VIRTUAL OPEN COURSES 2021 Programs, dates and registration for our Virtual Training Rooms for professionals and leaders.

CULTURAL COLUMN – We need to identify the skills and competencies that make the difference between a translator and a culturally competent translator. The translator’s ability to culturally interpret and adjust a text for use in a different culture, keeping in mind the intended outcome.

CULTURAL COLUMN – The way we perceive time is part of our cultural make-up; it makes us feel comfortable and helps us understand what is going on. Dealing with people who have a preference for another approach to time can make us feel uneasy and frustrated.

CULTURAL COLUMN – Across cultures the concept of ‘face’ is misunderstood: it is a measure of one’s personal status, good name, and good character. Face keeps relationships intact, it maintains group harmony and it promotes group solidarity. But it can also be ‘lost’.

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