what is the impact of social skill on overall translation?
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90% of communication is through non-verbal cues. Those things NOT said: body posture, facial expressions, verbal tone, and gestures. 10% of communication is what is actually said. No familiarity with social skills and customs means a marked decrease in accuracy with overall  translation.
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how about social skills related to birth order in family unit? I always found that interesting
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usually translators work from a foreign language into their native language. a very high level of expertise is required and there is a lot of competition for very little pay. there are other far more profitable ways to put your language skills to use.
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there are three types of communication (vocal, visual, verbal)\n\nVocal – The voice of the speaker: this includes the vocal variety, quality, rate, volume, and vocal pauses\nVisual – What we see of the speaker: this includes eye contact, posture, gestures, and facial expressions. Otherwise known as body language.\nVerbal – What the speaker actually says\n\nWhat Has the Greatest Impact?\n•38 %         Vocal (The way it is said)\n•55 %         Visual (What is seen)\n• 7  %         Verbal (The words)\n100 %        Total\nThe impact of the non-verbal (vocal and visual is quite powerful) = 93%
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reading improves vocabulary and spelling. do a lot of reading. also, practice is the biggest isue in terms of confidence. talking in front of crowds  helps you gain confidence and makes it easier each time you speak.
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Sociolinguistics is a relatively new field which studies the context of the language, not just the dialect.  Because of the importance of communicating directly and through translation, each language is now being studied in more detail.\nFifty years ago there was not much contact between peoples of different part of the world.  Today, with modern communication techniques, including the Internet, the study of sociolinguistics take on a more important role to make sure what we think is being said, is indeed, what was meant by the speaker or writer.\nFor example if someone in America expects to get telephone support for a person hired in India who learned English as a second language, one needs to know much more about the context of the language(s) being spoken.\nCheck out the sites below:
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Yes, I've met a few. I always thought it was really amazing how they learnt to communicate with others. They use a form of sign language, like finger-spelling, but can you imagine how hard it must be to teach them the words and their meanings in the first place? Totally amazing people.
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Hi,\nHebrew as a second language...interesting.  I am multi-lingual and have noticed things about learning new languages.\n\nYou have already been supplied answers like:\n\n1) study\n2) immersion!!\n3) CD's, books, teachers\n4) speak to survive!\n5) stoned?\n\nThese suggestions are rated here:\n\n5 is useless...it just makes you think you're learning something when you're just wasting time.\n\n1 & 3 have been know to work but not rapidly.\n\n2 & 4 both work and work rapidly.  \n\nNow how to get there.  The language you intend to learn is of no consequence;  that is these concepts work with any language.\n\nLearning through chat rooms will gain you nearly nothing.  \n\nBeing younger is a distinct advantage.  If you are between 5 and 8 you will probably learn faster than those of other ages. \n\nYou need to live daily with those that exclusively speak your intended (new) language.  Having a person that speaks your native language fluently around is as much a hinderance as it is a benefit.  Optimally you'll have limited access to this person but have constant access to those who are only familiar but not fluent in your native language.  This forces you to do some of the language thinking.  Thinking in the new language helps you learn.  If you think you can learn without speaking out loud you are missing a large portion of the language learning process as well.  You need to say things out loud to people who will be attempting to understand you.  If they do, then you have positive reenforcement that will reward your efforts...and negative reenforcement for confusing or unclear communication.  When you mangle a sentence in your new language (which you will) you may see the listener wince telling you that you made a mistake.  This immediate feedback is most valuable in your learning.  Acceptance of your sentence and understanding from the listener is both rewarding and immediate and helps you learn that much faster.\n\nAfter you find yourself thinking in your new language, you are on your way.  Speak out loud, practice saying things that you hear, these are the two things that children constantly do that adults find annoying but are necessary for rapid learning.\n\nOops...I didn't mean to write another book.\n\nGood luck in your Hebrew endeavor.  I hope you're not just entering this lightly (e.g. because this cute guy is taking Hebrew too xP ) but ready for a lifelong commitment to knowing and understanding a new language and culture.
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Just looking at Yahoo! Answers alone, you'll see many users asking and answering for the purpose of improving their English. Currently, the internet is mostly influencing people of other native languages to learn more English so they can tap the huge wealth of information available on English-only websites.\n\nHowever, the internet also gives English speakers the chance to learn about other cultures and to even learn other languages also. And it gives foreign-language speakers the chance to continue communicating in their native language even if they've moved somewhere far away where no one else speaks it. In the future, these communities of foreign-language speakers will no doubt continue to grow as internet use increases world-wide.\n\nThe one thing I'm worried about is the distant future when it might be possible to automatically translate anything on the internet into one's one language and do it well. If that becomes possible, it could deter speakers of any language from communicating in the one most familiar to them and would be a severe detriment to international culture.
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Hmmmm...there are at least two ways to answer that question. One has to do with the teachers working as a team, and the other has to do with students working as a team.\n\nI would say that teamwork, if done right, would have a positive effect on students learning English as a Foreign Language. For one thing, conversation is a big part of what they need to learn, and you can't learn conversation by yourself. \n\nCuriously, research shows that cooperative learning--working in teams in the classroom--actually encourages self-directed learners. In other words, when students work together on tasks and projects in the classroom, they are more likely to take responsibility for their own learning, set their own learning goals, and develop their own strategies for reaching those goals.\n\nI team taught with an EFL teacher in a 5th grade classroom where 70% of the students came from homes where another language was spoken. While there were details to work out and minor tensions between the teachers from time to time, I think all the students benefited greatly from having a regular classroom teacher, and an EFL teacher in the room.
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how, as a society, people interact with each other \n\n9 words
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I agree with Sue.\n\nGone Car - Please take note, all the people answering here speak English (presumably as their primary language) yet you got almost as many different answers as there were people answering. What does that tell you? It tells me that in the final analysis people make language, not the other way around. There will always be rules and those who always observe them. But most of us are too busy trying to communicate with one another to pay very much attention to all those rules. And yet, somehow, we do generally manage to make ourselves understood, one to another.\n\nI'm not telling you to ignore the rules. Learn them, certainly. But if you wish to become truly proficient in speaking English, at some point you will have to go beyond those textbook rules. It is in the real world that language lives and thrives.
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Depends on the situation, what you have to say or what others are saying.  You learn more by listening to others...but on the same note, someone may have something to learn from you.
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Sam, I don't know if you are expecting personal view points or direct answers?  There are many variables involved in language learning.  It dependends, first of all, on one's innate abilities and needs.  The teacher(s), the method(s), time, effort and dedication are also important.  Undoubtedly, if you live in the country where your target language is spoken (Korea), you will learn faster than you would outside of it.  YOU'LL NEVER FIND OUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS OR CAN BE IF YOU DON'T TRY.
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Maybe you could say something to the extent of "Part of everyone's job is to work together for a common goal, in order to acheive this goal, we must have efective communication skills with our coworkers.  While it is great to get our work done, it is just as important to work with the other members of your team."\n\nI don't know if that answers your question, but I hope it helps!
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Topic A:\nGetting along with other people at work is important because your personality, social skills and edict is returned to you by human nature.  Your non-verbal communication can show others, without talking, how intersted you are in a conversation with them or the subject that is brought about.  Active listening and observation can help you learn about others in your environment, it will help reflect your communication during conversation with some people who may take things differently. Have self-cofidence in the way you carry yourself, it can reflect how other people may treat you.  Speak with proper speaking and/or phone edict; others will understand you better and it shows how educated you are.  The best way to keep your co-workers friendly is to keep all gossip to yourself and use it for your own discretion.  Keep all relationships on a professional level.  Feelings or paticular actions towards certain indiviuals can get others suspicious of harrassment and/or start rumors that you may regret later.  Remember, this is where one may spend about 8 hours per day for 5 days a week; keep a friendly, balanced work environment and you will enjoy going to work a whole lot more than if there was hostility.
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I think it has. I can enjoy the literature, theater and cinema of a number of cultures I otherwise could not. I also suspect that if you speak more than one language you get a better understanding of each language. It's as if you develop a concept of meta-language; a sense about "language" itself.\n\nTo quote an English friend, "What can you know about ale if you drink the same one all your life?"