Found in Translation

quinceañera, 135
Radaelli, Sara, 14 4 –4 5
Radió na Gaeltachta, 22
Ramirez, Manny, 187
Ramirez, Willie, 3–5
Rascher (General), 36
reading and translation, 93
Reagan, Ronald (President), 55
“real languages,” 15
refugees, 19–20, 4 1
religious texts, 107–22
Reluctant Surrender (Jordan), 127–28
“remove connection,” 214
rescuers, 12–15, 200, 228
“retweets,” 202
Revenge of the Sith (movie), 177
Ricordi family, 174
Rihanna, 14 8
romance, 126–28
Romance languages, 127
Romani, 25–27
Romanian, 58, 152, 206
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare), 23
Rooney, Andy, 165
Rós, Sigur, 78
Rosenzweig, Franz, 114
Ros na Rún (Irish soap opera), 22
Rowling, J. K., 95–96
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, 104
Royal Commission on Aboriginal People, 32
Russian and translation
business, 82, 84
entertainment industry, 171, 173
pleasures, 126, 127, 153, 161
technology, 205, 206, 215, 217, 226
war and peace, 4 8, 59
Salinger, J. D., 100
Sanhedrin committee, 122
Sanskrit, 115, 116, 129, 130, 174
Sapir, Edward, 199
SARS, 9, 11
Satyagraha (opera by Glass), 174
saudade, 130–31
saving lives in translation, 1–32
Schindler, Richard, 7

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Schultz, Martin, 59
Schulz, Cory, 38
scientific papers translations, 139
Scottish accents, 224
scripture translation, 114 –16
Sepedi, 75
September 11 terrorist attacks, 4 4 , 226
Septuagint, 112
Serbian, 4 8, 70, 153, 161, 229
Seuss, Dr. (Geisel), 100–103
Seymour, Steven, 57–58
Shakespeare, William, 23–24 , 25
shampoo, 14 2
Shanghai, 177, 185
Sheraton hotels, 87
Shuar, 103, 104 , 105, 106
sign language, 167–71
Simenon, Georges, 93
Simic, Charles, 106–7
Simpsons, The (TV show), 178–80
Sinceramente line, Hallmark, 135–37
Singapore, 162–63
Singularity Is Near, The (Kurzweil), 230
Siraiki, 105
Slovak, 58, 190
Slovene, 58, 152, 190
SMS text messages, 12, 13–14
soccer, 188–93
socialization and language, 199
social networks, 199–202, 205–7, 210–14
Somali, 19, 104
Sotho, 193
South Africa, 75, 190, 191, 192, 193
South America, 176
South Korea, 209
space program, 81–84
Spanish and translation
business, 64 , 66, 70, 75, 78, 85, 86
entertainment industry, 168, 187, 188, 194
pleasures, 127, 135, 136, 14 0, 14 1, 14 7, 14 9, 151, 152, 153–54 , 156, 157, 158, 161, 163
saving lives, 2–3, 4 –5, 6
storytelling and religion, 100, 101–2, 104 , 105
technology, 203, 205, 206, 211, 229
war and peace, 58
speeches, 52
Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface (SIRI), Apple, 223–24
speech translation, 223–25
Spock’s World (Duane), 225
sports industry, 184 –97
Stanford, 13
Starbucks, 63, 65
Stargate (TV show), 223

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Star Trek (movies and TV show), 223, 229
starving artists, 93–95
Star Wars (movies), 177, 223
statistical machine translation, 227–28
Steiner, George, 123
storytelling and religion in translation, 93–122
Street Fighter II (video game), 181
Stylesight network, 14 6–4 7
Sudan, 4 1–4 3, 209
Suzuki, Izumi, 87–89
Swahili, 104
Swazi, 192
Swedish, 19, 58, 67, 100, 135, 151, 161, 164 , 206, 229
Switzerland, 19
Syria, 4 9, 200
taikonauts, 84
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 109–10
Taiwan, 50
Tajik, 105
Tamil, 204
Tampa Tribune, 11
Tarahumara, 14 0
Tar , Yamada, 68
tattoos, 14 7
technology in translation, 199–232
TED talks, 207–10
termbases, 218
territory and language, 25–27
text messages, 12, 13–14
TG4 , 22
Thai, 96, 97, 137, 138, 215, 217
theater of war, 37–39
Theodore, Theophannie, 77–78
Theravada Buddhism, 115, 116
30 Rock (TV show), 178
threats (letters), 51–52
Tibetan, 19, 61, 115
Time magazine, 56–57
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, 17
toast (“cheers”), 160–62
toilet paper, 197
tour guides, 89–91
traduttore, traditore, 39–4 1
transcreation, 136
translation, xiii–xvi, 233–35
business in translation, 63–91
defined, 4 3
entertainment industry in translation, 167–97
Guinness World Records, 25
pleasures in translation, 123–65
saving lives in translation, 1–32
storytelling and religion in translation, 93–122

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technology in translation, 199–232
war and peace in translation, 33–61
See also specific languages
“translation memory,” 217–18
Translation Romani project, 26
Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur (Hari), 4 2–4 3
translators, xiv, 233–35
See also translation
trash talk, 185–86, 190–92
travel-sector companies, 76–78
treaties, 50–51
Treaty of Waitangi, 220–21
trend forecasting industry, 14 5–4 7
Troncoso, Ramon, 187
Trump, Donald, 169
Tsonga, 192
Tswana, 192
Tunisia, 200
Turkish and translation
business, 59, 69, 86
pleasures, 14 7, 151, 153, 161, 162
saving lives, 19
technology, 200, 202, 206, 213–14
Turkoglu, Nuri, 213–14
Turner, Colin, 118
Turok, Neil, 209
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare), 23
Twitter, 200–202
Tzeltal, 14 0
Ukrainian, 4 8
“unfriend,” 214 –15
Unicode, 217–18
United Airlines, 76–78
United Kingdom, 163
United Nations, 25, 53–55
“universal translators,” 223–25
University of California (UC) at Davis, 20
University of Copenhagen, 67
University of Geneva, 35
University of Southern Denmark, 67
University of Waikato, 222
Urdu, 4 8, 205, 229
U.S. Census Bureau, 135
U.S. Department of Defense, 4 0, 4 4 , 224
U.S. Department of State, 50–52
U.S. House of Representatives, 113
Valentine’s Day, 134
Vanuatu, 208
Vatican, 75
vegetarian, 165
Venda, 75, 192

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Venezuela, 14 9, 154
Verdi, 174
video games, 181–83
Vietnamese, 19, 76, 14 0
Vietnam War, 133
voice of the victims, 4 1–4 3
Voldemort, Lord anagrams, 95–96
vows-renewal ceremonies, 125
Vulcans, 225
Vulgate Bible, 112–13
Wagner, Richard, 173, 176
Waitangi, 220–21
Walsh, Jay, 203–4
Wampanoag (Wôpanâak), 27–29
war and peace in translation, 33–61
Wartburg Castle, Germany, 119
Washington, George, 50
Washington Times, 193
Weber, Bill, 195–96
Welsh, 202
We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân (Makepeace), 28, 29
“We will bury you!,” 36
Wikipedia, 202–4
Williams, Henry, 220–21
Williams, J. V., 221
Williams, Robin, 38, 179
Windbigler, Kristin, 208, 210
Windows 7, Microsoft, 219–20
wine industry, 157–60
Wong, Francis, 14 7
World Baseball Clinic, 188
World Cup (2010), 190–93
World Health Organization (WHO), 10
World War II, 34 , 35, 58, 133
Xhosa, 75, 192
Xiangdong, Guan, 72–73
Yashkova, Irina, 81–82, 83–84
Yasovant, Janine, 96–97
Year of Yao, The (feature film), 186
“Yellow Fever,” 11
Yi, Mr., 71–72
Yorùbán, 215, 216, 220
Zaghawa, 4 2, 4 3
Zapotec, 105
Zero Wing (video game), 183–84
Zetzsche, Jost, xiv, 89–91
Zulu, 75, 192

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