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Meeting the Language Challenges of NATO Opera...
"Ian P. Jones joined NATO as a linguist in 1976. He served as Head of the Linguistic Service at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) from 1989 to 2011 and was responsible for coordinating the Linguistic Services in the Alliance's permanen läs mer … läs mer
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- ISBN
- 9781137312556
- Titel
- Meeting the language challenges of NATO operations : policy, practice and professionalization
- Författare
- Jones, Ian P. - Askew, Louise
- Utgivningsår
- 2017
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- "After 40 years of Cold War, during which it never carried out a 'live' operation, NATO suddenly found itself intervening in three conflicts - in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan - where the ability to communicate with local officials and populations was essential to the success of the missions. It was largely unprepared for this, leading to confusion and improvisation. This book explains how the Alliance responded to the language and cultural challenges it faced and how one man led efforts to reorganize and professionalize NATO's translation and interpretation support on the ground so as to ensure that the missions did not fail through lack of understanding. The book contrasts these challenges with the situation during the Cold War period and outlines NATO's language policy and practices, including the growing dominance of the English language. It finally recounts how NATO eventually developed a coherent doctrine on linguist support for military operations"--
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Translation and Interpretation as the Focus of Language Policy1. NATO Linguistic Services 1949-19942.English as the Working Language3.Bosnia-Herzegovina - Identifying the Problems4.Bosnia-Herzegovina - Implementing Solutions5.Kosovo - Following a Pattern6.Kosovo - Implementing Solutions7.Afghanistan 20038.Afghanistan 20069.Afghanistan from 200810. NATO Doctrine11. Conclusions.
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