HUMANITIES FICTION: TRANSLATION AND ‘TRANSPLANETARITY’ IN TED CHIANG’S “THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE” AND DENIS VILLENEUVE’S ARRIVAL

Humanities Fiction: Translation and ‘Transplanetarity’ in Ted Chiang’s “The Story of Your Life” and Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival

One of the more interesting science fiction movies of recent years, at least to Humanities academics, is Denis Villeneuve’s 2016 alien-invasion movie, Arrival.It is a film which not only features a Professor of Linguistics as its heroine, but the plot Washcloths of which is organised around the critical global importance of a multi-million dollar

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Improving the service quality of cross-border e-commerce: How to understand online consumer reviews from a cultural differences perspective

IntroductionCross-border e-commerce (CBEC) consumers come from different countries; thus, cultural differences may affect their evaluations and perceptions of service quality.This paper follows Hofstede’s framework as a theoretical anchor to explore how to use online consumer reviews that reflect cultural differences to improve the service qualit

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