As more and more scholars apply computational text analysis methods to multilingual corpora, machine translation has become an indispensable tool. However, relying on commercial services for machine translation, such as Google Translate or DeepL, limits reproducibility and can be expensive. This...

Die Vielsprachigkeit ist Ausdruck der "Einheit in Vielfalt" und der großen Achtung für die kulturellen und sprachlichen Identitäten in der Union. Erst sie verschafft dem Recht aller Bürger Geltung, sich in ihrer eigenen Sprache an die Unionsorgane zu wenden und in dieser Sprache eine Antwort...

Contemporary Islamic legal studies – both inside and outside the Muslim world – commonly relies upon a secular distortion of law. In this article, I use translation as a metonym for secular transformations and, accordingly, I will demonstrate how secular ideology translates the Islamic...

We are the translation department of the European Commission. We provide high-quality translation and other language services. This helps the Commission communicate with citizens in a language they understand, making the EU more open and democratic.

We are the translation department of the European Commission. We provide high-quality translation and other language services. This helps the Commission communicate with citizens in a language they understand, making the EU more open and democratic.

Introduction -- English and management research -- English, language diversity and translation in management research -- Toward a reconfiguration of language diversity and translation in management research -- Developing global literacy for management research -- Conclusion: On being spoken and...

"Over the past few years, Marx's Capital has received renewed academic and popular attention. This volume is dedicated to the history of the making, the theoretical evaluation, and the analysis of the dissemination and reception of an almost unknown version of Capital: the French translation,...

Introduction -- English and management research -- English, language diversity and translation in management research -- Toward a reconfiguration of language diversity and translation in management research -- Developing global literacy for management research -- Conclusion: On being spoken and...

Information technology is playing an ever-increasing role in translators' daily work. We therefore make various computer tools available to translators, who use them according to their translation needs and personal preferences. The main document formats we work with are Word, Excel, PowerPoint,...

This paper describes an action research project looking at how translated written legal discourse is procured from freelance practitioners by law firms and in-house counsel. In analysing the barriers when trying to obtain data from the corporate legal field, the author looks at the power of...

Translation theory has proved to be a versatile analytical lens used by scholars working from different traditions. On the basis of a systematic literature review, this study adds to understanding of the ‘translations’ of translation theory by identifying the distinguishing features of the...

Information technology is playing an ever-increasing role in translators' daily work. We therefore make various computer tools available to translators, who use them according to their translation needs and personal preferences. The main document formats we work with are Word, Excel, PowerPoint,...

We use book translations as a new measure of international idea flows and study the effects of Communism's collapse in Eastern Europe on these flows. Using novel data on 800,000 translations and difference-in-differences approaches, we show that while translations between Communist languages...

We use book translations as a new measure of international idea flows and study the effects of Communism's collapse in Eastern Europe on these flows. Using novel data on 800,000 translations and difference-in-differences approaches, we show that while translations between Communist languages...

Constitutional acts seldom constitute a subject of interest for translators who tend to focus their attention on more commonly translated legal acts. It should be noted, however, that constitutional terminology is frequently applied in subordinate legislation. In the light of the European...

Die Generaldirektion Übersetzung der Europäischen Kommission (GD Übersetzung) ist einer der größten Übersetzungsdienste der Welt. Ihr Auftrag ist es den Bedarf der Kommission an Übersetzungen und an Beratung in sprachlichen Fragen für alle Arten schriftlicher Kommunikation zu decken, die...

The Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) is one of the world's largest translation services. Its mission is to: meet the Commission's needs for translation and linguistic advice with respect to all types of written communication; support and strengthen multilingualism in the European Union;...

We use book translations as a new measure of international idea flows and study the effects of Communism's collapse in Eastern Europe on these flows. Using novel data on 800,000 translations, we show that while translations between Communist languages decreased by two thirds with the collapse,...

We use book translations as a new measure of international idea flows and study the effects of Communism’s collapse in Eastern Europe on these flows. Using novel data on 800,000 translations and difference-in-differences approaches, we show that while translations between Communist languages...

Books are an important factor of cultural transmission, but need, in most cases, to be translated. According to some authors, this may lead to a form of cultural domination of English. The population speaking English as a first language is, with the exception of Mandarin, the largest in the...