Cultural Knowledge in a Changing World – Research, Teaching and Cultural Encounters

Supporting cross-cultural communication in real-world encounters

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Supporting Cross-Cultural Communication in Real-World Encounters

a frame semantic approach to the study of translating cultural scripts in salingers franny and zooey

the frame semantic theory is a nascent approach in the area of translation studies which goes beyond the linguistic barriers and helps us to incorporate cognitive and cultural factors to the study of translation. based on rojos analytical model (2002b), which centered in the frames or knowledge structures activated in the text, the present research explores the various translation problems that...

Negotiating Cultural Encounters

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Cultural Knowledge

In this article emphasis has been placed on the legitimacy of an increasing variety of culture as the epicenter of the spiritual life of a society. A renewed civil society should be aware of the standardization of spiritual life, of the unification of ideas and thoughts, and of people becoming anonymous. The more new ideas and thoughts that appear, the richer becomes society. Free competition o...