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    Basic Guidelines for Literary Translation The difference between the translator and the literary translator: Translator: seeks to render same facts with no emotion and no change. Does not care about style. Literary translator: seeks to create similar effect‚ response‚ intention‚ emotion of the source texts using highly stylistic language similar to that of the source text as much as possible. Steps for translating literary texts: 1- Read the text carefully 2- Analyze the text: Extract the ideas

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    The Grammar Translation Method The Grammar translation method‚ or classical method started when people wanted to read literature written in the target language. Its focus was on grammatical rules‚ the memorization of vocabulary and of various declensions and conjugations‚ translations of texts‚ doing written exercises.  Rules of grammar‚ not the language itself‚ are all important. Verb declensions are set out tables‚ vocabulary lists to be learned‚ leading to translation from mother tongue into

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    250 – Personal Health‚ 3 credits‚ CRN 22442 Spring 2013 Syllabus Course Description: In this course we will explore current health issues in mental health‚ stress‚ fitness‚ nutrition‚ sexuality‚ disease‚ and drugs; all from a wellness perspective. Course Outcome: From a holistic perspective‚ the course outcomes are: identify current health status‚ analyze health risks‚ and plan effective health enhancing/wellness strategies. Course Meeting Times and location: F 9:00am - 11:50am Rock

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    Accidit ut Seruilius It happened that Servilius spoke rather freely about the defendant’s wickedness. (Accidit ut) (it happened that Verres was present at Lily) At quam ob! But for what reasons immortal gods! Aude hoc primum Dare to deny this first‚ if you can: by all at it was seen Lily‚ heard by all of Sicily. Dico ciuem I say a Roman citizen when he had been beaten by your lictors‚ to have fallen before your eyes. Nam in foro Lily For in the forum of Lily‚ a Roman citizen

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    WHAT IS GOOD ENGLISH? Appropriate English. What is good English – is a question to which a number of answers can be given. Some of them are: good English is correct English; it is economical‚ clear‚ interesting... In a word‚ it is effective English. To be effective‚ and thus to achieve the writer’s or speaker’s purpose‚ the language he uses must be appropriate to the material he wants to communicate‚ to the time and place‚ to the audience aimed at‚ and to the impression of himself he wants to

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    The source language text (SLT) is a journalistic news report. It attempts to inform the reader about certain event. On the other hand‚ The target language text (TLT) is weak and its obvious that the translating process has been done using a translation machine AL WAFI that upholds word-for-word translation. The target language text (TLT) reads foreign. as well as‚ its difficult to be understood‚ it does not flow smooothly and does not have a natural feel due to the lexical‚ grammatical and textual

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    A Guide to Writing Subtitles A subtitle is a textual version of what is said onscreen; often used in foreign movies to translate languages or in science fiction films to translate a lost or imaginary language to real language. To begin‚ the subtitler should have the film on media (VHS‚ DVD‚ etc.)‚ a copy of the production and‚ if possible‚ a copy of the dialogue list. Everything in the film should be subtitled. Even road signs‚ billboards‚ and anything else written on-screen that is relevant

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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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    Meat production is an issue that impacts on the environment. Some of effects that have been associated with meat are pollution‚ fossil fuels‚ and water and land consumption. In March/April of 2010 Bill McKibben published an article called “The Only Way to have a Cow” in Orion magazine. In the article‚ McKibben discusses the benefits of eating less meat which can result in a reduction in carbon emissions as cattle breeding has a big greenhouse effect. He believes that people should rarely eat meat

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    Hemingway’s “In Another Country” [pic]While reading Ernest Hemingway’s “In Another Country‚” I was impressed with the unique viewpoint taken in the story. Not only is the point of view of a soldier‚ it is also a perspective of a man who is out of place even with men of his own kind who have been wounded just as the narrator had been. The idea that the narrator really has no one whom he can truly relate to emphasizes the rather gloomy mood of the story: “I was a friend‚ but I was never really one of them

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