Janet Fraser
Biographic Data
| ID | 3856817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Fraser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Fraser |
| SIGNATURE | FRASER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Westminster |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Voice Linguists on the Record: An Introspective Investigation of Foreign-Language Transcribers at Work
Even a broad definition of interpreting and translation — the interlingual transfer of the spoken and the written word respectively — would normally exclude any linguistic activity involving the recording and transcription of speech. However, an apparently unconnected group of language professionals, including foreign-language transcribers or' voice linguists,' UN précis-writers, market research analysts, and film sub-titlers, is engaged in the t…
Mapping the Process of Translation
The aim of this article is to consider whether the training of student translators should be product-driven or process-driven. The author briefly comments on why current translation theory sometimes seems unhelpful to trainee and practising translators. Then she presents the findings of two studies of professional translators at work, and finally, from an analysis of the processes professionals engage in, she draws up some principles for a system…
Managing Self-management: Successful Transitions to Portfolio Careers
Various economic and social pressures have, arguably, combined to effect a shift in both the reality and perceptions of career structures. Recent debates have centred on the extent to which traditional organizational careers have given way to self-employment for a client portfolio. This article builds on distinctions between 'subjective', 'objective' and 'organizational' careers to analyse how individuals manage the transition from a traditional …
Portfolio Workers: Autonomy and Control amongst Freelance Translators
Recent literature has begun to disaggregate groups of the `self-employed without employees' to examine in greater detail what determines their working conditions. This article continues this trend
The Discourse of Official Texts and How it Can Impede Public Service Translators
Compounding the problems associated with translating any type of text between any two languages are three issues specific to public service translation. Since text is always a social product, the implicit function of a document produced by a social institution may not be the same as its explicit function. The resulting mixture of styles requires a high level of discourse literacy, not only from the reader in the source language but also from the …
Management of Burnout in the Helping Professions
This paper records a personal account of burnout and briefly defines and discusses the general characteristics of burnout. As a result of personal experience and observation of colleagues having similar fortunes, the authors developed a series of practical techniques for preventing and dealing with burnout. These are presented and discussed. They are: The need for enough sleep; for pleasurable physical activities; food and time to digest it; keep…
Portfolio Workers: Autonomy and Control amongst Freelance Translators
Recent literature has begun to disaggregate groups of the `self-employed without employees' to examine in greater detail what determines their working conditions. This article continues this trend
Managing Self-management: Successful Transitions to Portfolio Careers
Various economic and social pressures have, arguably, combined to effect a shift in both the reality and perceptions of career structures. Recent debates have centred on the extent to which traditional organizational careers have given way to self-employment for a client portfolio. This article builds on distinctions between 'subjective', 'objective' and 'organizational' careers to analyse how individuals manage the transition from a traditional …
Mapping the Process of Translation
The aim of this article is to consider whether the training of student translators should be product-driven or process-driven. The author briefly comments on why current translation theory sometimes seems unhelpful to trainee and practising translators. Then she presents the findings of two studies of professional translators at work, and finally, from an analysis of the processes professionals engage in, she draws up some principles for a system…
Management of Burnout in the Helping Professions
This paper records a personal account of burnout and briefly defines and discusses the general characteristics of burnout. As a result of personal experience and observation of colleagues having similar fortunes, the authors developed a series of practical techniques for preventing and dealing with burnout. These are presented and discussed. They are: The need for enough sleep; for pleasurable physical activities; food and time to digest it; keep…
The Discourse of Official Texts and How it Can Impede Public Service Translators
Compounding the problems associated with translating any type of text between any two languages are three issues specific to public service translation. Since text is always a social product, the implicit function of a document produced by a social institution may not be the same as its explicit function. The resulting mixture of styles requires a high level of discourse literacy, not only from the reader in the source language but also from the …
Portfolio Workers: Autonomy and Control amongst Freelance Translators
Recent literature has begun to disaggregate groups of the `self-employed without employees' to examine in greater detail what determines their working conditions. This article continues this trend
Voice Linguists on the Record: An Introspective Investigation of Foreign-Language Transcribers at Work
Even a broad definition of interpreting and translation — the interlingual transfer of the spoken and the written word respectively — would normally exclude any linguistic activity involving the recording and transcription of speech. However, an apparently unconnected group of language professionals, including foreign-language transcribers or' voice linguists,' UN précis-writers, market research analysts, and film sub-titlers, is engaged in the t…
Mapping the Process of Translation
The aim of this article is to consider whether the training of student translators should be product-driven or process-driven. The author briefly comments on why current translation theory sometimes seems unhelpful to trainee and practising translators. Then she presents the findings of two studies of professional translators at work, and finally, from an analysis of the processes professionals engage in, she draws up some principles for a system…
Managing Self-management: Successful Transitions to Portfolio Careers
Various economic and social pressures have, arguably, combined to effect a shift in both the reality and perceptions of career structures. Recent debates have centred on the extent to which traditional organizational careers have given way to self-employment for a client portfolio. This article builds on distinctions between 'subjective', 'objective' and 'organizational' careers to analyse how individuals manage the transition from a traditional …
Political science (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (3 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)