Harold Lesch
Biographic Data
| ID | 6545651 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harold Lesch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harold |
| FAMILY NAME | Lesch |
| SIGNATURE | LESCH H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1474-7028 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A case for a functional retranslation of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo into Ciluba
As the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a legal document, it provides every Congolese citizen with information about their rights, privileges and obligations to the state, but also what one can expect from the state. The existing translation of the Constitution of the DRC into Ciluba serves as the starting point and is retranslated into the same language, considering the different functions of the source text and keep…
A Descriptive Study of Howard Goldblatt’s Translation of Red Sorghum With Reference to Translational Norms
Article A Descriptive Study of Howard Goldblatt’s Translation of Red Sorghum With Reference to Translational Norms was published on June 1, 2017 in the journal Language and Semiotic Studies (volume 3, issue 2)
Health workers
Health care professionals sometimes have expectations that interpreters cannot meet. In this case, interpreters are expected to declare in writing that they assisted the medical investigator to explain the information in consent forms for parents of paediatric burns patients and volunteers on antiretroviral therapy. These consent forms were translated from English into Afrikaans and isiXhosa. They also have to declare that the patients fully unde…
Revisiting the interpreting service in the healthcare sector
Over the past decade many studies have shown that ad hoc interpreting services are still the norm for the healthcare sector in the South African context. The healthcare sector in the Western Cape is characterised by primarily Afrikaans and English-speaking doctors, or medical practitioners in general, who do not understand Xhosa-speaking patients. In order to bridge this language gap, ad hoc interpreting services are employed, which are rendered …
Societal factors and translation practice
The article discusses problems in rendering source‐texts in multilingual and multicultural societies, such as those in South Africa, in which there are heterogeneous target audiences for a translation. It is pointed out that translators in such societies must take into account the heterogeneity of the target audiences, or otherwise translation will be only symbolic gestures, empty of value, and thus not communicate the message intended. Using an …
Revisiting the interpreting service in the healthcare sector
Over the past decade many studies have shown that ad hoc interpreting services are still the norm for the healthcare sector in the South African context. The healthcare sector in the Western Cape is characterised by primarily Afrikaans and English-speaking doctors, or medical practitioners in general, who do not understand Xhosa-speaking patients. In order to bridge this language gap, ad hoc interpreting services are employed, which are rendered …
Societal factors and translation practice
The article discusses problems in rendering source‐texts in multilingual and multicultural societies, such as those in South Africa, in which there are heterogeneous target audiences for a translation. It is pointed out that translators in such societies must take into account the heterogeneity of the target audiences, or otherwise translation will be only symbolic gestures, empty of value, and thus not communicate the message intended. Using an …
Health workers
Health care professionals sometimes have expectations that interpreters cannot meet. In this case, interpreters are expected to declare in writing that they assisted the medical investigator to explain the information in consent forms for parents of paediatric burns patients and volunteers on antiretroviral therapy. These consent forms were translated from English into Afrikaans and isiXhosa. They also have to declare that the patients fully unde…
Revisiting the interpreting service in the healthcare sector
Over the past decade many studies have shown that ad hoc interpreting services are still the norm for the healthcare sector in the South African context. The healthcare sector in the Western Cape is characterised by primarily Afrikaans and English-speaking doctors, or medical practitioners in general, who do not understand Xhosa-speaking patients. In order to bridge this language gap, ad hoc interpreting services are employed, which are rendered …
A Descriptive Study of Howard Goldblatt’s Translation of Red Sorghum With Reference to Translational Norms
Article A Descriptive Study of Howard Goldblatt’s Translation of Red Sorghum With Reference to Translational Norms was published on June 1, 2017 in the journal Language and Semiotic Studies (volume 3, issue 2)
A case for a functional retranslation of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo into Ciluba
As the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a legal document, it provides every Congolese citizen with information about their rights, privileges and obligations to the state, but also what one can expect from the state. The existing translation of the Constitution of the DRC into Ciluba serves as the starting point and is retranslated into the same language, considering the different functions of the source text and keep…
Computer Science (3 works) · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Health care (2 works) · Interpreter (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (2 works) · Adaptation (eye (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work)