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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Translation Strategies"”.
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Translation Strategies for the Chinese Culture-specific Expressions in the Chinese Premier's Press Conferences
… 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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Strategies applied in the english-lithuanian translation of "the economist" headlines /
… up with different solutions. There are numerous translation types, that have different translation rules. Journalistic translation is one of them and headline is the most important part of the article. While translating headlines, a translator should make them short, clear, and catching to the …
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Translation, gender in Disney’s live-action productions: a translation studies perspective on the representation of gender stereotypes in Pinocchio, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast
… Pinocchio (Zemeckis 2022), through the lens of Translation Studies. It draws on Lefevere’s theory of translation as rewriting, Butler’s theory of gender performativity, and Bassnett’s model of features, and is integrated within a qualitative, comparative, and interdisciplinary framework. The …
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Translating intertextuality as intercultural communication a case study
… taking forms like allusion, quotation, pastiche, translation, etc., it depends on the presupposition of the presence of intertexts (or hypotexts) in (hyper)texts and on the reader’s recognition of such presence. For the recognition of intertexts, authors usually rely on shared cultural knowledge …
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An Exploration of Translation Behaviours among Translators and Proofreading Editors in the Information Service in Mega Sports Events in China
… the competition (Jiang, 2012, p.23). In China, translation becomes an integral component of the Information Service. Bilingual services in Chinese and English are provided, with translators playing an often-overlooked yet indispensable role (Lv & Guo, 2022, p.26). In exploring the information …
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Cultural translation from Chinese to English: a case study of the problems in the translation and interpretation of selected contemporary texts
… "extended (cross-)cultural approach to literary translation". It proposes that socio-cultural elements pertaining to a literary text extend beyond the commonly understood scope and depth of literary translation into the macro-contextual sphere, as they arise before and after, as well as during, …
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The Impact of Domestication and Mother Tongue Interference in Translation: A Case of Xitsonga
Translation plays a vital role in language development by facilitating cultural exchange, disseminating knowledge, and driving linguistic evolution. This study investigates the impact of domestication and Mother Tongue Interference on the translation of Xitsonga texts, with a focus on legal, …
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Visible hands : inferring translation strategy : an analysis of a corpus of translations produced at Canadian National (CN)
… and policies to employees, as well as the translations of those vehicles, this investigation examines the concepts of the translating institution and translation strategy. It develops a systematic approach for inferring translation strategy from a corpus of translations, with an emphasis on …
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Translating Turkish Poetry
… I contextualise my work in the field of literary translation from Turkish to English during the period 1900 to 2012. I sub-divide this period of translation activity into three distinct phases and further justify this sub-division by contextualising these phases in relation to changing attitudes …
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Aspects of translation in psychological and psychiatric cross-cultural research
… into Black African languages. The details of translation are invariably glossed in reports and publications on the use of translated psychological and psychiatric instruments. This results in a lack of clarity on how these translated instruments are produced and what difficulties are …
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Strategies for translating proper names into lithuanian in the film series “x-men” /
Translation plays a vital role in bridging communication gaps between different societies, with proper names serving as essential elements in conveying identity, characteristics, and cultural nuances in texts, particularly in the field of film. This paper examines 102 proper names from the fiction …
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In search of principles for Chinese subtitling : the application of Lu Xun's 'hard translation' in modern media
… of subtitling in Mainland China - authorised translation (i.e. the subtitles shown in cinema and those included in officially distributed DVDs) and fansubs (i.e. subtitles made by fans for free online dissemination of audiovisual products) - in order to: demonstrate differences between Chinese …
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In search of principles for Chinese subtitling : the application of Lu Xun's 'hard translation' in modern media
… of subtitling in Mainland China - authorised translation (i.e. the subtitles shown in cinema and those included in officially distributed DVDs) and fansubs (i.e. subtitles made by fans for free online dissemination of audiovisual products) - in order to: demonstrate differences between Chinese …
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Problems and strategies in translating legal texts from arabic to english
… study aims to explore the intricate problems and strategies involved in the translation of legal texts, particularly those related to Islamic Law, hereinafter referred to as ‘Shariah’, from Arabic to English. The study investigates the unique challenges posed by the legal language, explores …
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The transformations of the expression of humour in audiovisual translation /
… expression as well as the analysis of subtitling strategies. This research allows to investigate and evaluate the potential of extralinguistic and paralinguistic elements in the audiovisual text meant to convey certain meanings and compensate linguistic losses in subtitles. The research has shown …
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Rewriting to reproduce beauty: a comparative case study of Hong Lou Meng
… classical fiction Hong Lou Meng and its two translations – The Story of the Stone translated by David Hawkes, and A Dream of Red Mansions translated by Yang Xianyi – to discuss aesthetics in Chinese and Anglophone literature. It asks how we can overcome aesthetic differences in translation …
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Translating the form: a process-based approach to translating the poems of Martinus Nijhoff (1894-1953) and Gerrit Achtergerg (1905-1962)
… (1905-1962), from the point of view of translation. Both poets created their poems with a strong attention to formal qualities, with consequent stylistic effects which may be difficult to translate. Through a combination of critical analysis and translation-based creative practice the …
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Translating gastronomy in animation: comprehension of culture-specific culinary items by young viewers /
… Therefore, ensuring a clear and accessible translation of these elements is crucial, as they serve as educational tools, familiarising children with foreign cultures. Moreover, comprehending these elements is vital for following and understanding the film’s plot. Therefore, this thesis aims …
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20th century lipogrammatic novels and their translations
… the translator with specific problems. In Translation Studies, it is often suggested that in such cases the limits of translatability are reached. The translator has to take decisions, evaluate the importance of the individual aspects of individual ST items and try to render as much as …
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’n Deskriptiewe analise van die Afrikaanse kerklied as intersemiotiese multimediale vertaalproduk
… 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 in a …
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