Title :
Communication through a common culture or language
Author :
Bowen, Margareta
Author_Institution :
Div. of Interpretation & Translation, Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Communication takes place within a broad culture, whether one or more languages are involved. For communication to take place between different cultures, a higher level entity develops, and it can become a culture in itself. Examples are the large international organizations which have developed common terminology, phrases, and signals for their own purposes and most academic disciplines that communicate through a jargon uniquely their own. Examples illustrating this thesis are drawn from history (the seventeenth century in Europe) and from the author´s experience as a conference interpreter for international organizations which have developed common concepts, a common terminology, and certain conventions for their own purposes
Keywords :
economic and sociologic effects; nomenclature; technical presentation; academic disciplines; common concepts; common terminology; conference interpreter; conventions; history; jargon; large international organizations; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Europe; Global communication; Government; History; Military communication; Natural languages; Rhetoric; Terminology;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 1989. IPCC '89. 'Communicating to the World.', International
Conference_Location :
Garden City, NY
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.1989.102148