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Quality assurance has been a major issue in Higher Education discourse during the past decade. Evaluations, accreditations and assessments have almost become standard procedures within the framework of translation studies. This quest for quality has not only to integrate market needs and new market requirements, but also novel strategies in training - whereby training learners and trainers has to be given equal attention. Translation quality has become a key issue in the interlinguistic and intercultural communication market as well as in the translator education environment. It has to be...

Powerful Paintings from a Watercolor Master "The most nearly 'perfect' paintings to me are rarely the ones simply characterized by technical expertise. More often, they are the ones in which you can sense the beating heart of the artist just below the surface--flaws included." Twenty years into a career as architect and architectural illustrator, Thomas Schaller embarked upon a bold new path as a fine artist. Today he is one of the world's most accomplished watercolor artists, celebrated for his poignant treatment of light and its dynamic interplay with the natural and manmade landscape. The...

Research on Spanish in the United States is intended for use in courses, as well as by scholars and researchers interested in the area. The 29 original articles are organized into sections on interpreting; historical perspectives; borrowings of words and phrases; codeswitching, narratives, and discourse; sociolinguistics and pragmatics; phonology, morphology, and syntax; and language attitudes and planning. Many of the chapters focus on regional aspects of Spanish in the US, ranging from sociolinguistic issues among Dominicans in New York and Cubans in Miami to the adoption and adaptation of...

Una fantasía desbordante que nos enseña el valor de la constancia, el afán de superación y la perseverancia. Ly, nuestro personaje principal, decide seguir el río naranja hasta alejarse del valle que es su hogar. Más allá encontrará el Bosque, un lugar mágico con árboles capaces de hablar. En su interior lo esperan muchos amigos, pero también, como suele suceder, algún que otro problema que tendrá que resolver. Milo J. Krmpotic (Barcelona, 1974) es autor de Las tres balas de Boris Bardin (Premio Notodo.com a la mejor novela de 2010, finalista del Memorial Silverio Cañada a la...