Case translation: Switzerland

Three Case Studies from Switzerland

Federalism: The case of Switzerland

Together with the United States and Canada, Switzerland is one of the three classical federations. Its institutional structure consists of three levels of government: the federation, 26 cantons and about 2500 communes. The cantons as well as the communes are characterised by a full political organisation with the separation of powers, by a constitutionally guaranteed political autonomy and by t...

the relation between bilingualism and translation: a case study of turkish bilingual and persian monolingual translation students

translation studies have become an accepted academic subject and books, journals and doctoral dissertations appear faster than one can read them all (bassnet and lefevere, 1990). but this field also brought with itself so many other issues which needed to be investigated more, in the heart of which, issues like ideology, ethics, culture, bilingualism and multilingualism. it is reported that ove...

Three Case Studies from Switzerland: Smartvote

Three Case Studies from Switzerland: E-Voting

Since 1998, the Swiss government has actively pursued the implementation of electronic voting (" e-voting ") in its elections. This case study examines how these systems have worked in the test cantons of Geneva and Zurich. The evidence and analysis in this case study suggest that e-voting might serve as a powerful tool to augment the participation rate, the quality of voting, and aid in the im...