ABSTRACT

This article aims to contribute to the growing body of non-professional translation and workplace studies by presenting a subset of preliminary findings from an exploratory qualitative case study on multilingual practices within an administrative unit of an Irish-based global IT enterprise. Data gathered from observations and interviews with managers and multilingual staff is analyzed thematically following an inductive approach to reveal how translation features in multiple forms, and to examine the underlying conceptions of language and competence that shape the phenomenon in this setting. A case is made for the explicitation of strategies in international business communication to facilitate both the deployment of effective and sustainable language management and education policies, and the development of theoretical understandings of translation and translating in an ever-evolving social and professional landscape.

摘要

本文旨在通过对爱尔兰一家全球性IT企业的管理部门中的多语言实践进行定性探索性定性研究的初步结果的子集，来为非专业翻译和工作场所研究的增长做出贡献。按照归纳法，对从经理和多语种工作人员的观察和访谈中收集的数据进行主题分析，以揭示多种形式的翻译特征，并检查在这种情况下形成现象的语言和能力的基本概念。有必要在国际商务交流中明确策略，以促进有效和可持续的语言管理和教育政策的部署，