Synergy

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Authors: Roxana-Elisabeta MARINESCU

We are inviting you to read eight original research articles in the areas of intercultural studies, literature and linguistics, as well as two book reviews of recent academic publications by Palgrave MacMillan (2021) and University of Turku, Finland (2020).

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Authors: Fatima TAUSEEF, Mridula CHAUHAN

The neo-liberal model of development has facilitated the cross-border movements, thereby making both national and international migration one of the survival strategies to fight against persistent poverty, economic insecurity and deepening inequalities. It is known to all that Covid-19 and lockdown measures had a large impact on employment and labour market affecting human lives across the globe. This paper focuses on the experiences of women migrant workers situated within one of the most populous states of India, i.e., Uttar Pradesh. How did they make sense of their lived realities in the face of downsizing being done by the companies, which meant partial wages or losing the jobs permanently, and also the sudden transition that they had to opt for and negotiate with?

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Authors: Roxana-Magdalena BÂRLEA

A review written in French about the volume entitled "Translation and Cultural Mediation 2. Myths. Legends and Fairytales in Romania and across the World" edited by Ciolăneanu, R. S. and Nanu, P., published in 2020 by Editions de l’Université de Turku.

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Authors: Anubhuti SINGH

The world witnessed very troubled times in the past year and there seems to be not much respite in the coming days. The COVID-19 pandemic is viewed as one of the most disturbing calamities by many countries, their governments and the people alike. Women have been found to be impacted more by the pandemic due to financial insecurities and increased workload at all fronts. Increased time spent with the family was seen as a boon by some and a downside by some others. The present study is an attempt to gain a perspective on whether family is perceived as a stressor or a de-stressor by Indian women during the current pandemic. Findings of the study conducted on women in India suggest that they found solace with their family during this period.

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Authors: Mihaela PARPALEA

This paper presents several research-based aspects on language-related communication, message-related communication and action-related communication and the connection between inner and outer attitude within communication, meaning that mental and physical conditions of speaking and hearing go hand in hand. The article also describes some differences between verbal and non-verbal communication, as well as encoding and decoding procedures in inter-cultural communication. Communication is about acting, with and without language, about intentions, about the circumstances and relationships between people, about attitudes behind the words, about physical behavior that expresses inner attitudes. Feelings are expressed in body language and physical changes also change the emotional state of communication participants. Summing up, some views of what communicative language and action are and are not, of what they can and cannot, are also presented.

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Authors: Antonia ENACHE,Marina MILITARU,Viorela-Valentina DIMA

The present research looks into the most common inadvertencies that occur in professional writing – more specifically, in writing for business purposes. Against the background of the labour market requirements for professionals equipped with sound writing skills – perceived as ‘deal makers or breakers’ – the paper presents the results of a qualitative analysis of business written assignments of students from an English-taught Business Administration programme organised by the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. The analysis reveals that, despite students being highly proficient users of the target language, they nonetheless stumble upon challenges that pertain not to accuracy and correctness, but to extraneous factors such as appropriateness, flexibility, conciseness, relevance and deference. In the following, we shall attempt to shed light on these inadvertencies and highlight the aspects to be taken into account when writing in a business context.