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    Business negotiations of euphemism and expression Catalogue Abstract………………………………………………………………….3 Introduction……………………………………………………………..3 Body………………………………………………………………….......3 1. Business environment‚ each of the parties to achieve the intended purpose....3 2. Euphemism and Politeness Principle……………………………………...4 3. Business negotiations Pragmatic Politeness Strategy…………....................6 4. Business English Euphemism and expression……………….......…..

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    Arabic versus English writing systems Arabic writing is from right to left‚ whereas the English writing system follows the rule of writing from left to right. Another feature is that Arabic can be written only in cursive form‚ whereas English can be written in both cursive and unconnected print forms. As discussed above‚ the diacritics play an important role in Arabic and this differentiates it from English‚ where such marks are a minor feature in reading (Sampson‚ 1985). Similarly‚ the variation

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    ability to choose anything on their own nor any feelings. Throughout this image‚ several euphemisms are used. In order to undermine the significance of the events‚ cover up the bad things and prevent the community to have any feelings. We can analyse these euphemisms in two groups ways: the euphemisms used for the community and their lives and the euphemisms used for the feelings. The first group of euphemisms

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    ○ ○ SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION 2010 9 Euphemisms and English Lear ning ( 511325) 【Abstract 】Euphemisms are a linguistic technique for people to achieve various goals in communication.So mastering euphemisms is very important for our English learning.This passage mainly talks about relations of euphemisms and English learning. 【Key words 】Euphemism ;English learning 1 Introduction Euphemisms are “defensive in nature offsetting the power of tabooed terms and otherwise eradicating

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    The article that I read was titled "Balancing Politeness with Honesty" and discussed how to balance the two in social situations. I found it on skillsyouneed.com with a date of 2011-2014. There was no author listed. I chose this article because it seemed to be an interesting read. The topic is one that everyone encounters‚ whether or not you know how to handle the situation. It was a very interesting article about how the two can sometimes conflict with each other‚ but made certain to include

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    A euphemism is defined as a non-harmful phrase or word used to substitute another word or phrase that is seen as‚ in some way‚ unpleasant. These words and phrases‚ though created with the best possible intentions‚ are slowly causing the English language to decay. For example‚ penitentiaries used to be led by a warden. In an effort to seem politically correct‚ penitentiaries‚ prisons and jails have been renamed to the‚ allegedly less controversial‚ title of “correctional facility” or “detention facility

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    Euphemisms Euphemisms are everywhere in today’s society. They are a daily accessory used in today’s language and are such a normalcy that one does not notice them as strange. For hundreds of years people have used language to persuade people or even nations. With the more advanced society gets so does the language and thus this persuasion gets even more convincing. Many novels show examples of euphemisms. Among those novels includes 1984 by George Orwell. Euphemisms can range from being used in

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    content and the form of the ST in a way that conforms to the rules of the language and culture in the TL community. In general‚ this procedure is used as an effective way to deal with culturally-bound words/expressions‚ metaphors and images in translation. That is‚ the translator resorts to rewriting the SLT according to the characteristics of the TLT. Monia Bayar (2007)[16] argues that adaptation is based on three main procedures: cultural substitution‚ paraphrase and omission. Cultural substitution

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    Arabic Mythology

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    Like any other culture‚ ancient Arabs believed in demons‚ devils and the like‚ or at least they had stories about these things whether or not they believed those stories were true. Like everybody else they had their own mythology. Some of these stories are not really famous even for native speakers‚ like the story of how the rooster lost its ability to fly‚ or the legend which states that a very long time ago everything was able to talk; And some other stories are well-known (at least for those

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    In Ender’s Game‚ euphemism is present while the government does not tell Ender the whole truth about his activities‚ which affects Ender’s actions drastically‚ proving euphemism alters people’s decisions. When Granger travels to Ender’s house to recruit Ender to help destroy the bugger aliens‚ he used tons of understatements to persuade Ender to come. Granger tells Ender that he will fight for Valentine‚ Ender’s sister‚ who will be saved from the possibility of dying but‚ Ender is really needed to

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