Title: Minority Languages and Translator Training By: Sajjad Kianbakht Tehran May 2013 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Translator training in Iran 2.1 The existing BA curriculum for English translation in Iran 2.2 A brief look on Azeri–Turkish language 3. Cultural competence and the translation market for minorities 4. Conclusion 5. References 2 ABSTRACT The relationship between minority languages and translator training programs is a very new and under-researched
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Discuss the vision of future depicted in Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report. As many critics say‚ Minority Report is one of the movies that has a very realistic vision upon future. Directed by Steven Spielberg‚ Minority Report is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick. It’s a neo-noir science fiction movie and was officially released on June‚ 2002. The action in the movie happens in 2054‚ in Washington D.C and in Northern Virginia. An elite squad that enforces law named “PreCrime”‚ eliminates
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In the film “Minority report” important ideas are demonstrated to the audience. The director of this film “Steven Spielberg” uses the technique of symbolism to support the interesting idea of freewill vs. destiny. In minority report‚ the idea freewill vs. destiny is portrayed through the protagonist ‘Chief John Anderton’‚ a confident leader of the “Pre-Crime” organisation. One of the main issues the film raises is whether the future is set or whether free will can alter the future. “We don’t choose
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Women as a Minority Group Women have been discriminated against since the beginning of time‚ as early as the first people‚ Adam and Eve. Eve was called the evil one‚ who ate fruit from the tree of knowledge. Once she had the knowledge to know right from wrong‚ she chose to do wrong and give the fruit to Adam. Examples like these can be shown all over history books‚ in stories‚ tales and legends across the entire world. Women have been subordinate to men in virtually all societies throughout
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The Minority Report‚ written by Philip K. Dick in 1956‚ is one of his better known short stories and was adapted into a film in 2002. This story‚ not unlike many of Dick’s other works‚ has a central theme of potential realistic controversies or issues that could arise from the existence of certain technologies. Dick has become somewhat famous for this particular genre of science fiction‚ having identified many major aspects of modern society years before they were present. This story describes a
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within a group context with some success‚ led by the likes of Asch and Moscovici. The principal questions which have provided direction to these studies include why people conform in groups and whether some people more likely to conform than others. One will address these two questions in the text below‚ while also looking to explain what “minority influence” is‚ and how it differs to what is considered majority influence. To commence‚ one will look at the question of why people conform in groups. There
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1776‚ p. 5). There are many arguments to be made that this expression was not all people‚ but all men because those in power are self-interested. Whites still have privileges that would not want to be given up‚ and disadvantages are given to minority groups in turn. African American‚ women‚ and GLBT issues are still very present today‚ and people are still suffering because of it. The thought of equality was started when Jefferson wrote The Declaration of Independence at the originating times of
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between themselves and minority groups in canada. The statement shows that there is different cultures within our nation and that one can not be more powerful than another. It is argued that if partnerships are not created between groups within a nation‚ especially the government‚ it allows for minority cultures to be marginalized and assimilated. Many people would have the same view as the author‚ who
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The Chapter two of "The Minority Report” illustrates a lot of qualities of the Pre-crime Commissioner‚ John A Anderton‚ but one of his quality that was clearly seen in his character was that his manner was not in a regular pattern‚ like he was continuous skeptical about everything‚ he was suspicious about his environment and the surrounding people Anderton main suspect was Witwer because once he is imprisoned ‚ Pre-crime will fall under his control ; For example‚ when John A Anderton realized
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Analyzing the Myth of the Model Minority By Bluebird In Streets of Gold: The Myth of the Model Minority by Curtis Chang‚ he discusses the stereotypes labeled against Asian-Americans and explains how the U.S. Society sees them as the “model minority”. He goes to the core of the “model minority” assumption‚ and shows the reader how the media heavily influences these ideas. He shows how cultural patterns within the Asian-American society fuel these ideas. Chang uses very interesting ways of presenting
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