“Praise the bridge that carried you over.”— George Colman In this essay I would like to explain how professional skilled interpreters can build bridges over language‚ cultural‚ racial and national differences. At the beginning I will describe the requirements of the professional code of ethics for interpreters. Later I will explain the meaning of confidentiality and impartiality. I will also evaluate the techniques for revision of word-banks and glossaries‚ as well as the sources of information
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Stories like Odyssey‚ Agamemnon‚ and Lysistrata provides its audience the epic rich traditions and colorful histories. The Odyssey is an epic story with a faithful enduring love. Unlike other characters‚ Odysseus and his wife Penelope have a very happy ending. Homer the narrator of the story makes it very clear that Odysseus and Penelope relate with each other as equal. (QUOTE) as in seen by the following quotes” In my adaption of the story‚ my main point is to deliver the unique plot to the main
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ideas of democracy. Throughout Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and the Crito‚ many different ideas of free speech surfaced and soon these different texts became very important artifacts relating to free speech. Although Aristophanes and Plato both value free speech within a democratic society‚ they both propose different arguments in support of its exercise both having different things to say. Throughout Aristophanes’ Lysistrata‚ he utilizes the voice of women in
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When Danielle was in 1st grade‚ her elementary school chose a new method of teaching students how to read. Instead of the word “vase” being written on a flashcard‚ they wanted students to know what kind of A it was by writing “vās.” To her parents‚ it didn’t make sense. How would she would learn to spell if they spent the first two years of her education teaching her words spelled phonetically? As a result‚ her parents chose to homeschool. Because home schooling was so uncommon‚ the school didn’t
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Some violinist once said: “A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent”. To my mind‚ being an interpreter means being an artist. The same as the painter thoroughly selects colours for his masterpieces‚ the interpreter chooses the most suitable words and expressions in his speech but only in his case this time-consuming process is completed on the spot. As many other artistic professions‚ interpreting also has two sides of the coin which are advantages and disadvantages
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To What Extent is Lysistrata a feminist play In the play Lysistrata‚ women have absolutely no political rights. There is a war going on and one woman wants to put an end to it. It is my opinion the character Lysistrata can be viewed as a modern day feminist. She takes charge in the self-titled play and claims that war shall be the concern of Women! It is too important a matter to be left to men‚ for women are its real victims. Lysistrata wants to end the long war for it is taking a toll against
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Homer and "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. "The Iliad" is a poem which is believed to be a collection of stories handed down through many generations but not of just one man. It is a story of the Trojan War and the leaders of the two city-states. When "The Iliad" was finally written‚ around 750 B.C.E.‚ the Trojan War had already been over for more hundreds of years. Because of this‚ many of the ideas and characteristics of "The Iliad" may have been changed from the original story. "Lysistrata" was a play
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Ethical dilemmas in interpreting: case study 2 In the scenario‚ I am interpreting at a medical practice. The Service Provider (SP) is the GP practice and Service User (SU) is a patient. I arrive at the reception on time‚ the receptionist waves me in direction of the patient and then she answers a phone call. Then the patient is called into the consultation room. At the consultation room‚ I try to introduce myself and give my Code of Practice (CoP) to the doctor but he ignores me and asks what
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The Constitution should be interpreted based on the current times and events. The interpretation of the Constitution in the past was unlawful in so many ways. There are still unratified amendments pending right now because they are unconstitutional. The method of interpretation might frame how political elites and the public at large view the court’s decision‚ as well as influence the court’s ability to avoid charges of judicial activism (Nardi‚ Jr.‚ 2014). There were a lot of Jim Crow laws that
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The comedy in both Midsummer Night’s Dream and Lysistrata is portrayed through the comic characters suffering some pain. In Lysistrata the men were suffering from their wives refusing to have sexual relations until the war ends. Watching the men suffer physical pain over the sex strike brings more excitement and entertainment to the audience. Even now a days sexual content is considered humorous‚ especially when the men want it so much in this play but the women tease them and then refuse. Also whenever
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