Palabras is an amazing inventor who loves science and sparkling wrenches. As she prepares her fantastic machine for the school’s science fair, she finds out that not all her classmates support and believe in her. Will Palabras let naughty words discourage her from fulfilling her dream of being the greatest inventor in class? Or will she reject the negative words hurled at her, shake off her sadness and anger, and believe in herself and her great invention?
On what basis can we establish an alternative to the unifying of cultures brought about by economic globalization? When ideas, like objects and words, can be translated and marketed everywhere, what forms of critique are available? Straddling the fields of political philosophy, comparative literature, animal studies, global studies, and political economy, Untranslating Machines proposes to this end a weakened, defective concept of “untranslatability.” The analytic frame of Jacques Lezra’s argument is rooted in Marx, Derrida and Wittgenstein. He moves historically from the moment when “translation” becomes firmly wed to mercantilism and to the consolidation of proto-national state forms, in European early modernity; to the current moment, in which the flow of information, commodities and value-creation protocols among international markets produces the regulative fantasy of a global, coherent market of markets. In a world in which translation and translatability have become a means and a model for the consolidation of a global cultural system, this book proposes an understanding of untranslatability that serves to limit the articulation between a globalized capitalist value-system and the figure and techniques of translation.
A thoughtfully curated and gloriously illustrated retrospective of the band’s studio releases, Queen, comes just in time for the 45th anniversary of their debut LP and biopic. Formed in 1970, Queen went on to become one of the most popular—and most successful—rock bands of all time. Even following the untimely death of beloved and magnetic frontman Freddie Mercury, and nearly 50 years after their formation, interest in the band has continued, evidenced by scores of reissues, arena tours with surviving members, and a feature-film biopic. In this new installment in Voyageur Press’s Album by Album series, rock journo Martin Popoff convenes a cast of 19 Queen experts and superfans to discuss all 15 of the band’s studio albums (including their soundtrack for the 1980 film Flash Gordon). Panelists include Queen experts, rock journalists, musicians, and record industry figures. The results are freewheeling discussions delving into the individual songs, the circumstances that surrounded the recording of each album, the band and contemporary rock contexts into which they were released, and more. The engaging text of this beautifully designed book is illustrated throughout with rare live performance and candid offstage photography, as well as scads of rare Queen ephemera. The Album by Album series is a unique approach to the rock bio, injecting the varied voices of several contributors. The results have even the most diehard fans rushing back to their MP3 players (or turntables) to confirm the details and opinions expressed!
How social scientists' disagreements about their key words and distinctions have been misconceived, and what to do about it Social scientists do research on a variety of topics—gender, capitalism, populism, and race and ethnicity, among others. They make descriptive and explanatory claims about empathy, intelligence, neoliberalism, and power. They advise policymakers on diversity, digitalization, work, and religion. And yet, as Gabriel Abend points out in this provocative book, they can’t agree on what these things are and how to identify them. How to tell if something is a religion or a cult or a sect? What is empathy? What makes this society a capitalist one? Disputes of this sort arise again and again in the social sciences. Abend argues that these disagreements have been doubly misconceived. First, they conflate two questions: how a social science community should use its most important words, and what distinctions it should accept and work with. Second, there’s no fact of the matter about either. Instead, they’re practical reason questions for a community, which aim at epistemically and morally good outcomes. Abend calls on social science communities to work together on their words, distinctions, and classifications. They must make collective decisions about the uses of words, the acceptability of distinctions, and the criteria for assessing both. These decisions aren’t up to individual scholars; the community gets the last word. According to Abend, the common good, justice, and equality should play a significant role in the logic of scientific research. Gabriel Abend is professor of sociology at University of Lucerne and the author of The Moral Background: An Inquiry into the History of Business Ethics (Princeton).
This Pack joins 6 Books of the collection Flash Cards Pictures and Words English Spanish and contains more than 400 Spanish English bilingual flashcards. These are the 6 Books included in this great eBooks Pack, at a discount price: [ VOL 1 ] FAMILY – 70 FLASH CARDS PICTURES AND WORDS ENGLISH SPANISH [ VOL 2 ] PROFESSIONS – 70 FLASH CARDS PICTURES AND WORDS ENGLISH SPANISH [ VOL 3 ] ANIMALS – 70 FLASH CARDS PICTURES AND WORDS ENGLISH SPANISH [ VOL 4 ] ANIMALS II – 70 FLASH CARDS PICTURES AND WORDS ENGLISH SPANISH [ VOL 5 ] NUMBERS – 70 FLASH CARDS PICTURES AND WORDS ENGLISH SPANISH [ VOL 6 ] TRAVEL – 70 FLASH CARDS PICTURES AND WORDS ENGLISH SPANISH Each beautiful illustration has its description in English and Spanish, and that makes it a powerful system to use to build a bilingual vocabulary and teach visual words in both languages. This picture words flash cards sets can be used as learning cards for toddlers, learning cards for kids or adults and: - will make fun and motivating to learn first words in Spanish - will help children and adults to learn easily with flash cards words and picture - will give you a powerful tool for learning new words in two languages: English and Spanish. These learning flash cards with pictures and words were made for you to learn Spanish the easy way. Use our learning cards for kids and adults to learn your first words in Spanish today!
This dictionary consists of some 25,000 terms and references in both Spanish and English, drawn from all the major areas in the field of Telecommunications. It includes comprehensive labelling of subject areas, detailed abbreviation entries including cross-reference links to full forms, full British and American English coverage of lexical and spelling variants presented in clear layout and typography. Este diccionario consta de unos 25.000 términos y referencias tanto en español como en inglés, procedentes de las principales áreas del campo de las Telecomunicaciones. Incluye etiquetado completo de áreas temáticas, entradas de abreviaturas detalladas que incluyen enlaces de referencia cruzada a formularios completos, cobertura completa en inglés británico y americano de variantes léxicas y ortográficas presentadas en un diseño y tipografía claros.
This Dictionary consists of some 100,000 terms in both Spanish and English, drawn from the whole range of business, finance and banking terminology. Over 45 subject areas are covered, compiled by a team of international terminologists
