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    Lost and Found in Translating Tourist Texts Domesticating‚ Foreignising or Neutralising Approach He Sanning‚ Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology ABSTRACT Domesticating and foreignising strategies are popular in translation studies and each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages in translating tourist texts. The advantages for domesticating include maintaining the terseness of the text‚ obtaining the reader‘s understanding of the translated text‚ and gaining

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    The Nao of China

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    The ship that carried out this route was known as the "Manila Galleon" and also as the "Nao of China". This is an example of the use of the word Nao in its generic sense‚ meaning ship. (In this case‚ a galleon).  In addition when the stories of Marco Polo began traveling all over Europe‚ the Middle lands incognita became an obsession for the West. These stories were talking about a huge trade route covering the north of China until the Arabian desert. This route brought Middle Eastern silk and spices

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    While the conquest of the moon was in the offing‚ although the limelight was on the astronauts manning the space ships‚ yet the ultimate glory was not theirs alone. It equally belonged to others who had risked their lives in the quest. In an equal measure‚ it also belonged to men like Euclid‚ Archimedes‚ Copernicus‚ Kepler‚ Newton‚ Tsilkovsky‚ Oberth and many others who had blazed the trail with ideas and experiments which made the feat possible. And in the ultimate analysis‚ it was a victory

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    On the Sino-Japanese Relationship Bibliography: 1. Jacques Gernet. A history of Chinese civilization. Cambridge University Press. 1996. 2. Asakawa‚ K.. The Early Institutional Life of Japan: A Study in Reform of 645‚ Japan. 1963. 3. B. ‚ Barbara; Changgen‚ Yu. Chinese Foreign Policy during the Cultural Revolution. New York: Columbia University Press. 1998. 4. Hagström‚ Linus. Japan’s China Policy: A Relational Power Analysis‚ London and New York‚ 2005.

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    Modern life has improved since the 1950’s. This period is quite memorable for a lot of things‚ the more famous of which being the flared trousers Elvis Presley‚ the icon of rock and roll and pop music‚ brought into style. There were many positives and negatives of living in the 1950’s‚ but it is clear that modern life has been a great step forward from those times. Firstly‚ the general aspects of life such as money‚ crime‚ racism and drugs‚ were viewed very differently in the past. Secondly life

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    across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea [1]. The city of Venice is divided into six areas. These are Cannaregio (where the train station is)‚ San Polo‚ Dorsoduro (including the Giudecca and Isola Sacca Fisola)‚ Santa Croce (closest area approached by bus or car)‚ San Marco and Castello [1]. Venice ’s main thoroughfare‚ which runs down the middle‚ is called the Grand Canal [3]. The city of Venice is built on piles [4]‚ on the 117 low-lying islands formed

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    “Dinitia and I stayed in the pool all morning‚ splashing‚ practicing the backstroke and the butterfly. She flailed around in the water almost as much as I did. We stood on our hands and stuck our legs out of the water‚ did underwater twists‚ and played Marco Polo and chicken with the other kids” (191). This is evidence of peace. Hewitt and Walls are at peace with a great friendship even after several physical altercations. Without forgiveness‚ there would be no peace. This situation relates to the TED Talk

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    Ginger Thesis

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    Ginger is one of the oldest spices to be supposed native to South East Asia‚ but like many other tropical plant of the economic importance‚ its exact origin is uncertain. It is mentioned in early literature of China and India. The adventure‚ Marco Polo‚ in recording to his travels during the 13th and 14th century‚ noted that ginger was being cultivated in South China and Malabar Coast of India (Leverington‚ 1983). According to available historical records‚ the use of ginger in east was as spice

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    has been found in many areas of the world. Evidence indicates that it may have been practiced as early as the Neolithic Period. Herodotus the Greek historian and other ancient writers gave accounts of various ancient people as being cannibals. Marco Polo reported tribes ranging from Tibet to Sumatra who practiced cannibalism. North American Indian tribes of the western coast of the Gulf of Mexico practiced cannibalism. Recently the practice prevailed throughout much of central and western Africa

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    rule did not even have locks or bolt on their carts or houses because of how safe the environment was. The Mongols made sure it was safe everywhere‚ and once the people abided by the rules; they would not be punished. More so‚ a document compiled by Marco

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