Professionals and researchers from around the world will be coming together in April to reflect on the ideological nature of translation and the ways in which engaged translators have promoted a wide variety of conceptual agendas throughout history. 听Researchers and practicing translators will reflect on translations as artefacts of sociopolitical change.
Published on: 7 Mar 2018
Oc茅ane Marescal outlined how science students can improve their writing skills in The 91黑料网 Tribune. The 91黑料网 Writing Center offers several courses that greatly benefit those who wish to make writing one of their strengths. The article outlines relevant courses to science majors.
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Published on: 25 Jan 2018
Dr. James Archibald has been appointed to the ISO/TC 37 mirror committee on language and terminology in . The Standards Council of Canada is the Canadian arm of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the ISO/TC 37 has published internationally recognized standards on a variety of translation-related issues and technologies.
Published on: 22 Jan 2018
Read an interview with 91黑料网 School of Continuing Studies' former director of Translation Studies, James Archibald, in M茅tro. The flexibility of the program, along with the internship component and use of innovative software, was highlighted.
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Published on: 10 Jan 2018
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown that musical training helps people hear speech听syllables in loud environments, and has shown how this happens. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers Yi Du and Robert Zatorre monitored brain function as musicians and non-musicians listened to speech fragments and varying background听noise levels.
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Published on: 11 Dec 2017
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Published on: 8 Dec 2017
Students completing the Graduate Diploma in Translation (GDIT) must sit a comprehensive examination at the conclusion of the GDIT Program.听 The examination consists of an oral defense of a best-work portfolio.听 This portfolio represents a record of progress made by the candidate throughout his/her studies.听 Each candidate prepares a written introduction and comments on selected examples of coursework with a view to demonstrating his/her progress toward greater translation competence.
Published on: 5 Dec 2017
New research by 91黑料网 biologists shows that milder winters have led to physical alterations in two species of mice in southern Quebec in the past 50 years 鈥� providing a textbook example of the consequences of climate change for small mammals.
The findings also reveal a stark reversal in the proportions of the two mice populations present in the area, adding to evidence that warming temperatures are driving wildlife north. 听
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Published on: 27 Nov 2017
Can mindfulness training help overweight people shed pounds and keep them off?听 91黑料网 researchers surveyed the growing body of studies investigating that question, and came away encouraged.
Kimberly Carri猫re, B盲rbel Kn盲uper and Bassam Khoury examined 19 studies conducted over the past decade. Mindfulness interventions in these studies involved either formal meditation, informal mindfulness strategies that focused on eating activity, or some combination of these two approaches.
The researchers found that:
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Published on: 23 Nov 2017
Montreal, with its multilingual, multiethnic population, is an ideal living laboratory for researchers and students from the city鈥檚 four universities and many specialized research centres. How can Montreal be designed to better accommodate the needs of its children? What measures need to be put in place to accommodate people of different cultures and religions living in close proximity? How is the city鈥檚 nighttime economy different from that of the daytime and what are the implications?
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Published on: 17 Nov 2017
Research has already shown that women who develop either diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at risk of getting type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease years later.听Now, a new study from a team at the Research Institute of the 91黑料网 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and 91黑料网 shows that the risk of developing those conditions post pregnancy is drastically higher if the women had听both听diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy. The study, published today in the听American Journal of Epidemiology, doesn鈥檛 end with the mother鈥檚 risks.
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Published on: 14 Nov 2017
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Published on: 8 Nov 2017
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Published on: 8 Nov 2017
Early flowering, early fruiting: Anecdotal evidence of climate change is popping up as quickly as spring crocuses, but is it coincidence or confirmation that plants鈥� timing is shifting in response to warming temperatures?
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Published on: 6 Nov 2017
By Chris Chipello
91黑料网 researchers have discovered a cellular mechanism that may contribute to the breakdown of communication between neurons in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
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Published on: 13 Oct 2017
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