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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Descriptive Translation Studies"”.
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A machine learning approach to the identification of translational language: an inquiry into translationese learning models
In the eld of Descriptive Translation Studies, translationese refers to the speci c traits that characterise the language used in translations. While translationese has been often investigated to illustrate that translational language is di erent from non-translational language, scholars have also …
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Denise Brahimi 'Nadine Gordimer la femme, la politique et le roman' : traduction et activités traduisantes
The nature of the translation process, that is, what occurs in the translator's mind when attempting to translate thoughts and ideas from one language to another, remains an enigma. The focus of this dissertation falls within the relatively unexplored field of "process-orientated descriptive …
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On Ezra Pound's Translation of Classical Chinese Poetry in Cathay
This thesis focuses on Ezra Pound's translation of Classical Chinese Poetry in Cathay. A comparative study of Pound's translations with the original Chinese poems and versions by other translators is conducted. The theoretical framework adopted is Toury's (1995) Descriptive Translation Studies …
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An analysis of the role of culture in the tradition of Northern Sotho idiomatic expressions into English
… research method to present a detailed descriptive analysis of the socio-cultural framework of the Northern Sotho idiomatic expressions. It adopts Nord’s (1997/2000) Functionalist Approach of translation within Descriptive Translation Studies to engage in a critical analysis of a clearly …
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’n Deskriptiewe analise van die Afrikaanse kerklied as intersemiotiese multimediale vertaalproduk
The study aims to provide a descriptive analysis of the translation of the Afrikaans church song as intersemiotic, multimedial translation product. Since the research is mainly descriptive in nature, descriptive translation studies (DTS) is used as theoretical foundation. However, I sometimes work …
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Ideological and cultural constraints in audiovisual translation: dubbing The Simpsons into Arabic: an approach to raise awareness and understanding of practioners involved in the dubbing and subtitling industries
Although Audiovisual Translation has received considerable attention in recent years, evidence suggests that there is a paucity of empirical research carried out on the topic of ideological and cultural constraints in audiovisual translation from English into Arabic. This is despite the fact that …
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"Tha' sounds like me arse!": a comparison of the translation of expletives in two German translations of Roddy Doyle's "The commitments"
… as well as qualitative investigation into the translation of swearwords in the dialogue of two German versions of Roddy Doyle's The Commitments (1987). The novel was first translated into German in 1990 by Oliver Huzly and retranslated in 2001 by Renate Orth-Guttmann. The main question of …
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Translation Strategies for the Chinese Culture-specific Expressions in the Chinese Premier's Press Conferences
This research is located within the framework of descriptive translation studies and corpus-based contrastive discourse analysis. Modern Translation Studies has growingly taken into account the complexities of culture-specific expressions in literary translation. Conference interpreting setting has …
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A comparative translation text analysis of the book of Song of songs in the Mbala And Mushindo Bemba Bibles
Translation of the Bible has played a very critical role in the evangelization Programmes of the Christian Faith throughout the world and Zambia in particular. The translated Bibles have provided an avenue for communication between divergent foreign languages and cultures. In Zambia, however, some …
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A comparative translation text analysis of the book of Song of songs in the Mbala And Mushindo Bemba Bibles
Translation of the Bible has played a very critical role in the evangelization Programmes of the Christian Faith throughout the world and Zambia in particular. The translated Bibles have provided an avenue for communication between divergent foreign languages and cultures. In Zambia, however, some …
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The role of translation in shaping media and political discourses in times of conflict : the Syrian "Spring" in context
… is a predominantly qualitative, target-oriented, descriptive and explanatory investigation. It tackles a critical translational issue that has increasingly drawn much research interest over the last couple of decades or so: Translation and Conflict. Generally, it explores the role of translation …
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FOR A METHODOLOGY OF TRANSLATION CRITISIM: THE ITALIAN TRANSLATIONS OF THE SECRET SHARER BY JOSEPH CONRAD
Translation Studies encompass various more specific fields which imply tackling the phenomenon of translating from different angles: translation process analysis (synchronic approach), history of translation (diachronic approach), (inter)cultural translation studies, intersemiotic translation …