Globalization through the filter of translation
Calvet, Louis-Jean
Globalization through the filter of translation - 2007.
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When applied to the linguistic side of globalization, the «gravitational model» approach and the study of translation flows show that there is a «language market» in which some languages rank very high whereas others are devalued. Two case studies (Arabic science and Chinese as a source and target language) give us a better understanding of how this language market works. And a recent trend in the way source languages are now being called seems to indicate that supercentral languages are prone to break up, thus leading to further dialectization.
Globalization through the filter of translation - 2007.
93
When applied to the linguistic side of globalization, the «gravitational model» approach and the study of translation flows show that there is a «language market» in which some languages rank very high whereas others are devalued. Two case studies (Arabic science and Chinese as a source and target language) give us a better understanding of how this language market works. And a recent trend in the way source languages are now being called seems to indicate that supercentral languages are prone to break up, thus leading to further dialectization.
Réseaux sociaux