translating and interpreting

"Rivermouth is a polemic arguing for porous borders, a decriminalization of immigration, a more open sense of what we owe one another, and a willingness to extend radical empathy"--.

". . . a collection of . . . personal essays by Puliter Prize-winning authur Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects on her emerging identity as a translator as well as a writier in two languages. . ."--Dust jacket.

Translates Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.

Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Bureau is taking a vacation, in part because he is annoyed at his boss, Party Secretary Li, but also because he has been made an offer he can?t refuse by Gu, a triad-connected businessman. For what seems to be a fortune?with no apparent strings attached? he is to translate a business proposal for the New World, a complex of shops and restaurants to be built in Central Shanghai, evoking nostalgia for the ?glitter and glamour? of the 1930s. It is up to Detective Yu, Chen?s partner, to take charge of a new case. Yin, a novelist, has been murdered in her room. At first it seems that only a neighbor could have committed the crime, but when one confesses, Yu cannot believe that he is really the killer. As Yu looks further into Yin?s life, ample motives begin to surface, even on the part of Internal Security. But it is only when Inspector Chen steps back into the investigation that the culprit is apprehended. And then Chen discovers how Gu has played him and how he, in turn, can play the new capitalist system.

"An artistic collection of 52 drawings featuring unique, funny, and poignant foreign words that have no direct translation into English"--Provided by publisher.

"Begins with the story of Beanca, a girl who was born deaf and uses American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate, and then goes on to explain the history of ASL"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the world of language translation, pointing out that understanding each other is at the core of everything from the United Nations to philosophy to comprehending a joke, and asks the question--how do we ever really know that we have understood what anybody else says--no matter what language is used.

Offers students an overview of the responsibilities, training, and possible career fields for people who work as interpreters.