Poetry is considered one of the most challenging literary genre to translate. American poet Robert Frost argues that “poetry is what gets lost in translation‚" (qtd. in Gentzler 27) which is agreed by many others. Many scholars even denied that possibility for poetry to be translated into other languages‚ namely its untranslatability. Translatability is “the capacity for some kind of meaning to be transferred from one language to another without undergoing radical change.” (Baker & Malmkjær 273)
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The work “Warum Willst Du andre fragen?” by Clara Schumann is an exceptional piece that brings out the irony of loving someone. It is written for a solo singer and is accompanied by the piano. According to this recording it was written for a mezzo soprano voice. The melody of the piece is very smooth and contains conjunct motion. When she asks a question‚ the beginning portion of the piece repeats. Then when she answers the questions the melody changes and descends down the scale. To accentuate a
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paper discusses the art of translation from English language into Macedonian language‚ precisely the difficulty that Macedonian translator might face if not aware of the complexity and importance of the process of translation. This unawareness is the leading reason for many common mistakes in English-Macedonian translation. At the very beginning I would like to pay attention on attitudes that linguists have about the process of translation. As Nida defines‚ translation consists of providing‚ in the
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University of Leicester Civil Safety and Security Unit Name: Emmanuel Andres ARTUSA Student Number: 139048615 Course: MSc in Risk‚ Crisis and Disaster Management Essay Title: Can legalistic mechanisms such as “corporate liability” be effectively used to promote organisational safety? Use two specific cases to illustrate your argument. Intake: Sept 2013 Module: 1 Submission Date: 09/12/2013 Word Count: 3.652 Tittle: Can legalistic mechanisms such as “corporate liability” be effectively
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The texts which I have studied in my comparative course are “The Great Gatsby” (G.G.) written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. “Casablanca” (C.B.) directed by Micheal Curtiz and “Translations” (T.) written by Brian Friel. The cultural context of all three texts impacts on how and why the people behave the way they do. In this essay I will examine the elements which I thought had the most significant impact on the characters which contributed to their behaviour throughout the narratives. The first aspect
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Cantonese cuisines haven’t had English versions or the present translation is really bad and that makes foreigners confuse about the food they order in the restaurants. So this thesis is going to analyze the present situation of Cantonese cuisine translation under the guidance of skopostheorie and its extensions. 4.2 A General Analysis of the Translation of the Cantonese Cuisine from the Perspective of the Translation Brief Translation is normally done by assignment. A client needs a text for a
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Translation Errors in the English Version of Tourism Publications jimay Although many tourism publications have English translations interspersed between passages of Chinese‚ the quality of these translated texts is not so satisfying. Some postgraduates are often engaged in translating Chinese into English; therefore‚ as an English teacher‚ the author thinks it is necessary to discuss the errors in these translation works so as to develop good English taste among students. As for the errors in
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Seamus Haney’s translation and the Fitz and Fitzgerald translation of the first Ode of Antigone differ in their portrayals of the strength and resilience of man. While both translations paint humanity as having ingenuity and power‚ Haney’s translation describes man as being able to overcome anything through hard work in conjunction with the world around him while the Fitz and Fitzgerald translation portrays man as all-powerful and in complete control of his surroundings‚ describing his achievement
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Hanem El Farahty shows the history of legal translation . It begins in the early of the nineteenth century and increasing in the twentieth century because the awareness of the importance of legal translation grows in this period. That is because of a code created by Napoleon named nopeolic code that affected other countries such as Germany. In the twenties century‚ The importance of translation reached its top in particular legal translation plays necessary role in interaction and globalization
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Olga Robak IV KMT The Analysis of Translator’s dilemmas concerning the translation of „Friends” I. INTRODUCTION According to Agnieszka Szarkowska “translation does not take place between words but rather between cultures.” I totally agree with this statement‚ which‚ in my opinion can be applied especially to translating cultural idioms. Rewriting them word by word just changing the language‚ which we can come across very often‚ preserves idiom’s literal meaning but makes it loose the metaphorical
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