Narrator profile in translation: Work-in-progress for a semiautomatic analysis of narratorial dialogistic and attitudinal positioning in translated fiction

This paper presents work-in-progress for the development of a semi-automatic methodology for the analysis of shifts in narrator profile in translated fiction. Such a methodology is developed for a comparative quantitative analysis of electronic source and target texts organized in a parallel corpus. The first and main part of this paper presents the theoreti-cal motivation for the organization of two systems of categories focusing on the relationship between the two discursive centres involved in reported speech - narrator and character (but also quoter and quotee in other text types) - by developing the proposals of dialogistic/intertextual and attitu-dinal positioning in Appraisal Theory. The second part of this paper ana-lyses a selection of examples illustrative of such cate gories, and presents and comments the results of the comparative quantitative analysis of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist and eight European Portuguese translations for juvenile and adult readerships. This comparative analysis proves the methodology operative and shows evidence of two tendencies: ‘levelling-out’ and ‘explicitation’, which, although elsewhere identified as trans-lational universals, may here be identified as norms because they correlate with the independent variable target readership. The purpose of developing this methodology is to help describe the way interlingual translation may transform narrator profile as well as contribute to the formulation of trans-lational norms.

Electronic Book of Memory as a Historical Source for Studying the Irretrievable Human Losses of the Kuibyshev Region in the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940

The article considers a mass electronic source on the problem of irretrievable human losses of the USSR during the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940, available to researchers in the form of a database on several information portals. It is indicated that it was based on the printed Book of Memory dedicated to the fallen soldiers in local wars and conflicts of the twentieth century. The analysis of its representativeness is carried out. The exceptional reliability of the resource is confirmed by the fact that during its creation a huge array of documents from federal and local archives was included in the scientific circulation. The information capabilities of the database for studying the human damage of one of the regions - the Kuibyshev (now Samara) region - were revealed. The relevance of the study is caused by insufficient study of this topic, with the undoubted importance of understanding the deed of all the fallen in the performance of military duty. The author uses the unique capabilities of an electronic resource to fill in the “blank spots” in the issue of human losses. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that quantitative methods of study are applied to it for the first time within the framework of regional history. The number of dead Kuibyshevites during the “winter war” (1737 people) was established, their analysis: age composition, distribution of losses by rank, military branch, cause of death, chronology was carried out.

Construction of a power electronic source for cold plasma generation

This paper presents the development of a high voltage and high-frequency power electronics source, for plasma generation, at atmospheric pressure and vacuum, using helium and air as working gases. The source design consists of an inductive (L) full bridge series resonant inverter at high frequency, where the control implemented allows varying duty cycle and frequency. Plasma generation is made by high voltage with the power signal applied on two electrodes, which provides a strong electric field that excites, and thus, ionize helium particles or air particles. The power electronic source operation was tested in different plasma reactor configurations (dielectric barrier discharge, double dielectric barrier discharge, and jet type discharge). The developed power electronics source shows a correct performance and generate a strong electric field to achieve the plasma discharges desired.

260 Recording of Syncope Presentations in Model 4 Hospital - Large Variations in Data Collection Systems

Background Patients with unexplained falls, syncope and dizziness frequently present acutely. There are multiple IT systems in operation across the acute hospital network with varying functionality relating to activity capture. MAXIMS is an electronic healthcare record used to capture attendances in our ED. Within our department a digital patient management system Electronic Patient Management System (EPMS) records clinical information from admission through to discharge. The Hospital Inpatient Enquiry System (HIPE) is the principal national source of discharge information from acute hospitals. We aimed to look at this cohort of patients and compare the clinical data available on each of these information sources used in a Model 4 teaching hospital. Methods MAXIMS database was interrogated to examine patients who presented to the ED with the search terms “falls”, “syncope” and “dizziness”. We conducted a review of all patients who met our search terms over two non-consecutive weeks in 2018. For the same period EPMS was interrogated and HIPE data were requested and analysed. Results MAXIMS, EPMS and HIPE records over the two-week period captured 190, 104 and 24 patients respectively. Mean age was 62, 75 and 72 years. Of 190 records on MAXIMS, 107 (56%) were not coded on HIPE following discharge. Of these 107 patients, 93 (87%) did not require a hospital admission and 14 (13%) patients self-discharged. Conclusion Current available digital systems provide inconsistent information relating to patients presenting acutely with falls, dizziness and syncope. How these conditions are captured electronically can vary between systems due to which parameters are recorded. HIPE stats were lower than Maxims/EPMS which may reflect the fact that HIPE only captures discharge diagnosis as opposed to presenting symptoms. In order to get a clearer picture of these conditions, and for planning purposes, an approach amalgamating the data from all systems into one electronic source would be required.

Getting Students to Write English Articles for Publication: Student Writers’ Responses

There has been a scarcity of writing instruction that aims to enable EFL students to write English articles for publication. This study aims to fill out the gap by developing a procedure for such an instruction and exploring student writers’ responses to the procedure. The design was descriptive, within the context of project-based learning. The subjects comprised some students of an English program at a public university in Bengkulu, Indonesia. Sampling was purposive and included 2 groups. The instrument was a questionnaire. The result showed that the subjects generally agreed to the steps for the writing instruction. The benefit levels of instructor’s activities were generally viewed as high; however, the benefit levels of students’ activities were perceived from low to high. Skills cultivated in the instruction were viewed as transferable to other tasks. The students wanted the final drafts to be directly processed by the editor prior to publication. Adequacy of access for electronic source was high while that of print source was moderate. The students expected that reference tools were provided by the institution. Students’ overall productivity was low. Further study is recommended to refine the instruction.