EST symposium on publishing in TS Hogeschool Gent, 23 September 2005 PEER REVIEWING Aline Remael Chief Editor Linguistica Antverpiensia NS The Players Working definition Reviewing a manuscript submitted for publication means assessing its strong and weak points with a view to evaluating whether or not it is publishable, as it is, or after some rewriting has […]
Marcel Thelen (Posted on July 30, 2005) Department of Translation and Interpreting Maastricht School of International Communication Zuyd University (Hogeschool Zuyd) m.m.g.j.thelen@hszuyd.nl TERMINOLOGY Terminology: what makes up the distinction between term and word  In the process of specialised translation, terms can in some cases clearly and without any problem be distinguished from words, whereas in others this is not so
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Observing visualisations  Paul Kussmaul Contributed on June 8, 2005 Visualisations can occur at certain stages in the comprehension process, and they may lead to creative translations. Creative translations can for our present purposes be defined as translations that show changes when compared with the source text, thereby bringing in something that is novel. In interpreting,
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Description – Some examples from empirical TS Gyde Hansen, June 2, 2005 – Copenhagen Business School  What is it that makes descriptions reflective, precise, careful, consequent, honest and complemenÂtary, when we try to aspire to a certain degree of objectivity? Some examples:           Being reflective means keeping under control the complex relationship between knowÂledge production, the context of the research process
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Citations and references talk Daniel Gile, May 5, 2006 To some young scholars, the obligation to include bibliographical references in their publications is basically a nuisance, especially when they feel they have a contribution to make in the form of new ideas or new data. They wish they could focus on their input instead of having
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Description Gyde Hansen, April 26, 2005 – Copenhagen Business School Description of an observed phenomenon in empirical research is a kind of communication process. There is always an object of description and an activity consisting in describing it for a receiver. What is needed in order to get closer to objectivity is an unambiguous exchange of experience. Other researchers
