Although sometimes necessary, interpreters are less desirable than knowing the language during fieldwork because __________
a. many of the nuances of meaning are lost in translation
b. few people are willing to talk with a translator present
c. translators are expensive and shorten the time an anthropologist can do fieldwork
d. translators often are dishonest and do not convey the information accurately that informants present
Answer: a
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a. 23 b. 18 c. 15 d. 10
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