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Translating "The Firm" for the Screen, 2006.
An examination of the challenges in converting the John Grisham book "The Firm" to a screenplay.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper studies the process of converting the book "The Firm" by John Grisham to a screenplay and movie. The paper begins with a description of the book and the characters. Then the paper discusses the specific challenges that the screenwriter had to overcome in order to create a successful screen adaptation. The author of this paper discusses how the writer and director combined characters, simplified the plot and changed the book's ending.
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"The Firm is a rangy novel by John Grisham that explores the parallel corruption in business and in government. A young lawyer, Mitch McDeere, is recruited by a high-profile law firm in Memphis, Tennessee, with a breathtaking employment package that he cannot refuse. But he soon learns that there is a sinister side to the activities conducted by his new firm, and he finds himself quickly engulfed in a network of intrigue and violence that involves the FBI, the Mafia and the partners of the firm. His marriage is threatened, he is blackmailed by the FBI into informing on the firm, and the apparent accidental death of two of the firm's partners turns out to be murder."
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Translating "The Firm" for the Screen, 2006.
An examination of the challenges in converting the John Grisham book "The Firm" to a screenplay.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper studies the process of converting the book "The Firm" by John Grisham to a screenplay and movie. The paper begins with a description of the book and the characters. Then the paper discusses the specific challenges that the screenwriter had to overcome in order to create a successful screen adaptation. The author of this paper discusses how the writer and director combined characters, simplified the plot and changed the book's ending.
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"The Firm is a rangy novel by John Grisham that explores the parallel corruption in business and in government. A young lawyer, Mitch McDeere, is recruited by a high-profile law firm in Memphis, Tennessee, with a breathtaking employment package that he cannot refuse. But he soon learns that there is a sinister side to the activities conducted by his new firm, and he finds himself quickly engulfed in a network of intrigue and violence that involves the FBI, the Mafia and the partners of the firm. His marriage is threatened, he is blackmailed by the FBI into informing on the firm, and the apparent accidental death of two of the firm's partners turns out to be murder."
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Machine Translation and the Future, 2002.
An in-depth study into the use of computers for the purpose of translation and how this could affect the translating profession.
7,258 words (approx. 29.0 pages), 28 sources, MLA, $ 161.95
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This paper begins by explaining that as the world moves toward a global economy, machine translation is the growing wave of the future; with these machines translating passages into another language almost instantaneously. The paper addresses the fears of the translation profession, that it will become obsolete in the near future. However, this paper argues that though machine translators will undoubtedly prove to be a useful tool and time-saving device, they will still need human intervention in order to maintain the quality of translation needed in businesses today.
Introduction
Rationale
Thesis
Literature Review
Machine translation: History and Current Issues
Future Research Trends and Projects
Discussion and Conclusions
Works Cited
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"Since the earliest beginnings of human civilization, one of the key problems facing human beings has been how to communicate. We are a small planet of millions of people, all speaking hundreds of different languages. In the age of technology, it is not surprising that someone would conceive of the idea that a machine could fulfill this basic need for us. Science fiction writers introduced the idea years ago, with multi-language translators on Star Trek. These were amazing devices, they could translate hundreds of intergalactic languages from one to another with ease. This may sound like the far-fetched dreams of a mad person, but this idea is not as far away as one might think."
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Ezra Pound: Translation, Theory and Language, 2005.
An investigation into translation theories with a focus on Ezra Pound's translation of Chinese poetry.
4,022 words (approx. 16.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 108.95
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Everybody has problems in translation. This paper attempts to clarify concepts and theories in translation theory - from Walter Benjamin to Ezra Pound - and focuses on Ezra Pound's translation of Chinese poetry and how Pound became a successful translator in modern poetry. It looks at how Pound's attention to detail and foreignizing technique made him a very vivid and innovative translator of the 20th century. The paper discusses some of Pound's translation strategies as well as explaining them by giving specific examples from his best known work "Cathay".
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"First of all, it is worthwhile to define 'translation'. In dictionary, to translate has several meanings. To translate is "to express or be capable of being expressed in another language or dialect", or "to express or explain in simple or less technical language", or "to interpret or infer the significance of (gestures, symbols, etc.)", or "to transform or convert", or "to move or carry from one place or position to another". Within the limits of these definitions, one can easily understand that the practice of translation is not simple as it seems. Rather, it is a sophisticated matter since it involves number of things, when translating something to something else-this can be a word, a gesture, a movement, or something else. Interestingly, translation can be seen as an "interpretation"; generally, the word interpretation is used in literary circles for an attempt to clarify and explain literary works. "
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Russian Formalism and Translation Studies Scholars, 2004.
Examines and compares two translation methodologies, Russian Formalism and the Translation Studies Scholars.
1,091 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper provides a contrast study of these two translation theories and focuses on their fundamental theoretical assumptions in regard to translations. The contrast also includes a critical analysis of the translation theories. This paper shows that both the Russian Formalist Movement and the Translation Studies Scholars concurred that an ideal translation was supposed to be accurate and consistent as to the receptor language.
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"These formalists attempted to isolate and define what they called literariness. They focused upon the things they saw as literary facts. They simply separated literary artifacts from other disciplines like psychology, sociology and cultural history. They literally treated books as being human and in a sense having a life of its own and from that aimed to distinguish what was different. In a new text for example, they worked to see the things that made the text new, creative or innovative."
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Brian Friel?s ?Translations?, 2005.
This paper discusses cultural effects of translations upon the central protagonist Owen in Brian Friel's play "Translations" (1980).
1,385 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 46.95
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This paper explains that the notion of change, both of the Irish nation through colonizing British politics and the character of the central protagonist Owen of Brian Friel's play "Translations" (1980) is continually debated throughout the play, which is set in Baile Beag during the 19th century, then an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. The author points out that, between Act II and Act III, Owen's attitude towards the Irish begins its most fundamental change as he realizes that the true purpose of the English solicitation of translation is not to modernize or improve Ireland but to make taxation of Irish provinces easier for the Mother Country and to make sites of potential military unrest more easily identifiable in the case of military turmoil. The paper relates that the play "Translations" is presented as a series of conflicts between the Irish and English military as well as between ancient and modern attitudes to the world beyond Ireland.
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"Towards the end of the play, as Owen's views begin to change, he also begins to rediscover his Irish roots through his new immersion in Irish culture. The town has changed-it has grown more radically opposed to Britain. At first, Owen is purely frustrated with individuals such as Manus, who can speak English, yet chooses not to, to demonstrate his local rather than national pride and says, "What's 'incorrect' about the place-names we have here?" Magnus rages against the enforced renaming. Manus is far from uneducated-as a student from a local hedge school he can speak Irish, Latin, and Greek. Magnus prefers, however, to dwell in the Classical rather than the present day, something that Owen first believes is simply ludicrous, even while he gradually begins to appreciate the difficulties of translation more fully, as he attempts to give County Donegal English names."
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Core Competencies for Computer Firms, 2007.
This paper identifies the core competencies or capabilities computer firms must have to service the public efficiently.
1,382 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper identifies four critical capabilities computer firms must perform at a minimal level of efficiency and efficacy. The paper examines why these capabilities are important and what impact the lack of ability to perform each function would have on an individual computer firm's solvency and ability to compete in the industry. The paper explores four firms and analyzes each firm's capability to implement and utilize the capabilities identified, listed in tabular format.
Outline:
Introduction
Analysis of Core Competencies
Computer Firm Competencies
Synopsis
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"A core competency or capability may be defined as one that is critical to a firm's function or ability to service its internal and external customers. The table below outlines four critical competencies or capabilities computer firms must have to service the public efficiently. For purposes of this paper a computer firm is defined as one that provides technological, IT or computer related services and products to the public."
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The Multi-divisional Firm, 2002.
An overview of the multi-divisional firm, the currently preferred organizational form for the large firms that now dominate the American economy.
1,153 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper examines the concept of the multi-divisional firm, which came into existence after World War I when a few major companies that had diversified (with respect to products, markets, and/or processes) found it necessary to restructure and reorganize themselves to manage these diverse operations and ensure efficient allocation of resources. It analyzes the organizational structure known as M-form, which encompasses a general corporate office or headquarters along with product- or regionally-based divisions containing functionally differentiated departments further subdivided into work units. It evaluates how structural organization of this kind is associated with organizational growth as well as enhanced profitability.
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"Conversely, M-form organizations do enjoy some very substantial strengths. Such entities tend to have large capital asset bases, to enjoy economies of scale linked to their capacity to use internal suppliers while simultaneously creating internal markets for products and services, and to capitalize upon extant distribution, marketing, information/intelligence-gathering research and development, and financial management systems. Scott (Chapter 10, p. 278) states that the "coupling" or linkages within such diversified organizations can be either loose or tight, with an inherent flexibility that can structure individual linkages to meet strategic and other goals and objectives. Thus, an additional strength of the form is that it does facilitate the manipulation of centralized and decentralized activities and functions to meet known and situational needs."
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Resource Based View of the Firm, 2005.
"This paper discusses the advantages and the problems with the resource-based view of the firm (RBV), a concept that is based first on the view that t...
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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"This paper discusses the advantages and the problems with the resource-based view of the firm (RBV), a concept that is based first on the view that the firm is made up of a number of resources controlled by the administrators of the firm and useful to those who need these resources as needed. How these resources are constituted and how they are managed determines how effective the individual firm will be and account for differences between firms."
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The resource-based view of the firm (RBV) has become more prevalent in recent years and has been refined by various theorists. The concept is based first on the view that the firm is made up of a number of resources controlled by the administrators of the firm and useful to those who need these resources as needed. How these resources are constituted and how they are managed determines how effective the individual firm will be and account for differences between firms. Resources may be tangible, including various assets and easily identifiable elements such as personnel, machinery, facilities, and processes. Some resources are intangible, such as patents, vendor relationships, and other business relationships. While the importance of such resources is generally recognized, what has not always been recognized is that the existence of these resources helps identify what makes a given firm unique and so what that firm does best.
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Translation Use in ESL Learning, 2001.
Examines theoretical & empirical studies on ESL strategy of translating instructional material into students' native language.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 11 sources, $ 127.95
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" Introduction
The U.S. Department of Education (2000), in a report on ESL/EFL learning, noted that the need for educational services for Limited English Proficiency (LEP) students has grown tremendously in the past 10 years. In this regard, census figures for 1990 were said to show that parents characterized almost one million children between the ages of five and seven as speaking English "not well" or "not at all," representing an increase of about 25 percent over the 1980 figures. More current estimates place this figure at about 2.3 million LEP students in grades K 12.
About three-fourths of these LEP students speak Spanish; the nine other largest groups, in descending order of size.."
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Restoration Vs. Translation of "Beowulf", 2002.
Compares and contrasts the translation of an epic Anglo-Saxon document, "Beowulf" with the digital restoration being done on the epic.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
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The review explores the work of Seamus Heaney (1999) in translating the epic Anglo-Saxon document, "Beowulf." This translation is compared to the digital restoration work being done with the original documents found in the British Library. Both Heaney and the Beowulf restoration group (at the University of Kentucky) are working with identical documents; however, Heamus has translated the text into a more accessible story, and restoration experts such as Keirnan (1984) have worked to preserve the original document for study. This paper evaluates whether Beowulf is a "story" or an artifact of Anglo-Saxon history, and the significance of the difference between translation and restoration.
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Drug Screening, 2006.
An in-depth analysis of drug screening and the effects on workplace morale.
13,278 words (approx. 53.1 pages), 100 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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Although it has been practiced in industry for at least thirty years, drug screening or testing of applicants for jobs or current employees or both continues to raise both constitutional issues and issues of appropriateness in the workplace. The purpose of this paper is to explore the association between drug screening and workplace morale. It examines whether trust levels are affected and whether employees and prospective employees tend to seek alternative employment where drug screening is not performed. A critical literature review examines the opposing viewpoints on drug screening in the workplace. Tables and graphs are included
Outline
Chapter One: Introduction and Statement of the Problem
Background
Research Questions and Hypothesis
Definitions of Theoretical Constructs
Significance of the Study
Chapter Two: Critical Literature Review
Constitutional Issues
Fairness Issues
Confidentiality
Revealing Studies
Moral Justification
Phenomenological Notes from Various Sources
Unsettled Issue Worked Out Online
Chapter Three: Methodology
Chapter Four: Integrative Summary and Critique
Conclusions
References
Appendix A: Drug Test Facts
Appendix B: Characteristics of Drug-Testing programs
Appendix C: Drug Use Time Table; How Long Each Drug Stays In Your Body
Appendix D: HCL Drug Test Home Page
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"Group morale is essentially equivalent to the common notion of "team spirit", or that which makes group members want the organization to succeed. It is reflected in the quality of interpersonal relationships on the job, desire to be present at work with the team, and desire to remain with that organization instead of leaving. In workplaces with low morale, we find workers in personality conflicts, unacceptably high levels of absenteeism, and excessive turnover. Acceptable rates of turnover can vary from company to company; sales organizations, for example, expect a certain amount of "revolving door" activity, as it is in the nature of commission salespeople to seek greener pastures!"
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Admission Essay: Scientific Medical Translation.
This paper is an admission essay to an advanced program for scientific and medical translation.
1,185 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 40.95
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The paper explains that the author?s university degree thesis focused on technical and scientific matters and utilized a wide vocabulary from the medical and biological disciplines, which enabled the applicant to gain a strong grounding and preparation for technical vocabulary and an understanding medical and scientific matters. The author points out that her work for a company translating agricultural, scientific, and medical texts highlighted the delicate balance between subjectivity and objectivity in the art of translating another?s words and thoughts into another language and cultural system of ideas. The paper stresses that medical and scientific words often have a different meaning in the technical lexicon of the profession or a discipline than they do in more colloquial usage; therefore, the most gratifying aspect of her work was having a part in making the often difficult and frightening world of medicine and the sciences comprehensible.
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"I obtained my university degree this summer, in July of 2004. I received a degree in translation and interpreting, the ?Mediazione Linguistica? (Final Mark 105/110) from la Scuola Superiore per Mediatori Linguistici Gregorio VII, Rome. Previously, in July 2000 I received my Diploma di Liceo Linguistico (95/100), Liceo Linguistico N.S. della Mercede in Rome as well. Thus, my education has revolved around this diverse and exciting European city, filled with the languages of many foreign-speaking individuals, tourists and professionals."
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Law Firms and Public Good, 2005.
This paper is a personal analysis of law firms defending justice.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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The paper details the practical experience the writer has gained by working for a public interest community-oriented law firm focused upon advocating social justice. This experience convinces him/her that law firms can ensure justice for all by empowering the victims of injustice. As an intern at this law firm, the writer has seen our attorneys defend the rights of people who have been treated unjustly by landlords, financial institutions, the police, adoption agencies, corporations and businesses. Most importantly, the writer has seen that if public interest law firms don't defend the poorest victims of injustice, no one will.
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Colorectal Cancer Screening, 2006.
Research regarding colorectal cancer screening in African-American women.
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper researches the processes of colorectal cancer screening in African-American women and discusses serious issue of the the lack of utilization among African-American women aged 50 and older of colorectal screening implements.
Articles:
Colon Cancer Screening in African American Women
Elderly African American Women's Knowledge and Belief About Colorectal Cancer
Colon Cancer Screening Among Older Caregivers
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"The sample size selected represents the sample most relevant in this case, as comprehensive information was gathered from previous studies directing the researcher to the correct sample size and population demographics for this particular study. The researchers make logical conclusions and the study presents multiple implications for future research in the health care arena. The research conclusions may apply to multiple patients facing educational barriers to healthcare screening and treatment. This research suggests that nursing practice would benefit by understanding the needs of divergent populations and accommodating their educational and informational needs accordingly. Knowledge about a particularly groups beliefs and concerns that may prevent adequate treatment can help guide nursing protocols and patient delivery in the future. "
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