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Scientific Bulletin of the Politehnica University of Timişoara
Transactions on Modern Languages
Vol. 25, Issue 1, 2026
CONTENTS
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Linguistics and Communication |
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Cosmin-Constantin BĂIAȘ, Caius LUMINOSU, Sorin SUCIU |
The rhetoric of complementarity of humanities disciplines in technical universities |
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Diana Christine ZELTER, Ioana Gabriela NAN |
Leadership discourse, context and storytelling – a theoretical approach |
18 |
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Georgiana Silvia LEOTESCU |
Media Representations of AI – News Coverage and its Contribution to the Communicative Construction of Emerging Technologies |
29 |
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Iuliu RAȚIU |
The Key to Success—Rebranding Communist Goods between Nostalgia and Cultural Identity |
48 |
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Translation Studies |
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Liana MUTHU |
Human Translator’s Future in the Digital Age |
60 |
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Zoltan KOVACS, Daniel DEJICA |
Machine Translation, Post-Editing, and Quality Assessment in English–Romanian Medical Translation: Insights from Professional Practice |
69 |
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Andreea-Maria SĂRMAȘIU |
The new era of translation: co-evolution of human and machine translation. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the pre-translation phase of economic news |
84 |
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Laura IONICA |
Acquisition and interpretation of terminology in a highly digitalised learning environment |
93 |
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Khalid Rokan MANSOOR, Daniel DEJICA |
Translating Grammatical Gender in English–Arabic Literary Contexts: A Mixed-Methods Study of Student Performance |
104 |
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Irina-Ana DROBOT |
Using Chat GPT to Translate Song Lyrics |
115 |
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Sorin CIUTACU |
How Wide Asunder? Diachronic Translation and Linguistic Distance |
122 |
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Izabella MALI, Daniel DEJICA |
Teaching Website Localization in the Romanian Context: An Empirical Study of Linguistic, Cultural, and Technological Competences |
130 |
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Iasmina VELIMIROVICI, Simona ȘIMON |
Exploring Students’ Views on Note-Taking during Interpreting Tasks |
145 |
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Foreign Language Pedagogy |
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Maja ĆUK, Valentina BUDINČIĆ |
Project-based English Language Learning through Digital Content and Games |
156 |
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Bettina ENE |
Reconceptualizing Business English Pedagogy through LifeComp: Collaboration and Critical Thinking as Core Competences |
170 |
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Mirela COSTELEANU |
Balancing General English and English for Specific Purposes in ESP Classes |
183 |
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Ada BABOI |
Authentic Tasks and Professional Genres in Technical ESP: a Task-Based Curriculum for Business Information Systems Students |
193 |
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Hassiba CHAIBI, Asma SALMI |
Les représentations caricaturales de l’introduction de l’anglais dans les écoles primaires algériennes |
207 |
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Maria-Dana GROSSECK |
Das rumänische Sprachvorbereitungsprogramm für ausländische Staatsbürger: Zwischen Sprachkunst und interkultureller Herausforderung |
221 |
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Andreja RETELJ |
Konstruktion von Lehreridentität im Schulpraktikum angehender DaF-Lehrkräfte |
227 |
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Andrea Susanne STANCU |
Kompetenzen im Fokus. Landeskundeunterricht an rumänischen Hochschulen im Wandel |
242 |
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Anca DEJICA-CARȚIȘ |
Aspekte der Sprache. Besonderheiten der Präfixverben. |
252 |
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Reviews |
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Ana-Maria Dascălu-Romițan |
Soul (Vol. I) and Perspectives (Vol. II). Confessions of Young Doctors: A Therapeutic Journal: (Coordinator), Simona Olaru-Poșiar |
262 |
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Daniel Dejica |
Introduction to English Morphology / Uvod u morfologiju engleskog jezika, Valentina Budinčić |
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Information for Authors |
269 |
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