Essays about: "technical translation theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words technical translation theory.

  1. 1. Stuck in translation: Why public agencies seldom succeed implementing performance budgeting : A case study on output controls of the Swedish Armed Forces

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Andreas Egevad; [2023]
    Keywords : management accounting; public sector agencies; performance budgeting; efficiency; multiple institutional logics; sociology of translation; trust;

    Abstract : Despite its benefits, output controls are less prevalent than its counterpart input controls in public sector agencies. Performance budgeting aligns the input of resources with the output of products and services systematically, enabling assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of organizational activities. READ MORE

  3. 2. To Cities in the Global South, From Sweden with Love

    University essay from KTH/Hållbarhet och industriell dynamik

    Author : Simon Runsten; [2017]
    Keywords : Urban sustainability; Development cooperation; Actor-network; Policy mobility; Socio-technical transitions;

    Abstract : Rapid urbanization and limited resources is creating enormous challenges to cities in the global South, which has been increasingly acknowledged as a motivation for international cooperation in recent years. Both theory and practice have however paid little attention to how differences in geographical contexts and views on what sustainability is play out in such cooperation. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Socio-technical Borderland of Interaction: An ERP module case study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Johan Andersson; Mathias Comrin; [2016-09-15]
    Keywords : ERP; Post-implementation; Actor-Network Theory; Stability; Irreversibility;

    Abstract : In step with a greater demand for information quality and business capabilities, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have gained a pivotal role in today's or- ganizations and have thus been researched extensively. However, there is still a relative lack of ERP studies concerning themselves with the post-implementation phase of the system's life-cycle. READ MORE

  5. 4. Socialt hållbar stadsutveckling från idé till praktik : begreppsutveckling i Kvillebäcken

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Joanna Fehler; [2014]
    Keywords : social hållbarhet; hållbar stadsutveckling; begreppsutveckling; globala idéer; lokal översättning; Delegationen för Hållbara Städer; Kvillebäcken; Göteborg;

    Abstract : I den här uppsatsen undersöks begreppen hållbar utveckling och social hållbarhet i omvandlingen av Kvillebäcken, Göteborg, utifrån frågorna hur och varför definitionen av begreppen har förändrats under projekttiden, från idéstadie till praktik. Målet är att förstå berättelsen kring hållbarhetsbegreppet i Kvillebäcken. READ MORE

  6. 5. Contemporary Approaches to Translation in the Classroom : A study of students' Attitudes and Strategies

    University essay from Engelska

    Author : Elaina Josefsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Google Translate; Translation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore the strategies and attitudes of students towards translation in the context of language learning. The informants come from two different classes at an Upper Secondary vocational program. READ MORE