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A Few Final Thoughts...
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The material in this program
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is still largely unknown
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to linguists, cultural
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anthropologists, historians,
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teachers of foreign
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languages and literature,
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and even to most translators.
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The demand for translations
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has greatly expanded
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over the last few decades.
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Of this demand, 90% is
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for technical or
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commercial translations,
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as opposed to 10% for
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literary works.
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The dispute between free
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and literal translation
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may have no winner. While
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some texts can be trans-
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lated literally with
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little loss of meaning,
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others may require
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more thoughtful treatment
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or some combination
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of the two approaches.
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Many "machine translation"
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programs have been
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abandoned or have fallen
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into disuse. In
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some cases their authors
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have modified their
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original arguments.
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Other authorities believe
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that such projects can
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still be successful. The
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Transformational-Generative
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school of linguistics
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("Chomskianism") tends to
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encourage a belief that
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differences between languages
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are essentially
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trivial in nature.
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As the material in this
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program clearly shows,
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this may simply be untrue,
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and a new approach
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to language, combining
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elements of linguistics
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and translation theory,
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may be in order.
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Throughout the history
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of language and translation,
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would-be experts
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often express surprise
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that people don't always
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say "the same thing"
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in "the same way."
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They then go on to invent
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questionable theories to
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"prove" it is the same anyway.
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One major question
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remains unresolved:
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Given so many advances
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in most branches
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of human knowledge
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through the centuries,
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why has there been
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almost no advance in
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knowledge about translation
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over the past 2,500 years?
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FURTHER NOTE:
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A complete bibliography
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and scholarly apparatus
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is available not only
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for these quotations
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but for all the others
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shown in the full version,
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containing twice as many
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quotations, three times
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as many bloopers,
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an additional program
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about "machine translation,"
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and one other section.
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You can order this
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version by following
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the instructions in
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the last main menu choice.
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See also the submenu choice
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README.1ST, which contains
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much further information
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about this program, also
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explaining the "Automessage"
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program it employs.
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About the Author...
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Alex Gross has con-
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tributed many papers
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and articles about trans-
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lation, computers, and
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linguistics to scholarly
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and professional publications.
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Some of these can be
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accessed from the Related
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Articles sub-menu.
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He has served as PR
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Committee Chair for the
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American Translators
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Association and was one
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of the principal founders
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of the New York Circle of
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Translators. He is
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Adjunct Lecturer in
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Translation History for
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the NYU Post-Graduate
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Translation Studies
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Program. A produced
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playwright, his specialties
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as a translator are
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stage plays and poetry,
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though he has also translated
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diplomatic and business
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texts and has even done
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work on Chinese herbal
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medical theory.
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The author wishes to
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extend special thanks
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to the following
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individuals--both
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ATA members and non-ATA
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members--for their
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help during various
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phases of completing
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this program: Ali Ekram
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Ali, Ronnie Apter, Liz
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Scott Andrews, Walter
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Bacak, Brad Blanchard,
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Bob Bononno, Albert
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Bork, John Bukacek,
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Vigdis Eriksen, Loië
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Feuerle, Mark Herman,
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Harald Hille, Muriel Jérôme-
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O'Keefe, Peter Krawutschke,
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Edith Losa, Victor
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Romanyslyn, Jean-François
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Sanders, Alex Schwartz,
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Marilyn Stone, Robert
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Sussman, Kathleen Thomas,
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Laurie Treuhaft, Lionel
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Tsao, Ernst Waldeck,
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and Apollo Wu.
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He also wishes
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to express his sincerest
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thanks to his wife Ilene
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for her steadfast patience
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during this Quixotic project.
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| ____|___ | Association
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| | || of Shareware
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|___| o | Professionals
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|____|___| MEMBER
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