July 2010‚ Volume 8‚ No.7 (Serial No.82) US-China Foreign Language‚ ISSN1539-8080‚ USA (De)constructing humour across languages and genres Sara Laviosa (English Language and Translation‚ University of Bari (Aldo Moro)‚ Bari 70125‚ Italy) Abstract: In Western societies‚ humour appears in many different communicative events‚ and is variedly expressed through words‚ pictures‚ sounds and body language. Humour is peculiar in that it is creative‚ compelling and culture-specific‚ and produces
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represents the closest equivalent of a SLword or phrase. Nida and Taber make it clear that there are not always formal equivalents between language pairs. They therefore suggest that these formal equivalents should be usedwherever possible if the translation aims at achieving formal rather than dynamic equivalence.The use of formal equivalents might at times have serious implications in the TT since thetranslation will not be easily understood by the target audience (Fawcett‚ 1997). Nida andTaber themselves
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Reflection according to Reid (1993) is “a process of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe‚ analyse and evaluate and so inform learning from practice." It has been defined by many theorists and has been the subject of many books and journals. It is a form of self-assessment where student nurses are encouraged to analyse a situation to draw lessons learned for future practice (Price‚ 2005). I have given fictitious names on all that was involved to maintain confidentiality in
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analogy that compares tears to waters of rushing river. A metaphor is an implied comparison between two things (Kirby/Goodpaster‚ 2007). “Michael Jordan is a beast”‚ is a metaphor that describe his great ability as a basketball player. The literal translation could make the reader afraid to be around him because of the descriptive word beast. A simile is a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared. “We are like sheep” is simile comparison that speaks to behavior‚ nature
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Unit 1 principles of communication in adult social care settings. 1.1 There are many reasons why people communicate; interacting with other people is a good way of socialising and showing feelings. Also to build relationships and trust communication is essential‚ therefore being able to communicate is a big part life. To be able to ask questions n find information out about different topics communication with other people is needed. 1.2 Good communication with colleague’s is a big part of
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The first target text (TT1) was translated by Najaf Daryabandari. He is an Iranian translator of works from English into Persian. In addition to being a translator‚ he has also a hand in literature‚ philosophy‚ and humor. At the beginning of his translation of the novel‚ he talked about different aspects of the novel such as humoristic aspect which is the subject of
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RESEARCH DESCRIPTION STUDENT NAME : Rahmat Darmawan DEGREE : PhD in Linguistics (The Translation Studies) - Universitas Sumatera Utara Medan – Indonesia‚ 2012. RESEARCH INTEREST : The Study of Tenor of Discourse in The English Translation of Indonesian Film Dialogue (Subtitle) 3Hati‚ Dua Dunia Satu Cinta (3Hearts‚ Two Worlds One Love) RESEARCH DESCRIPTION : My research focuses on the translation of film dialogue or subtitle of Indonesian film entitled 3 Hati Dua Dunia Satu Cinta (3Hearts
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English. This piece of evidence alone automatically reaches out to the reader. It plants the idea in the subconscious of the reader‚ that perhaps the translation into modern English would be beneficial to them. Another example that strengthens his thesis is the analogy he presents about the Jamaican speaking in a foreign language‚ and the translations of Chaucer. He practically says that Shakespeare’s language to us is the same as a foreign language; we simply cannot understand it without a translator
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slang in a given country. 61 Some companies use back-translation to ensure accuracy. Once a translator encodes a message into another language‚ a diff erent translator retranslates the same message into the original language. Th is back-translation is then compared with the original message to discover any errors or discrepancies. Th e time and cost required for professional translation has encouraged the development of machine translation ‚ any form of computerized intelligence used to translate
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Concept Play: Translations As a director‚ I want to emphasise the concept of a forbidden romance which is the essential theme of the play. So in my duologue‚ it was important to remember my directorial intentions throughout in order for the audience to understand the complexity of the situation. ‘Translations’ was written by the Irish playwright Brian Friel in 1980‚ however‚ it is set in the 19th century in it fictional town on Baile Beag. Brian Friel stated that ‘Translations’ is “a play about
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