Summarising Clifford Geertz’ ‘Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture’ Drishta Gopala‚ 3351‚ B.Sc.(H) Anthropology- II Year Geertz starts his article discussing the radical nature of the concept of ‘Culture’‚ one around which the entire field of Anthropology has arisen. He compares it to all other powerful scientific concepts and ideas that rose to fame and power‚ that due to resolving multiple fundamental problems‚ are thought to be the ultimate solution to all problems and
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Quoting‚ Paraphrasing and Summarising Summarising and paraphrasing require important thinking and writing skills that are crucial to success at university. Paraphrasing and summarising allow you to demonstrate your understanding and interpretation of a text‚ and are powerful tools for reshaping information to suit the many writing tasks that will be required of you. Much of the work you do at university will involve the important ideas‚ writings and discoveries of experts in your field of study.
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Communicative/Functional Approaches IAN MASON The terms communicative and functional group together a variety of approaches to translation. Sometimes loosely used and not always defined‚ they broadly represent a view which refuses to divorce the act of translating from its context‚ insisting upon the real-world situational factors which are prime determinants of meaning and interpretation of meaning. We may distinguish three main strands of thinking which have influenced this perspective
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Summary of Interpreting 1 The Similarity and Differences between Translation and Interpreting 1. Similarity • Both transferring the message from Source Language (SL) into Target Language (TL) • Both retaining the message • Both restructuring or reproducing • Both having SLT and TLT • Both having the target audience 2. Differences |Translation |Interpreting
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International Communication - term paper So‚ you wannabe a translator . Translation and Interpreting in International Communication Introduction As I was preparing to put my ideas in order and reflect upon what I was going to write for my essay on International Communication‚ I suddenly remembered the last lecture on the subject. It was about translating and interpreting‚ so I figured out that an essay on the translation challenges in today ’s world would be a great idea to write
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surprise that the Constitution is highly debated. In fact‚ the United States has an entire branch of government specifically for interpreting the Constitution: the judicial branch. However‚ even the judicial branch’s interpretation is debated; the Supreme Court is constantly judged for its decisions. People wonder just what role the Supreme Court must have in interpreting the Constitution; many varying ideas have surfaced about this. Some take on a more literal interpretation of the Constitution when
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“From Construction to Perspective: Interpreting Reality‚ Interpreting Films” Based on what I read‚ Friedrich Nietzsche has many different views about perspectivism. Perspective is determined by communication‚ the world of “phenomena”‚ the antithesis of this phenomenal world‚ and questions. The communication is necessary. The world of “phenomena” is for it to be real. The antithesis of phenomenal world is called the “true world” according to Nietzsche. Last but not least‚ questions for our understanding
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the epicenter of a fictional earthquake. Your task will involve interpreting seismograms from three seismograph stations; determining the difference in time between the arrival of the P waves and arrival of the S waves from the earthquake; using a travel-time graph to determine how far each seismograph station is from the epicenter; and using the technique of triangulation to pinpoint the location of the quake. Step 1: Interpreting the Seismograms 1. Estimate the times of the first arrival of the
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Introduction Ever since its inception‚ one of the High Court’s primary duties has been to interpret the Australian Constitution. There have been many methodologies used to do so and many schools of thought (have been adopted by different judges) in approximately the last hundred years‚ but so far there still isn’t one consistent and cohesive way of interpretation . In this essay three types of options or methodologies that have been more commonly used by High Court judges will be discussed. They
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providing access to these services equally for everyone there is a need for community interpreters. This assignment discusses upon community interpreting. It will provide answers to these questions: who is a community interpreter what is his role where is he working who is he working with what skills and knowledge he needs to have different ways of interpreting code of conduct – what is it and why is it needed when he should decline an assignment what not to do Who is a community
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