scholarly journals TRANSLATION POLICIES IN LATVIA DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrejs Veisbergs
Keyword(s):  
German Literature ◽  
The Other ◽  
German Occupation ◽  
High Class ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Soviet Occupation ◽  
Broad Scope

The period of German occupation in Latvia came after twenty years of Latvian independence and a year of Soviet occupation. The shifts in the translation policies at these critical junctions were incredibly fast. The independence period was marked by a developed translation industry, a variety of the source languages, a variety of kinds of literature, with a broad scope in the quality of the translations. When the Soviets came, they quickly nationalized the publishers, ideologised the system and reshaped the pattern of what was translated. Russian was made the main source language, and other languages were minimized. The share of ideological literature grew exponentially, reaching one third of all books. Soon after the German invasion, the publishers regained their printing houses and publishing was renewed. The percentage of translations was similar to that of the independence period, with German literature making up 70% of the source texts. Most of the other source texts were Nordic and Estonian. Translation quality of fiction was generally high and the print runs grew. There are surprisingly few ideologically motivated translations. The official policies of the regime as regards publishing in Latvia appear to be uncoordinated and vague, with occasional decisions taken by “gate-keepers” in the Ostministerium and other authorities according to their own preferences. There was a nominal pre-censorship, but the publishers were expected to know and sense what was acceptable. In turn the latter played it safe, sticking to classical and serious works to translate and publish. Some high class translations of Latvian classics into German were also published during the period.

scholarly journals Bridging Pragmatic Gap in Translation Process through Developing Pragmatic Awareness

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Vahid Rafieyan
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The Other ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Pragmatic Awareness ◽  
Positive Effect

<p>In order for the translator to be able to translate the source text into the target language in a relevant way, the strata of the translated text through which relevance can be obtained (pragmatic, pragmatic-semantic, and semantic strata) should be equalized to that of the source text (Li &amp; Luo, 2004). The translator can achieve this by raising his/her awareness of the source and target language pragmatic perspectives. To investigate the actual effect of developing knowledge of pragmatic perspectives of the source language and the target language on the quality of translation of culture-bound texts, the current study was conducted on 64 Iranian undergraduate students of English translation. The study consisted of three phases: 1) administering a culture-bound text to be translated by all participants, 2) dividing participants into two groups: one merely receiving translation exercises while the other receiving metapragmatic discussions of the pragmatic perspectives of the source language along with translation exercises, and 3) assessing the translation quality of both groups immediately and two months following the treatment. The study revealed the significant positive effect of pragmatic instruction on improving the quality of translation of culture-bound texts and maintaining the obtained knowledge. The pedagogical implications of the findings suggested incorporating the pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic perspectives of the source language and their distinctions with the pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic perspectives of the target language into translation classes as an integral part of translation classes.</p>

scholarly journals Parents Perspective on Translation Quality of Children Bilingual Storybooks

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
Dina Maharani ◽  
Chusna Apriyanti ◽  
Agustina Sri Hafidah
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia ◽  
Learning English ◽  
At Home

Parents believe that bilingual storybooks for children can be used as media for children in learning English. However, not all bilingual books have good quality in their translation. This research aims to know the parents’ perspective on the quality of translation in children’s bilingual storybooks. This is descriptive quantitative research. The data were gathered by using a questionnaire through implementing Google Form for 52 parents as respondents. Some considerations in choosing the respondents were applied, such as the parents have kindergarten and elementary schools level students and the parents use bilingual storybooks at home. The storybooks in this research consist of English and Indonesia, with Bahasa Indonesia as the source language and English as a target language. The research was conducted from April to June 2021. After being collected, the data are presented as the data display stage, and the researchers conclude. The result shows that there are 48 parents of 52 parents who consider bilingual storybooks as media.  Fifty parents also buy bilingual storybooks for their children. Among the respondents, 37 parents check the language of the books, and 15 parents do not match. Forty-two parents believe that the books are qualified for learning English. There are five considerations for parents in buying books: story, picture, language, price, and publishers/authors.

scholarly journals Translation Analysis of Taxis in “The Old Man and the Sea” Novel (Systemic Functional Linguistics Approach)

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Arso Setyaji ◽  
Sri Samiati Tarjana ◽  
M. R. Nababan ◽  
Tri Wiratno
Keyword(s):  
Ernest Hemingway ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Translation Analysis ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Logical Semantics ◽  
Clause Complex

The Old Man and the Sea is a literature work by Ernest Hemingway. It has been translated into many languages even in Indonesian by Deera Army. Hemingway used more clause complex in producing his works. It causes problems in translation such as: translators should give more attention to the translation techniques used, readability decrease, and etc. On the other hand, Deera Army solved those problems by splitting the clause complex into shorter one. It is needed to conduct a study in how to make translation of complex clause. This study can be clearly conducted by using Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) approach. In addition, this study is aimed at: (1) describing how can be interdependency and logical semantics of complex clause in source language realized into interdependency and logical semantics of complex clause in target language of The Old Man and the Sea Novel (2) describing what translation techniques on taxis markers are used in translating from source language to target language (3) describing translation quality of clause complex translation in target language. The result of the analysis showed that there are 400 sentences which have been broken into 701 clauses. Based on the analysis, there are paratactic and hypotactic form. Paratactic took 65.30% and hypotactic, 34.50%. All of them affect translation quality. Based on the analysis, the average of accuration takes up 2.89, naturalness with 2.96 and readibility with 2.97. The writer suggests that the next researcher can conduct the same research in the deeper way.

scholarly journals Translation Techniques and Translation Quality of Indonesian Subtitles of Coco Movie: A Comparative of Two Subtitlers

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-235
Author(s):  
Annisa Risma Khairani Lubis ◽  
Muhizar Muchtar ◽  
Umar Mono
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Technique ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
High Level ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The objectives of the research are to identify the types of translation technique, to evaluate the translation quality and to find out the effect of translation techniques on the translation quality used by Pein Akatsuki and Deni Aurora in Indonesian subtitles of Coco movie. This research applies descriptive qualitative method to assess data with documents and informants as source of data. The result shows that there are 16 types of translation techniques used by Pein Akatsuki and Deni Aurora in translating Indonesian subtitles. For both subtitlers, literal translation and borrowing create high level of accuracy, acceptability, and readability. Modulation and the other techniques are showed in high and medium levels of accurate translation, but they result in high levels of acceptability and readability. Based on the findings, the translation techniques applied by the subtitlers contribute positively to the quality of Indonesian subtitles in terms of accuracy, acceptability, and readability.

scholarly journals KAJIAN TEKNIK, METODE, IDEOLOGI PENERJEMAHAN PADA KOMIK BABY BLUES SIAGA SATU ANAK PERTAMA KARYA RICK KIRKMAN DAN JERRY SCOTT DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KUALITAS TERJEMAHAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hosnol Wafa’ ◽  
Indra Tjahyadi
Keyword(s):  
Speech Act ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Translation Technique ◽  
Baby Blues ◽  
And Function ◽  
Data Medium

Abstract. The objectives of this study are Analysis of techniques, methods, and ideologiesused by translator on translation form and function directive illocutionary of speech act and to assess the quality of translation form and function directive illocutionary of speech act used in bilingual comic Baby Blues siaga satu anak pertama from accuracy, acceptability, and readability of translation aspects. This research was a descriptive, qualitative, and embedded research of translation. The finding of this study shows; first, 273 data of directive illocutionary utterances applied 11 function, such as commanding, asking, asserting, inviting, requesting, ordering, advicing, suggesting, urgeing, rejecting, forbiding, recommending, reminding, and convinceing. Second, 273 data of directive illocutionary utterances analyzed, translation technique identified 248 data oriented to source language and 163 data oriented to target language. Thirth, concerning with translation quality of directive illocutionary speech act utterance in comic Baby Blues siaga satu anak pertama can be concluded that the translation is accurate. In this case is showed from 255 data constitute the translation accurate, 17 data less accurate, and 1 data not accurate, 254 data acceptability, 18 data less acceptability, and 1 data not acceptability, then 161 data high readability, 97 data medium readability, and 15 data low readability translation. Keywords: Directiveillocutionary, Techniques, Methods, Ideologies, Translation quality

scholarly journals TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES IN TAJ: TRAGEDI DI BALIK TANDA CINTA ABADI NOVEL

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Nur Rosita
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Factor ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Historical Romance ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Objective Factor ◽  
Romance Novel

TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES IN TAJ: TRAGEDI DI BALIK TANDA CINTA ABADI NOVELTEKNIK PENERJEMAHAN DALAM NOVEL TAJ: TRAGEDI DI BALIK TANDA CINTA ABADIAbstractTranslation requires reputable competence when it is related with the translation quality: how accurate, clear, and readable the translator delivers the message. The quality of translation is closely related with the techniques used by the translator to tackle many obstacles in doing translation. Each technique used gives different impact in translation product. The translator has to choose the appropriate techniques in order to deliver the message accurately, clearly, and readable. This project was descriptive research which has been attempted to analyze the techniques used in translating historical romance novel Taj: A Story of Mughal India into Taj: Tragedi Di Balik Tanda Cinta Abadi by Maria M. Lubis. It used three variable factors of translation that were the two novels as objective factor, the translator as genetic factor, and the raters as affective factor to analyze, compare, rate, and score the translation techniques. The data chosen from the both novel were the sentence of both novel that consist of cultural specific items. From the analysis, it was found that there were 15 techniques used in translating the novel. These 15 techniques were adaptation 19.15%, pure borrowing 18.62%, established equivalent 9.57%, natural borrowing 8.51%, generalization 6.38%, Modulation 5.85%, particularization 5.85%, amplification 5.32%, transposition 2.66%, reduction 2.13%, inversion 2.13%, pure borrowing plus established equivalent 2.13%, description 1.60%, literal 1.60%, omission 1.60%, adaptation, pure borrowing, and omission 1.06%, amplification and pure borrowing 1.06%, natural and pure borrowing 1.06%, discursive creation, generalization and transposition, literal and generalization, pure borrowing and generalization, pure borrowing and transposition, generalization and omission, adaptation, pure borrowing and transposition each of them 0.53%. The result of research showed that the dominant technique used is adaptation since the cultural term of source language is appropriate to be translated as same equivalent into the target language.Key words: translation, translation techniques, historical romance novel AbstrakPenerjemahan membutuhkan kemampuan yang tinggi saat dikaitkan dengan kualitas penerjemahan: seberapa akurat, jelas, dan terbaca seorang penerjemah menyampaikan pesan dari bahasa sumber kedalam bahasa target. Qualitas terjemahan erat kaitannya dengan teknik yang digunakan untuk memecahkan kesulitan-kesulitan dalam penerjemahan. Masing-masing teknik tersebut berdampak berbeda terhadap hasil terjemahan. Penerjemah harus mampu memilih teknik yang tepat agar pesan yang disampaikan akurat, jelas, dan terbaca. Penelitian deskriptif ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa teknik dalam penerjemahan novel Taj: A Story of Mughal India kedalam Taj: Tragedi Di Balik Tanda Cinta Abadi oleh Maria M. Lubis. Penelitian ini menggunakan 3 faktor variable: kedua novel sebagai objektif faktor, penerjemah sebagai genetik faktor, dan informan sebagai afektif faktor untuk menganalisa, membandingkan, mengukur, dan menilai teknik penerjemahan. Data yang diambil dari kedua novel adalah berupa kalimat yang berisi istilah budaya. Dari hasil analisa ditemukan bahwa terdapat 15 jenis teknik yang digunakan dalam menerjemahkan novel ini. Teknik penerjemahan tersebut adalah adaptation 19.15%, pure borrowing 18.62%, established equivalent 9.57%, natural borrowing 8.51%, generalization 6.38%, Modulation 5.85%, particularization 5.85%, amplification 5.32%, transposition 2.66%, reduction 2.13%, inversion 2.13%, pure borrowing plus established equivalent 2.13%, description 1.60%, literal 1.60%, omission 1.60%, adaptation, pure borrowing, and omission 1.06%, amplification and pure borrowing 1.06%, natural and pure borrowing 1.06%, discursive creation, generalization and transposition, literal and generalization, pure borrowing and generalization, pure borrowing and transposition, generalization and omission, adaptation, pure borrowing and transposition each of them 0.53%. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa teknik yang paling banyak digunakan adalah adaptation dikarenakan istilah budaya lebih tepat diterjemahkan dengan mengganti elemen budaya pada bahasa sumber dengan hal yang sama pada budaya bahasa target. Kata kunci: Penerjemahan, teknik penerjemahan, novel roman sejarah

Listeners’ perception of the quality of simultaneous interpreting and perceived dependence on simultaneous interpreting

Interpreting ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew K. F. Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
The Other ◽  
Simultaneous Interpretation ◽  
Simultaneous Interpreting ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Hong Kong Cantonese ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
English Group

Abstract With the rise of the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF), the number of conference speakers and attendees who use English is increasing. Simultaneous interpreting (SI) into and from English may be provided at conferences to meet the needs of individuals with differing levels of English ability. This paper reports on the findings obtained from two sets of experiments that explored the link between listeners’ perceived dependence on SI and their perceptions of its quality. The first set of experiments was conducted onsite and the second using a remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI) setting. Native Hong Kong Cantonese-speaking participants were divided into two groups: one with Russian as the source language (SL) (Russian group) and the other with English as the SL (English group). Both groups listened to the same prerecorded simultaneous interpretation into Cantonese performed by a non-native interpreter. In the onsite setting, the Russian group perceived the non-native-accented interpretation more favorably than the English group did. This suggests that in onsite settings, perceived dependence on SI may be associated with perceptions of its quality; the greater the perceived dependence on SI, the higher the perceived SI quality. However, no significant differences were found between the two groups in the RSI setting. Factors such as the inaudible SL in the background, similar levels of perceived dependence, negative feelings about online learning and tensions in the state-society relationship may contribute to the similar quality perception ratings across the two RSI groups.

scholarly journals KUALITAS HASIL TERJEMAHAN GOOGLE TRANSLATE DARI BAHASA ARAB KE BAHASA INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Hidayatul Khoiriyah
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Machine Translation ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Arabic Text ◽  
Grammatical Structure ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The development of technology has a big impact on human life. The existence of a machine translation is the result of technological advancements that aim to facilitate humans in translating one language into another. The focus of this research is to examine the quality of the google translate machine in terms of vocabulary accuracy, clarity, and reasonableness of meaning. Data of mufradāt taken from several Arabic translation dictionaries, while the text is taken from the phenomenal work of Dr. Aidh Qorni in the book Lā Tahzan. The method used in this research is the translation critic method. </em></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The results showed that in terms of the accuracy of vocabulary and terms, Google Translate has a good translation quality. In terms of clarity and reasonableness of meaning, google translate has not been able to transmit ideas from the source language well into the target language. Furthermore, in grammatical, the results of the google translate translation do not have a grammatical arrangement, the results of the google translate translation do not have a good grammatical structure and are by following the rules that applied in the target Indonesian language.</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>From the data, it shows that google translate should not be used as a basis for translating an Arabic text into Indonesian, especially in translating verses of the Qur'</em><em>ā</em><em>n and Hadīts. A beginner translator should prefer a dictionary rather than using google translate to effort and improve the ability to translate.</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Key Words: Translation, Google Translate, Arabic</em></strong></p>

scholarly journals Multimodality and Translation: How Typography Affects the Quality of Translation

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-232
Author(s):  
Bimo Putra Wicaksono ◽  
M.R. Nababan Algouti ◽  
Dyah Ayu Nila Khrisna
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Other ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Emotional Expressions ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Quality Assessments ◽  
The Impact

This research focuses on analyzing the typografi aspect of the translation of utterances that accompany the emotional expressions in the comic entitled “Avatar, The Legend of Aang; The Promise, The Search, and The Rift”. The purposes of this research are; 1.) to find out the emotional expressions and the utterances that accompany the emotional expressions found in the comic entitled “Avatar, The Legend of Aang; The Promise, The Search, and The Rift”, 2.) to find out the impact of the typography aspect found in the comic entitled “Avatar, The Legend of Aang; The Promise, The Search, and The Rift” on the quality of the translation. This research applied descriptive qualitative research. There are 273 data of utterances that accompany the emotional expressions found in the data source. The other data are translation quality assessments done by the raters. The data sources of this research are the English comic of “Avatar, The Legend of Aang; The Promise, The Search, and The Rift”, its translation in Indonesian and also raters and respondents. All of the informants were chosen by the purposive sampling technique. The quality of utterances that accompany the emotional expressions in the comics entitled “Avatar, The Legend of Aang; The Promise, The Search, and The Rift” in terms of the accuracy of the messages as follows: the messages of 166 data are fully delivered and the messages of 107 data are not fully delivered.

scholarly journals Analyzing the English translation of the novel ‘Laskar Pelangi’ (The Rainbow Troops)

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-68
Author(s):  
Burhanuddin Yasin, M.Ed. ◽  
Ika Apriani Fata ◽  
Husyitiara Husyitiara
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Target Language ◽  
The Novel ◽  
English Version ◽  
Loss Of Information ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Made In

Initial studies show that there are some translations of literary works (from Indonesian to English) where the quality of the translation is questionable due to the loss of information, the addition of information, and the skewing of information. This is the main reason why this research was made. In this research we sought to assess the translation classification and quality of the English version of the novel ‘Laskar Pelangi’ (The Rainbow Troops). The translation classification of Falk et al. (2011)was employed. The translation quality was analyzed using the framework by Nababan et al. (2012). The research employed a documentation technique of descriptive qualitative study. The study found that among 3556 (words, phrases and sentences) data there are 1889 data classified as loss of information, 1527 data categorized as addition of information, and 140 data labeled as skewing of information. The translation quality of this novel was found to be less qualified since its accuracy and acceptability were both low and readability was found to be medium. In order to improve the accuracy, acceptability and readability of a translation, the authors suggest that the translator should have both good translation capabilities as well as cultural understanding of both the source language and target language. 

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