the different diction of each of the translation versions. The different diction in the two versions seems to give Oedipus two different characters. The diction that the four authors use in their translations of Oedipus Rex is very effective in conveying different emotional feelings about Oedipus and his thoughts about people and situation of Thebes. The main contrast between the two translations is the fact that Oedipus in the Berowitz/Brunner translation seems to be more critical about giving
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The Grammar-Translation Method As “modern” languages began to enter the curriculum of European schools in the eighteenth century‚ they were taught using the same basic procedures that were used for teaching Latin. Textbooks consisted of statements of abstract grammar rules‚ lists of vocabulary‚ and sentences for translation. Speaking the foreign language was not the goal‚ and oral practice was limited to students reading aloud the sentences they had translated. These sentences were constructed to
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GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD History The Grammar Translation Method is an old method which was originally used to teach dead languages which explains why it focuses mainly on the written form at the expense of the oral form. It was designed according to the faculty psychology approach which was very popular during the 18th and 19th century. It contended that ” mental discipline was essential for strengthening the powers of the mind”. The way to do this was through learning classical literature
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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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important figures of speech‚ and the skillful use of puns makes advertising language vivid and humorous. This paper explores punning and the translation of puns in English advertisements. It deals with various ways to form puns‚ and the techniques used in translating puns in English advertisements. Key Words: advertising English‚ advertisement‚ pun‚ translation""ContentsAcknowledgementsiAbstractiiii1Introduction12The Characteristics of Puns Used in Advertisements22.1 Homophonic Puns32.2 Semantic Puns42
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cidium which means the killing. The Latin word translates to the “killing of oneself”. When compared to the English translation‚ the Latin translation comes off as much more natural‚ or far less malicious than the English translation. The use of the word “murder” gives the English translation a very negative perception of the action of suicide. Of course for this paper the English translation will be used‚ however it is both interesting and important to understand the change in the meaning of the word
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(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 errors that are detected
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TUTORIAL 9 - Student Genetics: Transcription and Translation AIMS: 1. To understand keywords and use them as an aid to study facts 2. To get a better understanding of transcription and translation LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Comprehensive reading 2. To associate certain facts with each other‚ therefore creating a bigger picture Exercise 1a: Firstly‚ fill in the structure names for each picture. Secondly‚ describe in a short paragraph what u looking at‚ where u find it and the
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2. MUSIC-LINKED TRANSLATION The production of music-linked translation refers to translating a music-linked verbal text of source language into a music-linked verbal text in a target language‚ keeping the music unaffected. In this regard producing music-linked translation is more sophisticated than composing new music‚ since the former has to address itself both to the music and to the source text (Golomb 2005‚ 126- 127). In regard to the history of German music-linked translation‚ one of the first
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modern methods of teaching. A new approach to the process of teaching and learning is‚ therefore‚ required if the world is to meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Georgi Lozanov‚ Suggestology and Outlines of Suggestopedy (1971) The study of translation and the training of professional translators is without question an integral part of the explosion of both intercultural relations and the transmission of scientific and technological knowledge; the need for a new approach to the process of teaching
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