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Berlitz Spanish Set Book + Cassette *Very Nice* $13.67

Berlitz Spanish Phrase Book & Dictionary $1.00

Spanish for Dummies by Susana Wald, Berlitz Schools of Languages and Juergen… $1.99

Berlitz Basic Spanish [With 136 Page Book] NEW $25.67

Berlitz Language: Rapid Spanish NEW by Earworms $12.88

Spanish Step by Step by Charles Berlitz (1990, Paperback) $2.99

Spanish Grammar Study Cards (English and Spanish Edition), Berlitz, Very Good Bo $10.40

Berlitz Spanish Vocabulary Study Cards (Berlitz Study Cards) (Spanish Edition), $41.77

Berlitz Nova/Premier Spanish (2008, Bilingual, Compact Disc) $20.00

Berlitz Self-Teacher, The: Spanish $1.99

The Five Crayons Spanish with Book & Cassette (Berlitz Kids Love to Learn) $6.95

A Concept Approach to Spanish – The Berlitz Self-Teacher Spanish – Dictionary $3.99

Berlitz Think and Talk Spanish CD-ROM for Win/Mac – SLV $4.98

Latin American Spanish Phrase Book by Berlitz Editors (1998, Paperback, Revised) $0.99

Vintage 1967 Berlitz Comprehensive Spanish Program Tapes Books Attache Case Nice $54.99

Berlitz Fundamentals Learn Spanish, Italian, French, German Language PC Software $11.49

Guaranteed Ingles Berlitz (English and Spanish Edition) $19.80

Berlitz Spanish Dictionary (2007, Paperback, Compact, Bilingual) $0.99

Berlitz Basic Spanish (2007, Other, Mixed media product) $0.99

Berlitz Latin American Spanish (2008, Other, Bilingual, Mixed media product) $5.00

Berlitz Spanish Compact Dictionary: Spanish-English / I $14.60

Berlitz Advanced Spanish [With 128 Page Coursebook] NEW $36.50

BERLITZ SPANISH ALPHABET AND NUMBERS FOR CHILDREN~1963~HARDCOVER $2.99

Berlitz Intermediate Spanish by Berlitz Publishing (… $17.99

Berlitz Mexican Spanish Phrase Book & Dictionary $11.07

Berlitz Interactive Spanish Book Berlitz $13.19

New Berlitz Spanish Premier $70.26

DIP INTO SPANISH BERLITZ 9781780042602 BERLITZ 1000 WORDS $9.47

Lot 1-8 Berlitz Espanol Niveles Spanish Translation Levels 1-8 – 3 box set $29.99

Spanish for Travellers by Berlitz (1986) Pocket book PB $4.98

Spanish Step-By-Step .. Charles Berlitz $3.99

Berlitz Latin American Spanish in 60 Minutes (Berlitz Speaking Your Language) .. $4.03

Spanish for Dummies by Susana Wald, Berlitz Schools of Languages and Juergen… $1.50

BERLITZ LATIN AMERICAN SPANISH FOR TRAVELLERS INCLUDES DICTIONARY $4.99

BOOK/AUDIOBOOK CD Language Instruction BERLITZ BASIC SPANISH $9.99

Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed (Berlitz Guaranteed) (English and Spanish Edition) $4.95

Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed (Berlitz Guaranteed) $19.49

Berlitz Mexican Spanish Phrase Book & Dictionary (English and Spanish Edition) $3.99

Berlitz Jr. Spanish book and cassette + First Hundred Words in Spanish $6.00

Berlitz Spanish Premier $14.00

Deluxe Language Pack Spanish (Berlitz Deluxe Language Pack) (Spanish Edition) M $20.37

BERLITZ SPANISH BOOK 1989 $8.99

Basic Spanish Berlitz Set Book + 3 Audio Cassettes $24.97

Spanish for Dummies by Susana Wald, Berlitz Schools of Languages and Juergen… $10.00

Berlitz Spanish Today (1998, Pbk.) $7.95

BERLITZ SPANISH 1925 Parte Espanola HB VINTAGE $3.99

( LAST ONE !!) BERLITZ SPANISH PREMIER, CD (PC), LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGE, F/S NIB $20.99

Berlitz Spanish book – Los Verbos $70.00

Spanish for Dummies by Susana Wald, Berlitz Schools of Languages and Juergen… $7.99

BERLITZ SPANISH PREMIER – 3 WAYS TO LEARN – AUDIO SOFTWARE IPOD WINDOWS & MAC $9.99

Berlitz Rush Hour Express -Learn English (From Spanish) $3.99

The Berlitz Self-Teacher: Spanish (1987, Paperback) $3.50

Berlitz Rush Hour Spanish (2 CD Set with Listener’s Guide) $13.95

Spanish For Your Trip Berlitz Audio CD+ Booklet *NEW* $9.51

Berlitz Basic Spanish: The Unique, Simple, and Succe… $14.95

Berlitz Spanish PC CD speak read language learning tool $13.99

Baby Berlitz Talk & Tunes (Spanish) (Berlitz Baby Tal.. $6.88

Spanish Step by Step by Charles Berlitz $1.56

2 Speak Spanish (Spanish Edition) (Berlitz 2 Speak) (English and Span.. – CD-ROM $4.99

Latin American Spanish Phrase Book (Berlitz Phrase Books) , Editor-Inc. Berlitz $4.90

Berlitz Spanish Phrase Book & Dictionary (Berlitz Phrasebooks), Berlitz, Good Bo $3.98

Berlitz Think and Talk Spanish CD-ROM for Win/Mac – SLV $4.98

Berlitz Nicholas Gift Set Spanish (Berlitz Adventures with Nicholas) by Inc. Ber $6.98

Berlitz: Spanish Phrase Book & Dictionary NEW $9.08

Berlitz On Demand Spanish (2007) $20.00

1000 Spanish Words (1000 Words) (English and Spanish Edition), Berlitz, Very Goo $9.44

Berlitz New Basic Spanish (Spanish Edition) (Audio CD) $27.50

THE BERLITZ SELF-TEACHER SPANISH $10.00

Berlitz Hide This Spanish Book (Berlitz Hide This Book) by Berlitz Publishing $5.95

6 Berlitz Spanish/English training books. Libros engles espanol, seis libros $10.00

Berlitz Think & Talk Spanish V2.03 from The Learning Co Windows 98 95 MAC USED $6.95

Berlitz Think & Talk Spanish 7 Tapes, 3 Books $6.95

Berlitz Basic Spanish (1997 Book and Audio Cassette) $4.95

BERLITZ SPANISH VERB HANDBOOK – MIKE ZOLLO (PAPERBACK) NEW $10.35

Latin American Spanish Phrase Book (Berlitz Phrase $1.00

Berlitz Spanish

Should everything be translated?

Misunderstandings can be dangerous. The Chinese Whisper which turns ‘Send reinforcements, we’re going to advance’ into ‘Send three and four pence, we’re going to a dance’ might be apocryphal, but it highlights what can happen when one person fails to catch what another person has said. So, too, does the advert for Berlitz (‘Improve your English’), in which the frantic captain of a boat repeats, ‘Mayday! Mayday! We are sinking!’, only to have the German coastguard reply: ‘Yes? What are you thinking about?’ Generally, we try to minimise such risks – we ask people to repeat the sentence, stand closer, speak louder or rephrase. When two people are speaking different languages, though, they may completely fail to understand each other; in these situations, translators and interpreters are often engaged. It’s disconcerting, frustrating and sometimes terrifying to find that you can’t make sense of an utterance; students, politicians and soldiers are all indebted at some point to translation service providers.

However, sometimes people actively don’t want to understand. The translation of Hebrew-language books into Arabic, for instance, is still a controversial issue in the Arab world, with certain experts in Jordan contending that comprehensive translations risk providing ‘a bridge for cultural penetration and normalisation’. Debate has centred, recently, on the availability in Arabic of Benjamin Netanyahu’s A Place under the Sun, which outlines his political views. While admitting that it is important to understand what they call the ‘Zionist ideology’ of Israel, some Arab scholars are concerned that a generation provided with Hebrew texts may come to see Israel as a legitimate state, in opposition to the stance of most Arab countries. This might seem perverse and self-defeating, but it’s a position that has been adopted by various peoples throughout history, not all of whom have seen themselves as being at war. Gaelic speakers in the West of Ireland, say, might refuse to have an English text translated for their children, no matter how useful or interesting it might be; Basque speakers might react in the same way to Spanish.

People can feel strongly about writing, speeches or television programmes because they see them as propaganda, as products of a certain ideology or simply as a reminder of a country and a way of life. Nowadays, as the internet continues to expand, we might see the translation and transmission of information as an inevitable and all-encompassing process, yet not everyone in the world wants to watch a subtitled version of Friends, read a translation of John F. Kennedy’s Berlin speech or, conversely, receive the English version of a pamphlet detailing Sharia law.

A balance between the two stances should probably be maintained. Few people want a world in which countries or continents mark themselves off from one another, refusing to communicate with those speaking another language. Equally, though, it should not be forgotten how important individual languages have been to the development of cultures and traditions; nor should it be forgotten that many kinds of speech are political acts in one way or another. Translation agencies exist to facilitate communication where facilitation is needed; they offer their services to anyone who wants or needs to communicate with those speaking a foreign language. If translation is not wanted, people will not ask, but translation agencies nonetheless ensure that they are familiar with the politics of translation, and with the various cultural or political fault-lines, around the world, which make translation a sensitive issue.

About the Author

Gordon Rich is a self published author and translation expert. He regularly contributes articles on transcription services and audio transcription. To know more visit http://www.global-lingo.com/

Berlitz Spanish Premier