Subtitling Humour…………….9 Chapter 2: Humour‚ Translation and Culture……………………………..11 2.1 Translating Humour……………………………………………………...11 2.1.1 Target Parameter (TA)…………………………………………...13 2.1.1.1 Stereotypes…………………………………………………...14 2.1.2 Language Parameter (LA) – Intertextual Features……………….14 2.1.2.1 Verbal Allusion…………………………………………14 2.1.2.2 Verbal Irony…………………………………………….15 2.2 Translating Humour Linked to Culture………………………………...16 2.2.1 Translation Loss………………………………………………….16 2.2.2 Cultural
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NOTES ON TRANSLATION CRITICISM sources: House ‘Quality’‚ House Model‚ Newmark Textbook A criticism of a translation is different from a review of a translation. Review = comment on new translations‚ description and evaluation as to whether they are worth reading and buying Criticism = a broader activity‚ analysis in detail‚ evaluating old and new translations ‚ assuming that readers know the translation Translation criticism should take into account all the factors and elements in the process
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1 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF DANANG PHAN TH THU TH Y AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENGLISH - VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION OF EUPHEMISM Subject Area : The English Language Code : 60.22.15 M.A. THESIS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Supervisor: TR N ĐÌNH NGUYÊN‚ M.A. DANANG - 2011 i DECLARATION Except where reference is made in the text of the thesis‚ this thesis contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a thesis by which I have qualified
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approach has adopted a semantic and equivalent effect translation‚ in order to give priority to the author and speaker’s original expression. Semantic translation is an attempt to produce a translation which resembles the contextual meaning of the original text as closely as possible with considering maintaining the semantic and syntactic features of the target language‚ the aim of this being for the TL to have the same effect on the reader in translation as the ST had on its original target audience (Nida
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OF ENGLISH ------***------ NGUYEN VAN TUAN TRANSLATION 1&2 HUE - 2006 1 INTRODUCTION An increasing number of universities in Vietnam have added courses in translation to their curricula; however‚ the textbooks available for such courses are few. This unit has been written with these courses in mind. The unit is designed to provide the learners with some basic principles of translation which will be generally useful to translation courses in universities and colleges‚ to help the
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words‚ Neologisms are new words‚ word-combinations or fixed phrases that appear in the language due to the development of social life‚ culture‚ science and engineering. New meanings of existing words are also accepted as neologisms. A problem of translation of new words ranks high on the list of challenges facing translators because such words are not readily found in ordinary dictionaries and even in the newest specialized dictionaries. In 1975nthe French lexicographer and terminologist Alain Ray
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given culture (the USA) because in Denmark‚ due to an excessive exposure to American television‚ films and music‚ we are heavily subjected to American- English language media which may give us a greater consciousness of the English language. From a translation studies’ point of view‚ slang is interesting because of its connotations in its source culture. Slang seems to be connected to the culture in which it is created‚ so how are slang words and expressions transferred into
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its translation………………..3 1.1. The General Characteristics of Metaphors……………………....……….3 1.2. The Classification of Metaphors According to the Degree of Unexpectedness…......……………………………………………………7 1.3. Levels of Generality of Metaphor………….......………………….…….9 1.4. The Ways of Translating Metaphors…………......…………………….11 Chapter 2 Practical Approach to the problem of Translating Metaphors………………. 2.1. The Specific Features of Metaphors in R. Burns’ poetry……………... 2.2. Metaphor translation technicalities……………………………………
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thing. While there is good translation at times there are horrific and even completely made up parts in the book; this goes back to Couser’s argument that the book is not qualified to be called a Native American Biography. Neihardt had Black Elk’s son translate while Neighardt’s daughter would take notes; this action alone makes it inevitable that there will be some miscommunication and misinterpretation. It was then Neihardt who‚ in order to fill in the loss in translation‚ put in his own creativity
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The narrative mawwāl is rarely sung without music accompanying it. Music is an essential element in the structure of the mawwāl as it contributes to the expression of different situations with which the mawwāl teems and reflects the general image the mawwāl portrays. Mawwāl is characterized by nonlinear musical structure where the singer/narrator is free to improvise; such improvisation occurs whenever he raises his voice. The beat of the mawwāl is said not to be evident (الموال في الغناء العربي);
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