Otto Zwartjes

Klaus Zimmermann

Martina Schrader-Kniffki

The object of this volume is the study of missionary translation practices which occur within a colonial context of political domination and spiritual conquest. Missionary translation becomes especially manifest in bilingual ethnographic descriptions, in (bilingual) catechisms and in the missionaries’ lexicographic condensation of bilingual dictionaries. The study of these instances permits the analysis and interpretation of their guiding principles, their translation practice and underlying reasoning. It also permits the modern linguist to discern semantic changes that can be revealed in these missionary translations over certain periods. Up to now there has hardly been any study available that focuses on translation in missionary sources, of the different traditions in the Americas or Asia. This book will fill this gap, addressing the legacy of missionary translation practices and theories, the role of translation in evangelization and its particular form in the context of colonialism, the creation of loans from Spanish or Latin or equivalents or paraphrases in the indigenous languages in texts and dictionaries as translation strategies followed in bilingual editions. The process of acculturation and transculturation imposed by European religious systems is noted. This volume presents research on languages such as Nahuatl, Tarascan (Pur’épecha), Zapotec, Tamil, Chinese, Japanese, Pangasinán, and other Austronesian languages from the Philippines.

Translation theories and practices. Selected papers from the Seventh International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Bremen, 28 February - 2 March 2012

Missionary Linguistics V / Lingüística Misionera V

Birte Kellermeier-Rehbein

A lot of what we know about “exotic languages” is owed to the linguistic activities of missionaries. They had the languages put into writing, described their grammar and lexicon, and worked towards a standardization, which often came with Eurocentric manipulation. Colonial missionary work as intellectual (religious) conquest formed part of the Europeans' political colonial rule, although it sometimes went against the specific objectives of the official administration. In most cases, it did not help to stop (or even reinforced) the displacement and discrimination of those languages, despite oftentimes providing their very first (sometimes remarkable, sometimes incorrect) descriptions. This volume presents exemplary studies on Catholic and Protestant missionary linguistics, in the framework of the respective colonial situation and policies under Spanish, German, or British rule. The contributions cover colonial contexts in Latin America, Africa, and Asia across the centuries. They demonstrate how missionaries dealing with linguistic analyses and descriptions cooperated with colonial institutions and how their linguistic knowledge contributed to European domination.

Colonialism and Missionary Linguistics

Frank Keuper

Marc Schomann

In der IT-Organisation geht es um die zuverlässige, zeit-, kosten- und qualitätsoptimale Bereitstellung geschäftsprozessunterstützender IT-Dienstleistungen. Renommierte Wissenschaftler, erfahrene Unternehmensberater und Führungskräfte diskutieren die Strategien, Instrumente, Konzepte und Organisationsansätze für das IT-Management von morgen. Neu in der 2. Auflage Aktuelle Entwicklungen im IT-Controlling, im SOA-Management und im IT-basierten Innovationsmanagement werden aufgenommen. Inhalt Strategisches IT-Management IT-Controlling IT-Service Management IT-Organisationsmanagement IT-Innovationsmanagement IT-Governance Die Zielgruppe Führungskräfte und Praktiker aus den Bereichen IT, E-Business, Unternehmensentwicklung und Consulting ; Dozenten und Studenten der Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik. Die Herausgeber Prof. Dr. Frank Keuper ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Konvergenz- und Medienmanagement an der Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin. Weiterhin ist er Direktor und Akademischer Leiter des Sales & Service Research Center (Kooperationspartner Telekom Shop Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH) und der Business School T-Vertrieb (Kooperationspartner Telekom Deutschland GmbH). Dr. Marc Schomann ist Inhaber der Junior-Professur für Unternehmenssteuerung und IT-gestütztes Controlling an der School of Management and Innovation der Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin. Dr. Klaus Zimmermann ist Geschäftsführer und Gründer der Multiversum Consulting GmbH.

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