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Resistancy is the translation practice of breaking with the target language’s norms. A translation strategy based on an aesthetic of discontinuity, it has been used in the translation of experimental source texts to create a target text that is as innovative as the original.
A healthy approach to medical care in Guatemala means providing services in indigenous languages. Dr Peter Rohloff on the work of the Maya Health Alliance
In her Threlford Lecture, Bernadette O’Rourke examines growing linguistic intolerance and asks if linguists unwittingly promote monolingual ideologies
Interpreters shouldn’t always take ‘no’ for an answer, argues Renata Towlson
Ursula Lanvers considers ‘fake news’ and the danger of talking ourselves out of language learning
From eureka moments to violent encounters, Gregory Anderson considers the good, the bad and the ugly of linguistic fieldwork
Child abusers are using a whole new language online, says Sue Leschen, who considers the difficulties for interpreters
Paul Bishop argues that commercialising and re-visioning university languages is both essential and unavoidable
What cutting-edge developments in cognitive neuroscience reveal about the translating brain. By Binghan Zheng
With great power comes great responsibility: why translating comics isn’t just about finding the right word for ‘kerblam’. By Canan Marasligil
