Examining the Translator’s Solutions in Backman’s And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

This is a qualitative analysis of a translated short story and a comparison between the English translation and the Swedish original. This thesis examines how figures of speech and cultural elements are translated into another linguistic and cultural context, what kinds of translation strategies the translator has used and how those strategies either reveal or hide the translator’s voice. Analyses of translations offer a better understanding of what translations are and how translators work. The material consists of a Swedish short story written by Fredrik Backman, Och varje morgon blir vägen hem längre och längre, and the English translation by Alice Menzies, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer. By analyzing the two texts sentence-for-sentence and comparing the translation to the original, several similarities and some subtle differences but no major changes were noted. The translator’s consistent use of literal and equivalent translation makes her almost completely invisible and it also explains why the translation is extremely similar to the original. There are three reasons for the similarity between the translation and the original. First, the experiences and the emotions in the story are universal and therefore easy to transfer into any language and culture. Secondly, Backman’s writing seems easy to translate, because it is not complex nor particularly experimental but rather belongs to the genre of airport novels. Thirdly, Swedish and English are both culturally and linguistically similar, which facilitates translation between the languages. For further research, analyses of this short story in other languages or translations of other works by Backman could offer more insight into how Backman’s style of writing is translated into other languages. On a more general level, future studies could focus more on the translator’s voice and how the translator’s decisions affect the result

Listen! Amplifying the Experiences of Black Law School Graduates in 2020

Law students graduating in 2020 faced a number of unusual challenges. However, perhaps no students faced more emotional, psychological, logistical, and financial challenges than Black law school graduates in 2020. In addition to changes in the administration of the bar exam (including the use of technology that struggled to recognize Black faces) and delays in the administration of the exam that led to anxiety and increased financial instability, Black communities were concurrently being disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic led to increased care-taking responsibilities for many, concerns over the health of family members, and a lack of quiet and reliable space to study. Black law school graduates already struggling to juggle these challenges were also confronted with a rise in anti-Black police brutality, and the racist words and actions of politicians. As a result of this unprecedented series of stressors, many Black law gradates struggled to focus on studying for the bar, with some choosing to delay or abandon sitting for the bar altogether. Many expressed anger, disappointment, and betrayal at the profession they have worked so hard to enter. This Article summarizes the survey responses of over 120 Black law students who graduated in 2020 and were asked how the COVID pandemic and increased anti-Black violence impacted their health, education, and career aspirations. It seems likely that the impact of 2020 on the presence and wellbeing of Black lawyers in the legal profession will be felt for years to come. As professors, deans, lawyers, and policymakers reexamine the function of the bar exam and confront inequalities in legal education, we need to listen to these graduates’ experiences

Listen!: Amplifying the Experiences of Black Law School Graduates in 2020

The class of 2020 graduated law school in the midst of a pandemic that, as of May 2020, had infected 1,716,078 and killed 101,567 in the United States alone.Of those impacted, Black Americans experienced one of the highest death rates, with a mortality rate twice that of whites.At the same time, “police killings continue[d] unabated, at 2.5 times the rate for Black men as for white men.”Nationwide protests for racial justice and against police brutality gained urgency and momentum after George Floyd and Breonna Taylor were murdered by police,even as demonstrators themselves were subjected to violence from law enforcement.Meanwhile, the United States economy posted its worst drop on record, leaving many people unemployed. With these crises unfolding, Black law graduates in the class of 2020 were told to study for the bar exam—the culmination of their years of effort and the gatekeeper of entry to the legal profession. Then the exam was postponed, changed to an online format, or remained in person with new restrictions.The software used to proctor remote exams relied on facial recognition technology that did not reliably acknowledge darker skin.In states where the exam was postponed, graduates exhausted the money meant to support them during bar study. Job start dates were delayed. Some Black law school graduates felt anger, fear, and guilt as they were forced to choose between studying for the bar to secure professional success and financial stability or joining their communities in protest. While most 2020 law school graduates faced challenges, many of these stressors were particularly acute for Black graduates. The summer of 2020 exacerbated and highlighted long-standing biases in legal education and in the bar exam. We are only beginning to understand effects of the events of the year on Black law students’ and attorneys’ health and well-being, career prospects, and financial stability. The first step in comprehending the ramifications is to listen to the experiences of the 2020 graduating class of Black law students. This Article includes the results of a pilot survey designed to determine the predominant themes in the experiences of Black law school graduates in 2020, with a particular focus on the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and race

The Pan American (1984-04)

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Sex Offenders’ Risk Assessment Process and Effects on Jurisdiction Transitioning

AbstractThe Adam Walsh Act created sex offender notification and registration requirements to encourage state compliance toward federal guidelines and assigned threat levels to registered sex offenders using mandated assessment processes. Researchers have pointed out that the transition by states using tiered assessment processes to the federally mandated guidelines has led to operational changes to state registration procedures. The purpose of this quantitative study was to understand the effects and impacts on jurisdictions transitioning the designation of registered sex offenders’ threat assessment levels from a formal risk-based assessment process to the mandated Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act conviction-based assessment tool on all currently registered offenders. The innovation and diffusion model was used to relate state policy, practice, and process transition to similar federal guidelines. Data obtained from sex offender registration data sets were analyzed using pairwise comparisons to establish the preferred entity, which pair possessed more quantitative property, or whether the two entities were identical. The results indicated varying degrees of changes in registration requirements between high-, moderate-, and low-level offenders, including major increases in areas of moderate to high offender categories. The positive social change implications of the study include limiting the overassessment and related mandated periods of registration for registered offenders and ensuring equal and fair treatment across states and jurisdictional boundaries for assessed offenders

Sex Offenders’ Risk Assessment Process and Effects on Jurisdiction Transitioning

AbstractThe Adam Walsh Act created sex offender notification and registration requirements to encourage state compliance toward federal guidelines and assigned threat levels to registered sex offenders using mandated assessment processes. Researchers have pointed out that the transition by states using tiered assessment processes to the federally mandated guidelines has led to operational changes to state registration procedures. The purpose of this quantitative study was to understand the effects and impacts on jurisdictions transitioning the designation of registered sex offenders’ threat assessment levels from a formal risk-based assessment process to the mandated Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act conviction-based assessment tool on all currently registered offenders. The innovation and diffusion model was used to relate state policy, practice, and process transition to similar federal guidelines. Data obtained from sex offender registration data sets were analyzed using pairwise comparisons to establish the preferred entity, which pair possessed more quantitative property, or whether the two entities were identical. The results indicated varying degrees of changes in registration requirements between high-, moderate-, and low-level offenders, including major increases in areas of moderate to high offender categories. The positive social change implications of the study include limiting the overassessment and related mandated periods of registration for registered offenders and ensuring equal and fair treatment across states and jurisdictional boundaries for assessed offenders

The Exercise of the Spatial Imagination in Pre-Modern China

This volume is distinctive for its extraordinarily interdisciplinary investigations into a little discussed topic, the spatial imagination. It probes the exercise of the spatial imagination in pre-modern China across five general areas: pictorial representation, literary description, cartographic mappings, and the intertwining of heavenly and earthly space