On Friday‚ April 1st‚ I interviewed Sarah McWhorter‚ who is a staff interpreter at LUNA Language services. I asked her questions referring to what she enjoys and doesn’t enjoy about her career. I also asked about the qualities of a good interpreter‚ things to avoid while interpreting‚ and advice to give an interpreting student. Sarah has done quite a few jobs in her career so far. These consist mostly of medical appointments‚ college classes‚ and meetings. Less commonly‚ she goes on interpreting
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the myth of communication and miscommunication. This chapter discussed the importance of communication to the victory of invaders especially the Spaniards. The interpreters were “invaluable members of the expedition” (p83). Invaders used the interpreters to communicate with the native emperors and native people. As though‚ the interpreters earned credits from their captains “Nahuas soon dubbed Cortes himself with the name of Malinche‚ as though captain and interpreter were one. Indeed‚ Cortes never
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JAIME R. ARZE 7483 Adams Park Ct. Annandale VA‚ 22003 Email: Jaimearze@gmail.com; Alt: Jaime.arze.@inova.org Mobile: 703-732-7003 OBJECTIVE A devoted‚ dynamic‚ hardworking individual with experience managing personnel and resources‚ whose primary interest is to obtain a challenging position where hard work‚ dedication‚ and loyalty are recognized and rewarded. SKILLS Tri-lingual‚ Speak-Read-Write in all 3(Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ English) Goal oriented‚ self motivated‚ with
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My story begins with the time that ‚I felt that I had failed my team‚school‚family and myself. The sense of failure came from my incident that happened in a hot july summer during football practice.We were working on some drills to pass the defender in front of you and beyond that.I had went through the drill three times ‚and I felt ecstatic.When it was my turn again for my fourth rep I lined up against my opponent and the other defender behind him.When coach blew the whistle I had used a technique
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In Shakespeare’s 17th century play‚ “Much Ado About Nothing”‚ he illustrates the confusion among the characters that leads to simple miscommunications. Arthur Miller agrees with Shakespeare that miscommunications can cause different conflicts to arise. In his 1949 play “Death of a Salesman”‚ Miller expresses the bond in a father-son relationship that is then ruined by the lack of communication skills. Willy Loman neglects Biff’s needs by threatening him to “come back here” then alarmingly says
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Abstract Purpose: to analyze case study "Miscommunications with a Brazilian Auto Parts Manufacturer”" in chapter 4‚ pg. 140. This case study gives an example an American businessman flying out of the country to do business on foreign soil‚ also‚ it has several questions at the end of the case study: 1) What are three of the cultural “missteps” that Wally Astor and his father-in-law‚ Henry Williams‚ made in this scenario? Why do you think this happened? 2) If this was a native of Brazil and advising
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Melanie’s role in the story is simply plot progression in the form of abuse. Although Lurie constantly uses language which implicates otherwise‚ he has raped and harassed this girl in an attempt to fill a void within himself. Melanie is trapped in a situation where she is subjected to the perversion of somebody who she once respected and has no idea how to react or what to do about it. There is constant evidence to show that she is uncomfortable and wishes nothing more than for everything to go back
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In today’s world it is rare to read‚ listen‚ or watch the news‚ or scroll through social media‚ without the mention of at least one type of law enforcement agency doing something good or bad. Additionally‚ at some point in everyone’s life they have or will interact with some sort of law enforcement. Therefore‚ law enforcement officers‚ or LEOs‚ and agencies must be able to effectively communicate with the public to protect and serve them. To effectively communicate with the public law enforcement
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The Emperor of All Maladies published in 2010‚ by Siddhartha Mukherjee is a biography of cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee is an oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer institute. Mukherjee has become a storyteller of one of the most phenomenal stories in science that has ever been told‚ the history of cancer. The author talks about the setbacks and victories of cancer treatment. Dating from the Persian Queen Atossa’s breast cancer which was excised by her greek slave‚ to the 20th century’s battles with chemotherapy
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Chaos Resulting From Mistiming and Miscommunication in “Phaedra” Throughout life everyone is tempted and feels the urge to make decisions off of emotions or feelings of love. In Phaedra‚ written by Racine‚ we see a perfect example of how situations can quickly spiral out of control due to miscommunication about these emotions. We also see a great display of mistiming‚ things occurring at such an inconvenient time for the people involved. For instance‚ in the play Hippolytus‚ son
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