The international aerospace industry - New challenges and opportunities for translation suppliersAttention is given to the recent trend toward internationalization in the aerospace industry and its effects on commercial and governmental translation programs. The aerospace industry, once dominated by organizations from a small number of countries, is now widely international in scope. In effect, there has been in increase in the demand for translations from German, Japanese, Chinese, French and Spanish source material while that for translation from Russian source material has remained constant. The impact of the Challenger disaster on aerospace translation programs is discussed as well as the impact of international participation in Space Station research.
Document ID
19870030722
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Rowe, T. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)