Leonardo

Cuarenta monjas estaban en fila para confesarse. Al llegar la primera al sacerdote, le dijo: Lo siento Padre me he cagado de risa en misa. La siguiente monja expresó, ¡Que vergüenza Padre, me he reído en misa! Las otras treinta y siete de un modo u otro dijeron lo mismo. Al aproximarse la última monja, antes de que hablara, el sacerdote le dijo: Ya no hace falta que me lo diga madre, se ha reído usted en misa. La madre superiora casi esconde la cara y dice: ¡Todo lo contrario Padre, fui yo la del pedo! 

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...

A review and documentation of the collections of the museum of contemporary art located in Santiago, Chile. The museum collection is considered the most important in engravings with 1000 prints along with 600 paintings, 130 drawings, sketches and watercolors and 80 sculptures from the late 19th century to current art. The book includes a brief history and architecture of the museum, the members of the "Friends of the Museum" association, the conservation and documentation policies and detailed data on the national and international exhibitions and cultural activities for the 8 year period. An ...

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...