ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY Culture-specific Items and Translation Strategies -Fourth Company by Rıfat Ilgaz- Translated by Damian Croft Bayram ERKUL 2011 Introduction About the Author‚ the Translator and the Book Rıfat Ilgaz (24 April 1911 – 7 July 1993) was a teacher‚ poet‚ and writer was born in Cide‚ Kastamonu‚ Turkey. Ilgaz is one of Turkey’s best-known and most prolific poets and writers‚ having authored
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literal translation might be that it consists in the one for one substitution of the word forms of the target language for the word forms of the source language.This is what normally meant by the term "literal translation".Yet ‚ this view is unrealistic.Literal translation‚ also known as direct translation‚ is the rendering of text from one language to another "word-for-word" (Latin: "verbum pro verbo") rather than conveying the sense of the original. Literal translations thus commonly mis-translate
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Learning about immigrants is captivating and really plays with my emotions as I have also experienced the struggle of moving overseas to the great America. New York Times Bestseller‚ Jean Kwok’s Girl in Translation is definitely one of the best immigration stories I have ever read. Girl in Translation features a heart wrenching‚ coming-of-age story: deeply moving‚ it gets the point across in a simplistic‚ yet beautiful‚ manner. General Summary • 150 words Young chinese immigrant Kimberly Chang and
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Matthew Chavana English IV AP Chavez 15 February 2013 Response Paper #1 In Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” and Donald’s Hall’s “My son‚ my executioner” there is a glimpse into a dysfunctional relationship. We see this unconventional outlook from a child’s point of view and from a father’s‚ both faced with the tribulations which their corresponding father/son bring upon them. Hall’s “My son‚ my executioner” very much disturbed me as the speaker blatantly poisons the beauty and innocence
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research in Machine translation is about having the computers completely bear the load of translating one human language into another. This paper looks at the machine translation problem afresh and observes that there is a need to share the load between man and machine‚ distinguish ‘reliable’ knowledge from the ‘heuristics’‚ provide a spectrum of outputs to serve different strata of people‚ and finally make use of existing resources instead of reinventing the wheel. This paper describes the architecture
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From: Richard Abdul Rahman Hello Muhammad‚ I hope this letter meets you well. I am Richard Abdul Rahman Sule ‚ younger brother to Peter Abdul Rahaman Sule‚ the leader of the key opposition group United Democratic Forum‚ has been under arrest since November 3‚ 2011 over allegations linking him to the formation of a new rebel group fighting against the government. I am a Christian native of the newly independent state of South Sudan and I am in urgent need of your help. Due to the current spate
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3 THE THEORY OF TRANSLATION OF A DRAMATIC TEXT In general‚ translation is “rendering the meaning of a text into another language in the way that the author intended the text.” (Newmark 1988‚ p.5) However‚ the mission of a translator of a dramatic work is slightly different from any other literary piece. A dramatic text is written in order to be performed on stage. The translator of such a text has therefore to bear in mind that the readers (i.e. the audience in this case) shall not
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International Communication - term paper So‚ you wannabe a translator . Translation and Interpreting in International Communication Introduction As I was preparing to put my ideas in order and reflect upon what I was going to write for my essay on International Communication‚ I suddenly remembered the last lecture on the subject. It was about translating and interpreting‚ so I figured out that an essay on the translation challenges in today ’s world would be a great idea to write
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Translation and Technology Palgrave Textbooks in Translating and Interpreting Series Editors: Gunilla Anderman and Margaret Rogers‚ The Centre for Translation Studies‚ University of Surrey‚ UK Palgrave Textbooks in Translating and Interpreting bring together the most important strands of thinking in a fast-developing field. Volumes in the series are designed for Masters students in Translation Studies and Interpreting‚ as well as for upper-level undergradutaes considering a career in this area
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Bradley Morton English 120 Professor Cardozo 4/24/12 Mousey’s Life as a Mestiza The term mestiza can be described as the biological bringing together of Anglo‚ Spanish and indigenous Indian blood. Mestiza though is also loosely identified as a spirituality‚ where a new borderland space is created and filled with a new meaning of individuality that bridges the gap between two or more opposing cultures. This phenomenon is vividly portrayed by Sandra Cisneros in her book‚ The House on Mango
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