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Translation Techniques
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» The Role of Experiential Knowledge in Translation
By Oliver Simões | Published 04/30/2011 | Portuguese , Translation Techniques , Translator Education | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecIRateSecIRateSecIRateSecI
Rooted in theories, some educational programs may be ignoring the role of experiential knowledge in translation. This article examines the topic by providing real-life examples of how a lack of experiential knowledge may impact our job and what to do about it.
» Project Management in Translation
By Halyna Maksymiv | Published 03/17/2011 | Translation Techniques | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecIRateSecI
The matter I am going to discuss in this article is absolutely subjective, or empirical, and does not pretend to rely on any scientific generalization or analysis. These are just thoughts about project management in translation, expressed in a slightly chaotic manner.
» Відтворення фразеологізмів казкового мовлення І. Франка (на матеріалі англомовних перекладів поеми-казки „Лис Микита")
By Halyna Maksymiv | Published 02/19/2011 | Translation Techniques | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecIRateSecI
Фразеологізми як згустки етносвідомості, фіксовані та „кодифіковані” у лінгвокультурній традиції способи тлумачення та поціновування явищ, речей і вчинків, є компонентом лінгвокультурної картини світу. У даному дослідженні оперуємо терміном фразеологічний масив, як його визначає О.Селіванова: „фразеологічний масив - культурно зумовлена знакова репрезентація інтеріоризованого етносвідомістю світу із притаманною їй категоризацією, субкатегоризацією, диференціацією та інтеграцією.” [12]. Фразеологізми є, в основному, моносемантичними, що зумовлене їхнім метафоричним характером, високим ступенем абстракції, не такою, як у слів, глобальністю змісту та вужчим узусом, а також більшою структурною складністю. Фразеологізми спрямовані на колективного узагальненого адресата, який передає цю інформацію наступним поколінням, ідентифікуючи їхню етносвідомість і культуру.
» Роль творчої особистості перекладача у передачі стилю автора (на матеріалі англомовних перекладів казки І.Франка “Лис Микита")
By Halyna Maksymiv | Published 02/19/2011 | Translation Techniques | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecIRateSecI
Translator’s personality as a crucial factor in the rendering of author’s style (based on anglophone translations of Franko’s poem fairy-tale “Fox Mykyta”). Halyna Skira Ivan Franko National University in Lviv 1, Universytetska Str. Lviv, Ukraine Franko’s fairy-tales have been the focus of attention of the researchers Zakrevska, Tykholoz, Zorivchak, Kuzyk. The novelty of this research consists in singling out the factor of translator’s personality on the basis of English translations by Hnidj and Melnyk. The wandering motif Franko used in the poem fairy-tale may be traced in a number of ancient literatures (those of Babylon, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greek and Roman Literatures) and in individual authors’ artistic interpretations (by Goethe, Smazhevski and Franko). Name Mykyta, given to the sly fox, is found only in Polish and Ukrainian interpretations; in the latter the name carries out both nominative and significative functions (“Mykyta” means “smart, or even sly”). The tale presents a considerable difficulty for the translator because of the high level of its saturation with syntactic (rhythm melodic lingual features), lexical (Ukrainian realia, tell-tale names, dialectal vocabulary), idiomatic (idioms containing national and local colouring, as well as realia) and style peculiarities (laconic statements and generalized expressions that in Ukrainian have acquired the status of aphorisms), which each translator handles differently. The thorough analysis has shown that Melnyk’s translations render a higher degree of the original’s national colouring, he often calques the imagery and preserves symbolic value of the work, renders Ukrainian realia, transliterates geographic and proper names that in the translation function as exoticisms and make a reader aware of the fact he is reading the text belonging to a different culture. Hnidj’s translation strategy differs considerably. The translation is highly domesticated; the method most frequently used is that of finding equivalents in the target culture. The translator’s touch is also felt in frequent style shift for the sake of preserving humorous effect reached in the original by other means; absence of illustrations here (unlike both Melnyk’s translations with illustrations by Kurelek and Kozak) as well as the introduction of Latin and French words (not characteristic of the original) target this translation at adult readership with subtle artistic taste. KEYWORDS: translator’s artistic personality, national colouring, lingoustylistic analysis, style peculiarities of the work.
» Перевод немецких неологизмов с помощью поисковых систем
By Oleg Delendyk | Published 12/3/2009 | Translation Techniques | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
The article deals with translation of German neologisms into Russian using search systems.


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