Chapter 2. English Translation and Linguistic Hegemony in the Global Era

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Contributors: A Short Profile x
6. Chapter 1. English in Europe: For Better, for Worse? 1
7. Chapter 2. English Translation and Linguistic Hegemony in the Global Era 27
8. Chapter 3. Unequal Systems: On the Problem of Anglicisms in Contemporary French Usage 39
9. Chapter 4. E-mail, Emilio or Mensaje de Correo Electrónico? The Spanish Language Fight for Purity in the New Technologies 57
10. Chapter 5. The Influence of English on Italian: The Case of Translations of Economics Articles 71
11. Chapter 6. The Influence of English on Greek: A Sociological Approach 97
12. Chapter 7. Polish Under Siege? 108
13. Chapter 8. New Anglicisms in Russian 123
14. Chapter 9. Anglo-Finnish Contacts: Collisions and Collusions 133
15. Chapter 10. Contemporary English Influence on German – A Perspective from Linguistics 153
16. Chapter 11. Anglicisms and Translation 161
17. Chapter 12. Anglicisms in Norwegian: When and Where? 185
18. Chapter 13. Fingerprints in Translation 201
19. Chapter 14. Translation and/or Editing – The Way Forward? 214
20. 15. Translating into a Second Language: Can We, Should We? 227
21. Chapter 16. Translating into English as a Non-Native Language: The Dutch Connection 242
22. Chapter 17. Native versus Non-Native Speaker Competence in German-English Translation: A Case Study 256
23. Chapter 18. À l’anglaise or the Invisible European 275
24. Chapter 19. Intercultural Dialogue: The Challenge of Communicating Across Language Boundaries 286
25. Index 299