TRANSLATING DIALECTS AND LANGUAGES OF MINORITIES: Challenges and Solutions
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien: Peter Lang, 2011.
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This book offers a range of analyses of the multiplicity of opinions and ideologies attached to rendering, in familiar or unfamiliar voices, languages known as non-standard varieties. The contributions include theoretical reflections, case studies and comparative studies that draw from the full spectrum of translation strategies adopted in rendering non-standard varieties and reflect the endless possibilities of language variation. The strength of the volume lies in the wide range of languages discussed, from Arabic to Turkish and from Italian to Catalan, as well as in its variety of complementary and contrastive methodologies. The contributions reveal the importance of exploring further issues in translating local voices. Discussing dialects and marginal voices in translation, the contributors encourage and challenge the reader to reflect on what is standard and non-standard, acceptable and unacceptable, thereby overturning accepted principles and challenging familiar practices.
Minority Languages
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This book explores the affect that a successful reverse language shift has had in Quebec and in Israel, two polities identified and governed by their majority ethnolinguistic group. It examines the roles played by majority and minority lanugages in Quebec and Israel in the realms of law, education and the public sphere. It delves into the complex connections between language, ethnicity, culture, nationalism and freedom of expression. In doing this, it attempts to point out the similarities and differences between the two polities in order to show the advances they have made, while still being realistic about how much legislation and ideological change still need to occur until Arabic and English are seen on an equal level as Hebrew and French, in the eyes of the law and the populations of Israel and Quebec.
Minority Languages and Bilingualism
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This book deals with the past, present, and possible future of minority languages. It begins with a number of relevant concepts in macro-sociolinguistics as a background for analyzing the problems associated with minority languages. The fundamental question posed throughout is whether these minority languages will continue to exist, caught as they are in the strong currents of national and international development. A history of the society and language is given for each area. Comparisons are made in quantitative terms, in addition to interpretations based on the spontaneous remarks of interviewees. Beyond the statistical comparisons between samples and the differences of age, gender, and social class, the attitudes of the interviewees toward their respective minority language make the reader aware of the emotional reactions to questions of ethnic and language identity. In the final chapter, language planning is discussed.
Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape
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