Published since January 1, 1956

Lebende Sprachen

Zeitschrift für interlinguale und interkulturelle Kommunikation

ISSN: 1868-0267

Editors-in-chief: Ralph Krüger, Tinka Reichmann, Ursula Wienen

About this journal

Since 1956, Lebende Sprachen [Living Languages] has been the leading specialist journal for interlingual and intercultural communication in Germany. The journal operates at the interface of translation studies, (contrastive) linguistics, specialised communication studies, terminology studies, and related areas and contains cross-lingual as well as language- and culture-specific articles and reviews on relevant publications in these areas.

Lebende Sprachen appears biannually. Articles can be submitted in German, English, French, and Spanish and will be peer-reviewed.

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The leading specialist journal for interlingual and intercultural communication for over 60 years
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Lebende Sprachen was first published in 1956 by Langenscheidt, Berlin, and was edited by Alexander Lane and Günther Haensch.

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Volume 68 Issue 1

March 2023

Frontmatter

Publicly Available April 15, 2023

Frontmatter

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April 15, 2023

The reception and critique of literature in translation: Ahmad Shāmlū, the Poet-Translator and the case of Margot Bickel

Nahid Shahbazimoghadam

Page range: 1-18

Abstract

Ahmad Shāmlū (1925–2000), modern Persian poet, is among those creative writers who showcase their mastery of language in translation as well. Among his translated works, which encompass both verse and prose, his translation of Margot Bickel’s Pflücke den Tag (1982) and Geh deinen Weg! (1989) is specifically noteworthy for tremendous success and high reception in the TL context, which is arguably beyond that of the original from a literary and critical perspective. As the analysis of sample poems from the two collections reveals, Shāmlū’s skilful rendition has actually produced poetry in the TL. Away from marginalizing the pivotal role of translation in cross-cultural literary exchanges, this study reflects on the critique of literature in translation and literary reception as prone to downplaying or magnifying the significance of SL text in TL critical and receptive evaluations. The paper initiates with an overview of the status of literary translation and its interface with comparative literature, and then briefly reviews two world-famous works of poetry translation and their reception in host cultures to set them as the background for the argument to be made about Shāmlū’s translation of Bickel’s works.

Publicly Available April 15, 2023

« Aujourd’hui, la cloche doit naître. Compagnons, vite au travail ! »

Ursula Wienen

Page range: 19-39

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In this article, the French translation of Schiller’s Lied von der Glocke (EN: The Song of the Bell ) is analysed. The analysis focuses on the question of how translators convey to the target language readers the specialised language of the technology of bell-founding (campanology), which is embedded in the poem. To answer this question, first the specialised vocabulary in the poem will be identified, after which the translators’ paratextual comments on the technical complexity and the specialised language will be examined. Taking the German term “Schwalch” as an example, the difficulty of conveying specialised language within a poetic context will then be discussed.

Open Access April 15, 2023

Zur (Un-)Verständlichkeit der Rechtssprache am Beispiel der deutschen Rechtssprache

Paweł Bielawski

Page range: 40-57

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This paper investigates whether the criticisms of legal texts’ incomprehensibility are valid and justifiable. It therefore starts with determining the features of legal languages that are potentially responsible for jeopardizing the comprehensibility of legal texts. Next, it discusses the purposes (functions) these features serve in legal communication. By indicating a number of similarities between the legal and the everyday communication, the paper attempts to refute the criticisms of incomprehensibility in legal texts.

April 15, 2023

La disqualification de l’expert : Le cas de l’expert traducteur

Margarete Durr

Page range: 58-74

Abstract

The aim of this article is to problematise the underestimation of the expert translator's competence due to the crisis of meta-narratives of legitimisation that affects experts in general and translators in particular. In the postmodern society, scientific knowledge and technical competence of experts are increasingly depreciated while the ordinary knowledge of non-specialists is experiencing an unprecedented valorisation. Given the exponential growth of the artificial intelligence techniques and the reduction of the translator's competence to the mastery of digital tools, these phenomena are amplifying and aggravating the crisis of meta-narratives, especially as regards translators. The result is imbalance in the discursive space of expertise which highlights the need to define expert competence, and – in particular – the translator's singular competence which is not exclusively linguistic. The author proposes an exhaustive analysis of the causes of the disqualification of the expert translator and suggests some ways to build a meta-narrative that would give the translator legitimacy both in terms of cognitive competence and in terms of social recognition.

Open Access March 28, 2023

Context-embedded phonological memory in interpreters

Hye-Yeon Chung

Page range: 75-95

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This pilot study examines the hypothesis that the phonological memory of interpreters is superior to that of non-interpreters when embedded in a context. Context-embedded phonological memory (CEPM) is a product of the interaction between semantic and phonological memory, and becomes a component of interpreters’ professional expertise because of their attentional control. Four groups with different years of interpretation experience were asked to recall texts with distinct CEPM features. CEPM and its retrieval process were measured using WordSmith 6.0 and My Screen Recorder. Professional interpreters retrieved a high amount of CEPM (39.6 %), but were outperformed by interpreter trainees (40.52 %), roughly 15 years younger on average. Group difference was statistically significant only between the groups with interpretation experience and the teacher group. Only professionals’ performance in retrieving highly abstract information and the proper names and numbers in a context suggests that professionals are skilled at exploiting phonological information to create an elaborate semantic network.

April 15, 2023

Localising INGOs websites into Arabic: A case study of IFRC

Bilal Sayaheen, Ibrahim Darwish

Page range: 96-112

Abstract

The present study aims to compare and contrast the websites of international non-government organizations (INGOs) that make their websites available in Jordan in both Arabic and English with the purpose of identifying the content that does or does not get localised. The researchers selected the website of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) as a case study. The English version of the IFRC website is meticulously set off against its Arabic counterpart. This study draws on Olvera-Lobo and Castillo-Rodríguez’s (2019) suggested framework with regards to the linguistic and cultural aspects of localised websites. The study concludes that the recommendations related to linguistic and cultural aspects of website localisation presented by Olvera-Lobo and Castillo-Rodríguez (2019) have proven to be valuable in assessing the localised versions of INGOs as they cover a wide range of facets needed by the target readerships.

Rezension

April 15, 2023

Holger Siever (2021): Komplexe Translationstheorie. Übersetzen im 21. Jahrhundert. München: AVM

Agathe Christiane Heneka-Trautwein

Page range: 113-118

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Volume 68 (2023)

Issue 1

Volume 67 (2022)

Volume 66 (2021)

Volume 65 (2020)

Volume 64 (2019)

Volume 63 (2018)

Volume 62 (2017)

Volume 61 (2016)

Volume 60 (2015)

Volume 59 (2014)

Volume 58 (2013)

Volume 57 (2012)

Volume 56 (2011)

Volume 55 (2011)

Volume 54 (2009)

Volume 53 (2008)

Volume 52 (2007)

Volume 51 (2006)

Volume 50 (2005)

Volume 49 (2004)

Volume 48 (2003)

Volume 47 (2002)

Volume 46 (2001)

Volume 45 (2000)

Volume 44 (1999)

Volume 43 (1998)

Volume 42 (1997)

Volume 41 (1996)

Volume 40 (1995)

Volume 39 (1994)

Volume 38 (1993)

Volume 37 (1992)

Volume 36 (1991)

Volume 35 (1990)

Volume 34 (1989)

Volume 33 (1988)

Volume 32 (1987)

Volume 31 (1986)

Volume 30 (1985)

Volume 29 (1984)

Volume 28 (1983)

Volume 27 (1982)

Volume 26 (1981)

Volume 25 (1980)

Volume 24 (1979)

Volume 23 (1978)

Volume 22 (1977)

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Volume 21 (1976)

Volume 20 (1975)

Volume 19 (1974)

Volume 18 (1973)

Volume 17 (1972)

Volume 16 (1971)

Volume 15 (1970)

Volume 14 (1969)

Volume 13 (1968)

Volume 12 (1967)

Volume 11 (1966)

Volume 10 (1965)

Volume 9 (1964)

Volume 8 (1963)

Volume 7 (1962)

Volume 6 (1961)

Volume 5 (1960)

Volume 4 (1959)

Volume 3 (1958)

Volume 2 (1957)

Volume 1 (1956)

CiteScore	0.8	2022, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2023)
SCImago Journal Rank	0.235	2022, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2023; Data Source: Scopus)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper	0.946	2022, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2023; Data Source: Scopus)

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Ahead of Print

Articles that have been successfully peer-reviewed will be initially published online "ahead of print" and then later assigned to a forthcoming issue of Lebende Sprachen. This ahead-of-print process allows for a very short publishing cycle.

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Authors have the opportunity to publish their articles under an open access license in Lebende Sprachen. The publication fee for a hybrid open access article is 2,000 euros (not including potential VAT fees). Please note that authors belonging to institutions with which we have a transformation agreement can publish using open access without incurring any costs. You can find further information on these agreements here.

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Two articles will be selected by the editors each year and will be made available for 6 months free of charge.

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After an embargo period of 12 months after initial publication, De Gruyter allows authors to use the published final version of their article (publisher’s pdf) for self-archiving (author’s personal webpage) and/or for archiving in an institutional directory (on a server operated without commercial interest).

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Editorial

Herausgeber
Prof. Dr. Ralph Krüger, TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr. Tinka Reichmann, Leipzig University, Germany
Prof. Dr. Ursula Wienen, TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Redaktion
Birgit Fischer, Köln
lebendesprachen@degruyter.com

Redaktionsrat 2022-2023
Marco Agnetta, Innsbruck University, Austria
Vahram Atayan, Heidelberg University, Germany
Ginette Castro, Temuco Catholic University, Chile
Nikolai K. Garbovskiy, Lomonosow Moscow State University, Russia
Thierry Grass, University of Strasbourg, France
Peter J. Holzer, Innsbruck University, Austria
Samuel Läubli, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Gina Abou Fadel Saad, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
Klaus Schubert, University of Hildesheim, Germany
Carsten Sinner, Leipzig University, Germany
Karolina Suchowolec, TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Tomás Svoboda, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
Eva Wiesmann, Bologna University, Italy
Sue Ellen Wright, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
Ailing Zhang, Shanghai International Studies University, China

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Online ISSN: 1868-0267
Print ISSN: 0023-9909
Type: Journal
Languages: German, English
Publisher: De Gruyter
First published: January 1, 1956
Publication Frequency: 2 Issues per Year
Audience: translators, interpreters, linguists, philologists, lexicologists, terminologists and students of these fields