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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451361603321

Autore

Mitchell Mary Niall

Titolo

Raising freedom's child [[electronic resource] ] : Black children and visions of the future after slavery / / Mary Niall Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8147-6442-8

0-8147-9570-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

American history and culture

Disciplina

371.829/96073075

Soggetti

African American children - History - 19th century

Slaves - Emancipation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-305) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Emigration : a good and delicious country -- Reading race : rosebloom and pure white, or so it seemed -- Civilizing missions : Miss Harriet W. Murray, Elsie, and Puss -- Labor : Tillie Bell's song -- Schooling : we ought to be one people -- Conclusion : some mighty morning.

Sommario/riassunto

The end of slavery in the United States inspired conflicting visions of the future for all Americans in the nineteenth century, black and white, slave and free. The black child became a figure upon which people projected their hopes and fears about slavery's abolition. As a member of the first generation of African Americans raised in freedom, the black child-freedom's child-offered up the possibility that blacks might soon enjoy the same privileges as whites: landownership, equality, autonomy. Yet for most white southerners, this vision was unwelcome, even frightening. Many northerners, too,



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786540503321

Autore

Baigorri Jalón Jesús

Titolo

From Paris to Nuremberg : the birth of conference interpreting / / Jesús Baigorri-Jalón ; translated by Holly Mikkelson and Barry Slaughter Olsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-272-6997-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Benjamins Translation Library, , 0929-7316 ; ; Volume 111

Disciplina

418/.020904

Soggetti

Translating and interpreting - History - 20th century

Congresses and conventions - Translating services - History - 20th century

International agencies - Translating services - Europe - History - 20th century

Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From Paris to Nuremberg; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Translators' foreword; Citations; Deviations from the Source Text; Acknowledgements; Translators' Bibliography; Introduction; Chapter I.The Paris Peace Conference of 1919; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Background of the Conference and general procedural aspects; 1.3 The language question; 1.3.1 The languages of diplomacy; 1.3.2 The battle of the languages: The end of the French monopoly and its consequences; 1.4 The interpreting at the Peace Conference; 1.4.1 World War I as a School of Interpreting

1.4.2 The Interpreters at the Peace Conference 1.4.2.1 Paul Mantoux; 1.4.2.2 Gustave Camerlynck; 1.4.2.3 Stephen Bonsal; 1.4.2.4 Other interpreters; 1.4.3 The interpreting process; 1.4.3.1 The functions of the interpreter and the modes of interpreting; 1.4.3.2 The task of interpreting; 1.4.3.3 Working conditions; 1.4.4 The evaluation of the interpreting; 1.5 Recapitulation; Chapter II.The splendor of consecutive interpreting, the interwar period; 2.1 The League of Nations and other



international bodies; 2.1.1 The language question; 2.1.1.1 The battle between French and English

2.1.1.2 Languages in other organizations 2.1.1.3 Esperanto as an alternative?; 2.2 The interpreters at the international organizations; 2.2.1 Introduction: The interpreter's work and aptitudes; 2.2.2 The interpreters at the League of Nations; 2.2.2.1 Staff interpreters; 2.2.2.2 Freelance interpreters; 2.3 Interpreting in other organizations; 2.4 Methods of work; 2.4.1 The splendor of consecutive; 2.4.1.1 Acoustic conditions; 2.4.1.2 Accents; 2.4.1.3 Subject-matter knowledge; 2.4.1.4 Types of meetings; 2.4.1.5 The users of the interpreting; 2.4.1.6 Note-taking

2.4.1.7 The interpreter as more than a linguistic bridge 2.4.1.8 Quality control and the interpreter as scapegoat; 2.5 Recapitulation; Chapter III.The birth of simultaneous interpretation; 3.1 Simultaneous interpretation tests at the ILO and LON; 3.1.1 The first proposals; 3.1.2 Simultaneous Tests at the ILO; 3.1.3 Simultaneous interpreting tests at the League of Nations; 3.2 Recapitulation; Chapter IV.The interpreters of the dictators; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 The dictators; 4.1.2 The Interpreters; 4.2 The interpreters' training; 4.2.1 Languages; 4.2.2 Topics discussed

4.2.3 Psychological preparation 4.2.4 Gaining the principal's trust; 4.2.5 Rapport with the principal; 4.3 Interpreting practice; 4.3.1 Schedules and fatigue; 4.3.2 Formats of interpretation; 4.3.3 Modes of interpreting; 4.4 The status of the interpreters; 4.4.1 Association with the leader's political regime; 4.4.2 Tasks beyond interpretation; 4.4.3 Compensation; 4.5 Recapitulation; Chapter V.Nuremberg, simultaneous interpreting comes of age; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The language barrier at Nuremberg; 5.2.1 The technical equipment: Cords and microphones; 5.2.2 The interpreters

5.2.2.1 The selection

Sommario/riassunto

Conference interpreting is a relatively young profession. Born at the dawn of the 20th century, it hastened the end of the era when diplomatic relations were dominated by a single language, and it played a critical role in the birth of a new multilingual model of diplomacy that continues to this day. In this seminal work on the genesis of conference interpreting, Jesús Baigorri-Jalón provides the profession with a pedigree based on painstaking research and supported by first-hand accounts as well as copious references to original documentation. The author traces the profession's roots back to