scholarly journals A Matter of Principles: Empirical Treatments of Translation Principles – A Case Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 495-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Design Research Methodology ◽  
Translation Principles

Abstract In this paper, the author will discuss findings of an investigation into the real life experiences of 21 trainee translators with two types of translation principles, one that is biased towards the source text and its author and the other biased towards the translation and the translator. The investigation centred on the translators’ preferences of principles, rationalization of their preferences, their difficulty in tackling the principles via a translation task and their strategies for coping with the difficulties. The author believes that this investigation is the first of its kind in translation studies as it examines practitioners of principles rather than the principles themselves and, therefore, it warrants special attention. Readers will find in this paper summary discussions about research design, research methodology, a brief quantitative analysis, detailed qualititative analyses and a case study.

scholarly journals Fuzzy rule-based model to optimize outflow in single reservoir operation

2019 ◽  
Vol 270 ◽  
pp. 04015
Author(s):  
Edy Anto Soentoro ◽  
Nina Pebriana
Keyword(s):  
Water Availability ◽  
Reservoir Operation ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Fuzzy Rule ◽  
Basic Pattern ◽  
Output Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Rule Based

Reservoir operations, especially those which regulate the outflow (release) volume, are crucial for the fulfillment of the purpose to build the reservoir. To get the best results, outflow (release) discharges need to be optimized to meet the objectives of the reservoir operation. A fuzzy rule-based model was used in this study because it can deal with uncertainty constraints and objects without clear or well-defined boundaries. The objective of this study is to determine the maximum total release volume based on water availability (i.e., a monthly release is equal to or more than monthly demand). The case study is located at Darma reservoir. A fuzzy rule-based model was used to optimize the monthly release volume, and the result was compared with that of NLP and the demand. The Sugeno fuzzy method was used to generate fuzzy rules from a given input-output data set that consisted of demand, inflow, storage, and release. The results of this study showed that the release of Sugeno method and the demand have the same basic pattern, in which the release fulfill the demand. The overall result showed that the fuzzy rule-based model with Sugeno method can be used for optimization based on real-life experiences from experts that are used to working in the field.

scholarly journals Lexical Choices and Ideology in Translation: A Case Study of 'The old Man and the Sea

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 258-265
Author(s):  
Maryam Najafian
Keyword(s):  
Ernest Hemingway ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
Original Novel ◽  
Original Text ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Original Sample ◽  
Significant Difference

The present research aims at conducting a critical study of the novel 'The Old Man and the Sea' written by Ernest Hemingway (1976) and its two translated versions in Persian; one rendered by Faramarzi (2006) the other by Shahin (1979). The researchers apply a comparative lexical analysis proposed by Newmark (1988) and Venuti (1995). An attempt has been made to reveal the ideology behind the original sample words and to show how translators and the effect thereof handle it. The data of this research consists of 10 ideological laden terms selected randomly among 45 words from the original text and the corresponding Persian translations. The results of this study suggest a significant difference between the two Persian translations and the original novel. It revealed that one of the translators has attempted to 'domesticate' his translation while another has been attentive to 'foreignize' it. As for implication, it seems necessary to note that translational decisions made by actual translators under different socio-cultural and ideological settings in real life and real situations should be considered. The perlocutionary consequences resulted from adoption of such decisions are of importance.

scholarly journals Eco-translatology-based Analysis of Children’s Literature Translation—A Case Study: Peter Pan

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Wentao Guo
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Translation Theory ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Peter Pan ◽  
Ternary Relation ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Peripheral Position ◽  
Important Position

Children’s literature occupies a peripheral position in literature system according to the polysystem theory so that the translators of children’s literature can manipulate the texts with great liberty. The translator of children’s literature in the ternary relation of translation, namely the source texts, the translator and the target text, is in a relatively important position. Thus, it is a feasible way to analyze the translation of children’s literature from the translator-centered perspective. Eco-translatology is a translator-centered translation theory, aiming to analyze how the translator selects and adapts during the translation process in the translational eco-environment. In this paper, the author will adopt Eco-translatology as the translation framework to analyze the translation of children’s literature, and try to explore how ‘children’, an important factor in the translational eco-environment, influences the translator’s selection and adaptation in the process of translating children’s literature. Furthermore, the author will take Peter Pan as a case study, comparing two Chinese versions of this book to analyze how the two translators adapt and select differently from those three dimensions during the translation process, as one follows the target-reader-oriented strategy and the other one follows the source-text-oriented strategy.

scholarly journals Hur skapas en rebelltjej på svenska?

Barnboken ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari Mossberg
Keyword(s):  
Translation Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Poetic Language ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Good Night ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
Descriptive Translation Studies ◽  
Language Context ◽  
Informative Component

What’s a Rebel Girl in Swedish? On the Translation of Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo’s Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Abstract: This article investigates the translation of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women, a children’s book written and published by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo in 2016. Within the framework of Gideon Toury’s Descriptive Translation Studies and Katharina Reiss’ text typology, the study focuses on the Swedish translation Godnattsagor för rebelltjejer: 100 berättelser om fantastiska kvinnor from 2017, including comparisons with the Danish, French, and Norwegian translations, with a view to discover the differences between the text versions. Analysis shows that the Swedish translation is less source-text dependent than the other translations, downplaying the fairytalization of the stories and tending to strengthen the informative component of the text. Poetic language and metaphors are less apparent in the Swedish translation, while hedging, explicitation as well as specification of time, place and chronology contribute to making the text more factual. A further finding is that more adult language is used in the Swedish translation. The article ends by summarizing the main findings and discussing a few explanations for the adaptation of the Swedish translation with regard to its target language context.

scholarly journals Participatory Design Research Methodologies: A Case Study in Dancer Sonification

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Landry ◽  
Myounghoon Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Embodied Interaction ◽  
Control Parameters ◽  
Body Movements ◽  
Domain Experts ◽  
Motion Data ◽  
Final Performance ◽  
Design Research Methodology

Given that embodied interaction is widespread in Human-Computer Interaction, interests on the importance of body movements and emotions are gradually increasing. The present paper describes our process of designing and testing a dancer sonification system using a participatory design research methodology. The end goal of the dancer sonification project is to have dancers generate aesthetically pleasing music in real-time based on their dance gestures, instead of dancing to prerecorded music. The generated music should reflect both the kinetic activities and affective contents of the dancer’s movement. To accomplish these goals, expert dancers and musicians were recruited as domain experts in affective gesture and auditory communication. Much of the dancer sonification literature focuses exclusively on describing the final performance piece or the techniques used to process motion data into auditory control parameters. This paper focuses on the methods we used to identify, select, and test the most appropriate motion to sound mappings for a dancer sonification system.

scholarly journals Investigating how we read translations

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 482-512
Author(s):  
Callum Walker
Keyword(s):  
Translation Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Reading Experience ◽  
Equivalent Effect ◽  
Skin Response ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Research Questions

Abstract Since its inception, Translation Studies has hinged on theoretical concepts of effects and reception, with various reader-oriented notions such as equivalent effect, skopos, acceptability and adequacy, and user-centredness, to name but a few, having pervaded the discipline for decades. Despite this preoccupation with the phenomenology of translations, we still know very little about how translations are actually experienced – written translations especially. This article calls for an expansion of research into the reception and experience of source texts and their translations, reviewing the opportunities afforded by recent technological developments in eye-tracking, galvanic skin response sensors, echocardiogram monitors, and other multi-sensory devices. Using a short case study, a number of research questions and an outline of an experimental method are proposed to contrast the reading experience of two translations of the same source text, serving as a prompt for future research of this kind. By drawing inspiration from the few existing examples of research in this incipient paradigm and the considerations offered in the example, this article aims to stimulate future research to explore the vast untapped potential in this area and to arrive at a better understanding of the effects that different translation approaches yield and the potential variation in effects between source and target text.

scholarly journals Writing when Young: Bart Moeyaert as a Young Adult Author

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. BB65-BB83
Author(s):  
Vanessa Joosen
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Complex Interaction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Young Audiences ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Inherent Part

Duet met valse noten (1983) started as a diary when Bart Moeyaert was twelve years old. After it was disclosed by an older brother, Moeyaert rewrote it during his teenage years as a novel about first love. This article studies the genesis and early reception of Moeyaert’s novel to reflect on young authors who fictionalize real-life experiences and desires. On the one hand, they are credited for being experts on youth and said to have a particular appeal to young audiences for that reason. On the other hand, when texts by young authors are published, they are often edited and mediated by adult professionals. For some scholars, such adult intervention compromises the authenticity of the young author’s voice, while others argue that having your work revised is an inherent part of being published. The genesis of Duet met valse noten displays a complex interaction involving several actors, including young voices. The deletion of controversial passages (a toilet scene, the longing for cigarettes and sexual scenes) illustrates this complexity: the decision to adapt them was only in part governed by adults, and while the young Moeyaert was dissatisfied with some revisions, they also contributed to his aesthetics as a poetic rather than explicit writer.

scholarly journals Knowledge in Transition in Healthcare

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 733-748
Author(s):  
Maria José Sousa ◽  
Francesca Dal Mas ◽  
Alexeis Garcia-Perez ◽  
Lorenzo Cobianchi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
The Other ◽  
Personal Knowledge ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right

Organizations are challenged by the need to transform Dynamic Knowledge, embedded in each worker, into Static Knowledge, rooted in factual documental information. However, innovation and knowledge creation seem to be facilitated by the personal knowledge and life experiences of people, which appear to be dynamic. The tensions between Dynamic and Static Knowledge in facilitating the transfer and sharing of knowledge arise as compelling research as well as practical topic for organizations. Our paper aims to investigate such tensions by employing a case study. We decided to deepen such dynamics in the healthcare field, given its importance for business and society. In more detail, we analyzed one Emergency Room (ER) department through a series of interviews. Our findings highlight the importance of the right balance between Static and Dynamic Knowledge. On the one hand, the healthcare organization recognized the need to incorporate knowledge into practical and tangible instruments. On the other hand, the flows of Dynamic Knowledge must be fostered through a culture of knowledge translation and sharing, and the development of soft skills.

Professionals and translation in a “literary translation system”

Babel ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 552-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bai Liping
Keyword(s):  
Translation Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Translation System ◽  
System A ◽  
French Novel ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
Literary System

The issue related to professionals is an important one in the field of translation studies. Lefevere holds that professionals play an important part in the literary system and may ensure “the literary system does not fall too far out of step with the other subsystems society consists of”. This article first explores Lefevere’s use of the term “professionals” and then proposes to study professionals in a “literary translation system” instead of a literary system. The focus of this “literary translation system” is translators or translations, and it is a system in which various factors including translators, patrons, professionals, etc. interact with each other. Taking into consideration of the factors of economy and expertise, we can define a professional as someone who lives from certain special knowledge he/she has acquired. In the “literary translation system”, a professional can be a university teacher, an editor, a critic, a reviewer, etc., who has acquired special knowledge of literary translation. The interaction between professionals and translators is also investigated through a case study of the debate over different Chinese versions of the French novel The Red and the Black.

scholarly journals Translating Postcolonial English: The Italian Translation of D. Walcott’s The Odyssey: A Stage Version

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 229-241
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Zurru
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Italian Translation ◽  
The World

In postcolonial writing the English language is often intentionally appropriated: it ceases to represent the vehicle of expression of ‘Englishness’ only and becomes the means of communication of a wider part of the world. Therefore, many strategies are used in postcolonial works as a means of cultural assertion on the part of the writers. Such strategies, however, are extremely difficult to convey in languages which are not directly concerned with issues such as postcolonial resistance to colonial control in literature, as in the case of Italian. Using as a case study the only Italian translation of Derek Walcott’s The Odyssey: A Stage Version, I will analyse in this paper a number of strategies employed in the Source Text (ST), concurrently analysing the difficulties related to their translation into Italian. Besides the tools provided by stylistics, structural grammar, translation studies and postcolonial studies, the frameworks of ethnostylistics and translational stylistics are particularly useful in the scrutiny of this text.

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