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  2. Historical method - Wikipedia

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    Historical method is the collection of techniques and guidelines that historians use to research and write histories of the past. Secondary sources, primary sources and material evidence such as that derived from archaeology may all be drawn on, and the historian's skill lies in identifying these sources, evaluating their relative authority, and combining their testimony appropriately in order ...

  3. Telephone interpreting - Wikipedia

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    Interpretation over the telephone most often takes place in consecutive mode, which means that the interpreter waits until the speaker finishes an utterance before rendering the interpretation into the other language. As the use of the telephonic modality is increasing it is allowing users to access an interpreter immediately, regardless of ...

  4. What's in our names? How our streets and landmarks tell our ...

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    An amateur historian, who published numerous articles in the Tallahassee Democrat, Benjamin Meginniss died in 1972 at age 88. Castelnau Court named for artist who sketched cascade, early Capitol

  5. Simultaneous interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Alan Gordon-Finlay trialling the Hush-A-Phone at the League of Nations, circa 1927 - ILO Historical Archives. In 1925, E. Filene wrote a letter to Sir. E. Drummond in which the concept simultaneous interpretation is used for the first time in written history.

  6. Historical-grammatical method - Wikipedia

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    It is the primary method of interpretation for many conservative Protestant exegetes who reject the historical-critical method to various degrees (from complete rejection by some fundamentalist Protestants, to moderated acceptance by the Roman Catholic tradition since the Divino afflante Spiritu encyclical letter), [3] in contrast to the ...

  7. The Practice of History - Wikipedia

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    Historical facts themselves are, therefore, conceived as being independent of the observer rather than being affected and coloured by the perspective adopted by the observer. [1] Elton's focus is emphatically upon history as a series of events rather than states as the foundation of his concept of what constitutes historical facts.

  8. Language interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Alan Gordon-Finlay trialling the Hush-A-Phone at the League of Nations, c. 1927 – ILO Historical Archives Nuremberg defendants at dock listening to simultaneous interpretation Simultaneous interpretation (SI) has the disadvantage that if a person is performing the service the interpreter must do the best they can within the time permitted by ...

  9. Thematic interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Thematic interpretation is an approach to heritage interpretation originally advocated by Professor William J. Lewis (University of Vermont) [1] and subsequently developed by Professor Sam H. Ham (University of Idaho). In the thematic approach, an interpreter relies on a central theme (i.e., a major point or message) to guide development of a ...