioli

Nurses as interpreters? Aspects of interpreter training for bilingual medical employees / Bernd Meyer, Kristin Bührig, Ortrun Kliche and Birte Pawlack

Business sector. Conflicting discourses of rapport and co-membership: multilingual gatekeeping encounters at a day labor center in southern Arizona / Elise DuBord

Plurilingual practices at multilingual workplaces / Georges Lüdi, Katharina Höchle and Patchareerat Yanaprasart

Do other languages than English matter? International career development of highly-qualified professionals / Maria Amelina

Multilingual business writing: The case of crisis communication / Kristin Bührig and Claudia Böttger.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612663352

9781282663350

1282663356

9789027288028

902728802X

OCLC:

657627950