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Foreign neighbours : climate, language, and the future
ID Cronin, Michael (Author)

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Abstract
Translation is predicated on a knowledge of other languages, and the knowledge of foreign languages distinguishes translators from other language professionals, such as copy editors or copywriters. Yet, little attention is generally paid to the consequences of language acquisition for the world view of translators. In this article, it is argued that altered notions of time and attention follow on from im-mersion in other languages and that these changing perceptions are crucial to moving towards a more sustainable engagement with our planetary condition. If debates around artificial intelligence have dwelt overwhelmingly on the translation product – how the human translator fares in competition with the machine – much less has been written about translation process, about the lifelong acquisi-tion of languages by translators which informs their stance towards societies and cultures. Using two minority-language accounts from the Western seaboard of Europe, the article explores the elements of language contact that counter dominant short-term and extractivist visions of what constitutes cul-tural contact and political value. It is argued that the value of foreign language knowledge goes beyond a technical or instrumental facilitation of the translator’s task, and provides a crucial justification for multilingual translator education in a period of highly endangered biocultural diversity in Europe.

Language:English
Keywords:translation, minority, ecology, biocultural diversity, education
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:FF - Faculty of Arts
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.01.2025
Year:2025
Number of pages:Str. 5–17
Numbering:Vol. 5, issue 1
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-181280 This link opens in a new window
UDC:81'25
ISSN on article:2784-5826
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Publication date in RUL:30.03.2026
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Title:Stridon : journal of studies in translation and interpreting
Publisher:Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Tuji sosedje : podnebje, jezik in prihodnost
Abstract:
Prevajanje temelji na znanju drugih jezikov. Prevajalci se razlikujejo od drugih jezikovnih strokovnja-kov, kot so lektorji, redaktorji, uredniki ali tekstopisci, ravno po znanju tujih jezikov. Kljub temu pa se na splošno posveča malo pozornosti, na kakšen način znanje tujih jezikov vpliva na svetovni nazor prevajalcev. Poglavitna teza članka je, da poglobitev v druge jezike spremeni naše pojmovanje časa in pozornosti ter da so te spremembe v dojemanju ključnega pomena za bolj trajnostni odnos do stanja, v katerem se nahaja naš planet. Če so se razprave o umetni inteligenci dosedaj večinoma osredoto-čale na prevajalske izdelke (npr. na to, kako se človeški prevajalec znajde v konkurenci s strojem), je bilo veliko manj napisanega o tem, kako vseživljenjsko usvajanje jezikov prevajalcev izoblikuje njihov pogled na družbe in kulture. Članek na podlagi dveh primerov, ki opisujejo rabo manjšinskih jezikov z zahodne obale Evrope, raziskuje elemente jezikovnega stika, ki nasprotujejo prevladujočim kratko-ročnim in ekstraktivističnim pogledom na to, kaj je kulturni stik in politična vrednost. V zaključku je postavljena trditev, da vrednost znanja tujega jezika presega zgolj to, da tehnično ali instrumentalno olajša prevajalčevo nalogo, temveč da ta dodatna vrednost predstavlja ključen zagovor upravičenosti večjezičnega izobraževanja prevajalcev v obdobju zelo ogrožene biokulturne raznolikosti v Evropi.

Keywords:prevajanje, manjšine, ekologija, biokulturna raznolikost, izobraževanje

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