this study aimed to investigate the program of translation studies, offered in iranian universities at the level of master, in terms of its curriculum through a needs analysis model offered by altschuld and witkin (1995). to do so, after a review of the related literature and conducting a documentary analysis, the researchers chose to look at the issue from different perspectives. current instr...

The paper reports on a study where three print articles, three television documentaries, and three Web sites by the National Geographic Society were compared, to see what constitutes linearity, and whether nonlinearity takes the place of linearity in Web media.Devices of transition, disposition, and linking are studied, as well as aspects of narration. The Web sites proved to be linked in a man...

Seasons of China is an epic documentary series produced by CNC, which focuses on the 24 solar terms in and traditional Chinese culture. With both English dialogues subtitles, clearly presents long history unique customs China, favored audiences at home abroad. Skopos Theory core functionalist translation theory, emphasizing that purpose determines strategies specific methods. According to Theor...

This study advances documentary film effects research by comparing the influence of a political documentary with a historical reenactment film on narrative engagement, affect, learning, and interest. Using the Rwandan genocide as a context of study, a documentary film, The Triumph of Evil, and the historical reenactment fictional film,Hotel Rwanda, were examined. Results revealed significant di...

Social profiles and clinical characteristics of patients at the London Homoeopathic Hospital in the period 1889-1923 are described, based on documentary research. The main sources are 300 volumes of manuscript case notes from this period, discovered in the LHH basement in 1992. Annual hospital reports from 1899 and 1919 provide fur ther i l lustrat ive material . Examina t ion of these document...

Documentary heritage reflects the diversity of languages, peoples and cultures. It is the mirror of the world and its memory. But this memory is fragile. Every day, irreplaceable parts of this memory disappear for ever. A considerable proportion of the world's documentary heritage disappears through ‘natural’ causes: acidified paper crumbles away, leather, parchment, film and magnetic tape are ...