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    MEANING OF THE WORD ‘TRANSLATION’ FROM VARIOUS DICTIONARIES: ➢ Wikipedia: Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. ➢ General Oxford Dictionary: Translation n 1 the act or an instance of translating. 2 a written or spoken expression of the meaning of a word‚ speech‚ book‚ etc. in another language. ➢ Dictionary of Translation Studies: Translation: An incredibly broad notion which can be understood

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    Domestication and foreignization are strategies in translation‚ regarding the degree to which translators make a text conform to the target culture. Domestication is the strategy of making text closely conform to the culture of the language being translated to‚ which may involve the loss of information from the source text. Foreignization is the strategy of retaining information from the source text‚ and involves deliberately breaking the conventions of the target language to preserve its meaning

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    Commentory on translation Choisir une notion (foreignization) ? Explain and expand it Explain the key concepts Critics about Relate this approach to the translation task Seminar paper choisir un article qui parle de traduction resumez l’article et presentez les differents point critiques qui on été faites sur l’auteur critiques justifiés ou pas ? Domestication and Foreignization Theory Domestication and foreignization are two basic translation strategies which provide both

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    Delhi) 2013-2014 LEGAL TRANSLATIon SUBMITTED TO: INTRODUCTION TRANSLATION Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Semantic Translation: Semantic translation takes advantage of semantics that associate meaning with individual data elements in one dictionary to create an equivalent meaning in a second system. Literal Translation: Literal translation‚ or directed translation‚ is the rendering of text

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    my country and according to the CIA facts file of 2010 where CIA issued a warning that "over the next five years‚...a new mass killing or genocide is most likely to occur in southern Sudan‚ my brother in prison for trumped up allegations ‚ we have lost hope in the complete democratization of our beloved country South Sudan and the autonomy granted to our state by the United Nations and this has necessitated the need to secure our own future and that of our kids by moving to the west . To this end

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    because the German word for pony and fringe is the same – ”Pony“. This shows that the joke is lost in translation. This essay is going to analyse what is lost in translation from one language to another and why it is lost. “Anything that can be said in one language can be said in another‚ unless the form is an essential element of the message“ says Eugene Nadi in his book “The Theory and Practice of Translation“. Nadi’s theory applies to the example above. It is an ambiguous joke which is hard to translate

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    George Wang Mr. Bates ENGL 1310-037 October 6‚ 2010 The Comparison of Original R&B and Contemporary R&B I was born with a good voice. Since my childhood‚ singing has been the most wonderful thing to me‚ and it has become the hobby that I enjoy the most. Whenever I am pleased or depressed‚ singing always assuages my mind and helps me release my feeling and emotion. Seeking in a million kinds of music‚ I like R&B the most‚ especially Contemporary R&B. Specifically‚ R&B music is

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    It’s not enough to repeat saying that democracy is parties and AYT is no democracy .parties‚ but we should say that it’s not possible live BBC about real democracy lockup because the existence of political competition between the parties.  ---------------------------------------------- But the real democratic begin with the existence of democratic autonomous with parties itself because democracy is in the basis to build a political address requirements specifications‚ the most important of the

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    Translation Techniques Direct Translation Techniques :- Direct Translation Techniques are used when structural and conceptual elements of the source language can be transposed into the target language. Direct translation techniques include: Borrowing Calque Literal Translation Borrowing Borrowing is the taking of words directly from one language into another without translation. Borrowed words are often printed in italics when they are considered to be "foreign". E.g. Cafeteria كافيتريا - supermarket

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    A Comparative Study of the Translation of Image Metaphors of Color in the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi By Anousheh Shabani‚ Isfahan University‚ Iran Become a member of TranslationDirectory.com at just 6 EUR/month (paid per year) Advertisements: | | Abstract Metaphors are taken to be the most fundamental form of figurative language‚ carrying the assumption that terms literally connected with one object can be transferred to another object. A writer/speaker uses metaphor more often than

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