Rafael / Mis-education, Translation and the Barkada of Languages 1 MIS-EDUCATION, TRANSLATION AND THE BARKADA OF LANGUAGES: READING RENATO CONSTANTINO WITH NICK JOAQUIN Vicente L. Rafael University of Washington, Seattle vrafael@uw.edu This paper re-visits the classic piece by Renato Constantino, “The Mis-education of the Filipino” (1959/1966), inquiring into the colonial basis of his anti-colonial critique of American English. It explores the affinity between his view of language and those
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development. Firstly, learning new language can offer experience in culture, history to people that otherwise would have been incomprehensible. Learning a new language will give us access to a new world of people, it will bring people closer if they know that you understand and speak their language and they will not be intimidated by you. A lot of communication gets lost in translation when you use a translator,and might not be taken as seriously as when talking directly to
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and sell on the site quickly and conveniently. * Top online automobile site. | * International business in Korea, Germany and UK has been critical. * There was so much traffic on the website. * E-bay site went dark for 22 hours resulting in lost fees of $4 million. | OPPORTUNITIES | THREATS | * E-bay changed their strategy in China by entering into a joint venture with a local company. | * Other online sellers and auction sites provide competition. * Taxes on online sales have
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metaphor) will see many places yet. The Arts Council of Cebu under the very gracious festival director Mayen Tan and presidenta Petite Garcia is in charge of Taboan ’10, a project of the Committee on Literary Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). The festival got off to a lively start with a keynote speech by Cebu’s own Dr. Resil Mojares — a formidable, internationally recognized scholar of Philippine literature, history, and society — who chose a deliberately provocative
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prevailing culture of the people and their economic standing (e.g. languages, greetings, religions, per capita income, etc.). The cultures around the world are very different and very much the alike at the same time. The way people live around the world depends on the norms internalized by their societies. The given circumstances that differ around the world limit individual’s chances for fortune and life chances. There are endless questions that can be asked to compare or contrast culture from culture
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Communication Theory Patty Sinsel HCS 320 March 11, 2012 Tralacia Brown Communication Theory Communication is essential to having a productive workforce. When there is a lack of communication there is a lack of understanding. Having good communication in the work place makes employees feel a sense of empowerment. When discussion is encouraged the employee can express his or her own opinion. This feeling goes all the way up the chain of command. When a company can bring everyone together and
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host country’s way of living; including the culture, language, religions, and general beliefs. It is vital that all strategies related to the business are tailored to all the host countries’ cultural factors. Some cultural barriers and diversity issues that are commonly encountered by international/multinational (MNC) and global organizations include: cross-cultural issues, language, corruption and bribery, and legal requirements. (Moore, 2012) Every culture has their own way of doing business that
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volumes of English translations. I learned more about these truths in my sophomore year of high school, when I was among a group of students selected to visit Cuba. My grandmother was born in Cuba, yet I had never thought to research my own heritage. I have remained the naïve American who saw Castro as some distant enemy of my country, accepting this as fact because this seemed to be the accepted wisdom. I soon became intrigued, however, with this supposed plague to my freedom, my culture, and everything
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1. Culture a. Cultural barriers to effective communication Effective communication with people of different cultures is especially challenging. Cultures provide people with ways of thinking--ways of seeing, hearing, and interpreting the world. Thus the same words can mean different things to people from different cultures, even when they talk the "same" language. When the languages are different, and translation has to be used to communicate, the potential for misunderstandings increases
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another’s culture based on our own culture. In a sense, reading a book by its cover based on our own bias. Multinational corporations have many different interactions, touch points, between diverse markets, individual, and employees. Ethnocentrism should be considered when evaluating how it judge individuals, society, and multinational corporations based on our own experiences. At the individual level, ethnocentrism, can shape and influence multinational corporations, and a person’s culture simply
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