TRUTH ABOUT TRANSLATION 2.0 animated text show, Enhanced Version gives much information, exposes myths about translating/interpreting/computers. New menu-driven version uses humor to explain complex language problems, presents famous quotations about translation over 2,500 years PLUS hilarious "Translation Bloopers" by man & machine PLUS humorous/insightful ideas on how both language & translation truly work. Combines practical & theoretical knowledge about language to provide a basis for understanding what is involved in translating and why many computer-based solutions can fall short. Quotations on translation from Ancient Sumeria to Molecular Biology show how culture-dependent both translation and our belief in "meaning" can turn out to be. Many human & machine Bloopers highlight the fragile nature of understanding by both species. Provides an in-depth look at thorny problems of applied linguistics over time, in many cultures, and in many branches of learning. Most of this material has never been presented in any linguistics or translation text, and much has never before been translated into English. Sure to interest computer pros & others concerned with natural language problems. Can be run as animation or printed out. Single sections can be run individually. Shareware, full version $12 for individuals, has twice as many quotations, three times as many Bloopers, contains quiz feature, extra program on machine translation problems, bibliography & scholarly apparatus. Special price for Institutions. SOME EXAMPLES OF TRANSLATION BLOOPERS PRESENTED IN THIS PROGRAM: *** Sign in a Bucharest hotel lobby: "The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable. *** Sign in a Jordanian tailor's shop: Because is big rush, we will execute cutomers in strict rotation." *** Beneath a Japanese tailor's shop: "Ladies will have fits upstairs." Many, many more Bloopers included. See above for program description.
VERSION HISTORY
- Version 2 posted on 1997-04-03
Now menu-run, includes additional sub-program, revisions in text
Program Details
- Category: Education > Other
- Publisher: Cross-Cultural Research Projects
- License: Free Trial
- Price: $12.00
- Version: 2
- Platform: windows
EULA
LICENSING AGREEMENT =================== "Truth About Translation" is NOT a public domain program. It is copyrighted by Alexander Gross. This software and accompanying documentation are protected by United States copyright law and also by international treaty provisions. Cross-Cultural Research Projects grants you a limited license to use this software for evaluation and educational purposes. It is anticipated that you may wish to make copies for your friends solely on behalf of these educational goals. You are also permitted to place copies of "Truth About Translation" on local or national Bulletin Boards in the furtherance of these purposes and to make this program widely available for the use of individuals. You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Cross-Cultural Research Projects. Each vendor wishing to distribute the package must independently satisfy the terms of the limited distribution license, as stipulated in this file. U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The Contractor/manufacturer is . This PAD file data record is hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements ex- pressed in that data record is hereby authorized. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Cross-Cultural Research Projects. Vendors, Distributors, Computer Clubs, User Groups, BBS Sysops, and persons or organizations charging any kind of fee, wishing to add the software package to their disk library may do so ONLY in accordance with the requirements outlined in VENDINFO.DIZ. If VENDINFO.DIZ is damaged or missing, contact the author. 2. NATURE OF LICENSE: You are entitled and encouraged to make as many copies of this free Shareware program as you wish and to distribute them to your friends. It is hoped that this free, abridged version of the program will encourage you to order the full version at the reasonable price of $12, which you can do by filling out the form in the file ORDER.DOC. Any exceptions to these terms are shown below and in the standard Shareware file VENDINFO.DIZ. Please feel free to place this abridged version of the program on local Bulletin Boards, in the Zipped form as you most probably received it--and to publicize it in any and all appropriate media. Sysops are especially encouraged to post it on their Boards, and publishers of CD-ROM's are welcome to include it on their disks. In fact, almost all ways and methods of distributing this program are most welcome, with three exceptions. 1. As stated at the beginning of the program itself, its contents remain the Copyrighted property of its sole author, Alexander Gross. 2. No one is authorized to charge any special fee for obtaining this program, aside from the usual nominal fee charged by legitimate originators and/or distributors of Shareware and CD-ROM disks. 3. No changes to be are made to any part of the program, except as specifically provided for in the this statement, and all files belonging to the program are to be kept together as a single unit.