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    THE METAPHORIC DIMENSION OF ECONOMIC TEXTS The Translation of Economic Metaphors The paper aims at presenting the main types of the most commonly used English economic metaphors‚ focussing on the translation strategies that could be used for rendering them into Russian. Introduction. The problem of translation acquires a tremendous importance not only in fiction‚ but also in non-fictional texts‚ especially those are related to newly developed or upcoming areas of human activity‚ such as the

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    The study of translation has been the center of attention of several scholars and schools of thought during the last three decades. Some terms related to the field of translation studies belong to a common language that it has been incorporated to the everyday language of translators; such as correctness‚ similarity‚ fidelity‚ original text‚ adaptation‚ equivalence‚ translation strategies‚ among others. However‚ most of the time these translations and equivalences express a connection between the

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    On the Translation of English Movie Titles I. Introduction Nowadays‚ more and more overseas movies are introduced to Chinese movie market. As movies play a significant role in culture communication‚ proper translation to overseas movies is very important. The title is a soul to a movie. The audiences read movie titles before they enjoy the movies. So good title translations can easily attract people’s attention. Therefore‚ how to translate the film titles well is an important course in movie translations

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    Leaving Cert Comparitive study : Translations by Brian Friel Translations is a three-act play set in the tumultuous nineteenth century country of Ireland. The action takes place in a hedge-school where students are faced with the invasion of English speaking soldiers. One of these soldiers falls in love with an Irish girl and then mysteriously goes missing. The son of the master of the hedge-school is forced to go into hiding to keep from being condemned for the crime‚ although he is not responsible

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    lexicography in general—occupy a secondary position in Translation Studies: [...] dictionary consultation is a major component of the research phase of translation. However‚ [...] the role of dictionaries and dictionary use in this phase and‚ indeed all translation phases‚ is underestimated and even denigrated. (Roberts‚ 1997) It seems self-evident that dictionary consultation constitutes an important stage in the process of translation. Dictionaries provide translators with valuable information

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    ccsenet.org/elt English Language Teaching Vol. 4‚ No. 2; June 2011 A Contrastive Study of Grammar Translation Method and Communicative Approach in Teaching English Grammar Shih-Chuan Chang Department of Foreign Languages‚ Cheng Shiu University Chengcing Rd. Niaosong Township‚ Kaohsiung County‚ 833‚ Taiwan Tel: 886-07-731-0606-6212 Received: October 21‚ 2010 Accepted: January 11‚ 2011 E-mail: llc724@csu.edu.tw doi:10.5539/elt.v4n2p13 Abstract The Grammar Translation Method and the

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    tackle this problem is nothing else but translation. 1. 2. Translation: Bridging Gaps The dictionary meaning of the word “translation” is “to express in another language or other words”. It’s also the transference and substitution from one to another language. Translation according to Dr. Johnson involves the process of change into another language‚ retaining the sense which is the basic objective. The main process is to search for the right words. A translation is both imitation as well as a faithful

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    1. Ideally it combines the history of translation theory with the study of literary and social trends in which translation has played a direct part. It is the story of interchange between languages and between cultures and as such has implications for the study of both language and culture. 2. Closely allied to literary history‚ translation history can describe changes in literary trends‚ account for the regeneration of a culture‚ trace changes in politics or ideology and explain the expansion and

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     Estimating D. Planning E. Guesstimating   Gray - Chapter 05 #1 Level: Easy difficulty: EMPTY learning objective: EMPTY refer to: EMPTY reference: EMPTY scrambling: EMPTY   126. In practice‚ estimating processes are frequently classified as  A. Top down/bottom up B. Rough/polished C. Precise/order of magnitude D. Draft/final E. Both A and B are correct   Gray - Chapter 05 #2 Level: Easy difficulty: EMPTY learning objective: EMPTY refer to: EMPTY reference: EMPTY   127

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    George Carlin expresses his views about euphemisms in 1990 when he wrote “Doin it’ again.” He states that Americans use euphemism because they can’t accept the truth. He expands on this idea by giving examples of how Americans use soft words so they don’t offend other people when in reality there is nothing offensive about the word. Carlin observed this multiple times and started to realize that this was happening to often and how it was pointless for people to make things seem better

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