Multilingual Environmental Communications: Language Accessibility Matters (Cambridge Studies in Language Practices and Social Development)

Ji, Meng; Oakes, Michael

ISBN 10: 1316512460 / ISBN 13: 9781316512463

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multilingual Environmental Communications: Language Accessibility Matters (Cambridge Studies in Language Practices and Social Development)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1316512460
• ISBN 13: 9781316512463
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Based on real-life case studies, this book provides an empirical study of the linguistic accessibility of environmental information for people from diverse language, cultural, and educational backgrounds. It deploys well-established statistical and machine learning models to evaluate the key linguistic features of environmental information dissemination, to both English and non-English-speaking readers, on topics such as environmental health risk and natural disaster preparedness. Using Japanese, Swahili, Tigrinya, Zulu, and Somali languages as illustrations, this book shows how English-speaking professionals can significantly improve the cross-lingual translatability of community-oriented environmental information by using machine learning. It can be used as a latest research reference for readers from different disciplinary backgrounds interested in how to design linguistically accessible environmental information to increase its social and community impact. It can also be used as a practical guidebook to community-oriented environmental information design.

About the Authors

Meng Ji is Professor at the School of Languages and Cultures, the University of Sydney, Australia. For two decades, her work has pioneered translation research innovation, through developing interdisciplinary research methods and models.

Michael Oakes is Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham, UK. His research interests are in Statistics for Corpus Linguistics, Authorship Attribution and Empirical Translation Studies.