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The Study on Indirect Translation in Chinese Translation History from A
2017 3rd International Conference on Social Science and Management (ICSSM 2017) ISBN: 978-1-60595-445-5 The Study on Indirect Translation in Chinese Translation History From a Cultural Perspective Yue SUN Department of Arts and Science, Chengdu College of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China [email protected] Keywords: Indirect Translation, Culture, Direct Translation. Abstract. In comparison with direct translation, indirect translation has its own reasons and values of coming into being and existence. Though indirect translation is not as popular as it used to be in the past, it has played an important role in Chinese history of translation and would not disappear absolutely in the stage of translation with its unique characteristics. This paper tends to study indirect translation from a cultural perspective. Introduction of Indirect Translation Indirect Translation is a term used to denote the procedure whereby a text is not translated directly from an original ST, but via an intermediate translation in another language [1]. Indirect translation can also be called intermediate translation, mediated translation, retranslation or second-hand translation interchangeably. According to Toury, such a procedure is of course NORM-governed, and different literary systems will tolerate it to varying extents [2,3]. Indirect translation refers to translation from another language version rather than the original book. Some people may name indirect language as medium language translation. For example, Aesop’s Fables was first translated into Chinese from its English version in 1840, which had a profound effect and spread wide in our country; in the year 1955 Zhou Zuoren translated Aesop’s Fables from Greek. -
Some Basic Challenges and Strategies in Teaching Translation to Chemistry Majors Iazyka (Pp
Training, Language and Culture doi: 10.29366/2018tlc.2.3.4 Volume 2 Issue 3, 2018 rudn.tlcjournal.org Some basic challenges and strategies in teaching translation to Chemistry majors iazyka (pp. 48-56). Moscow: Agraf. Svetovidova, I. V. (2000). Perenos znacheniia i ego ontologiia by Elena E. Aksenova and Svetlana N. Orlova Schwanke, M. (1991). Maschinelle Übersetzung: v angliiskom i russkom iazykakh [Transfer of meaning Klärungsversuch eines unklaren Begriffs [Machine and its ontology in English and Russian]. Moscow: Elena E. Aksenova Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) [email protected] translation: Clarifying the unclear term]. In Lomonosov Moscow State University. Maschinelle Übersetzung (pp. 47-67). Berlin, Toury, G. (2012). Descriptive translation studies and beyond: Svetlana N. Orlova Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) [email protected] Heidelberg: Springer. Revised edition (Vol. 100). John Benjamins Publishing. Published in Training, Language and Culture Vol 2 Issue 3 (2018) pp. 71-85 doi: 10.29366/2018tlc.2.3.5 Schweitzer, A. D. (1988). Teoriia perevoda: Status, problemy, Venuti, L. (2017). The translator’s invisibility: A history of Recommended citation format: Aksenova, E. E., & Orlova, S. N. (2018). Some basic challenges and strategies in aspekty [Theory of translation: Status, issues, aspects]. translation. Routledge. teaching translation to Chemistry majors. Training, Language and Culture, 2(3), 71-85. doi: Moscow: Nauka. Vinay, J. P., & Darbelnet, J. (1958). Stylistique comparée de Shaitanov, I. (2009). Perevodim li Pushkin? Perevod kak l’anglais et du français [Stylistic comparison of English 10.29366/2018tlc.2.3.5 komparativnaia problema [Is Pushkin translatable? and French]. Paris and Montreal: Didier/Beauchemin. -
Introducing Translation Studies
Introducing Translation Studies Introducing Translation Studies remains the definitive guide to the theories and concepts that make up the field of translation studies. Providing an accessible and up-to-date overview, it has long been the essential textbook on courses worldwide. This fourth edition has been fully revised and continues to provide a balanced and detailed guide to the theoretical landscape. Each theory is applied to a wide range of languages, including Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Punjabi, Portuguese and Spanish. A broad spectrum of texts is analysed, including the Bible, Buddhist sutras, Beowulf, the fiction of García Márquez and Proust, European Union and UNESCO documents, a range of contemporary films, a travel brochure, a children’s cookery book and the translations of Harry Potter. Each chapter comprises an introduction outlining the translation theory or theories, illustrative texts with translations, case studies, a chapter summary and discussion points and exercises. New features in this fourth edition include: Q new material to keep up with developments in research and practice, including the sociology of translation, multilingual cities, translation in the digital age and specialized, audiovisual and machine translation Q revised discussion points and updated figures and tables Q new, in-chapter activities with links to online materials and articles to encourage independent research Q an extensive updated companion website with video introductions and journal articles to accompany each chapter, online exercises, an interactive timeline, weblinks, and PowerPoint slides for teacher support This is a practical, user-friendly textbook ideal for students and researchers on courses in Translation and Translation Studies. -
Magnifico Defrancq Final
The online computer-assisted translation classroom The International Journal for Translation & Interpreting Viktorija Bilić Research trans-int.org University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA [email protected] DOI : 10.12807/ti.112201.2020.a08 Abstract: In the modern translation industry, all actors involved in the translation process communicate and collaborate increasingly – and oftentimes entirely – online using modern computer-assisted translation and project management software solutions. New translation technology needs new approaches to translator education and the Online Computer-Assisted Translation Classroom was designed to address this gap. Students are taught how to use the latest translation technology through hands-on remote software use and collaborative translation exercises. This article looks at the pedagogy of online translation teaching. It specifically discusses the teaching of translation technology and terminology management, drawing on process-oriented approaches to translator training and the method of cooperative translation. Keywords: online teaching; translator training; translator competence; computer- assisted translation; terminology management 1. Introduction Today, many translators, especially in the U.S., work remotely as freelancers (McKay, 2006), communicating with agencies and clients entirely online. Virtual networking and creating a strong and professional online presence are essential in the translation industry, especially for freelance translators (McCallum & Puchner, 2017). It is recommended that both -
Translation As a Critical Practice: Using Retranslation When Teaching
Quaderns. Revista de Traducció 21, 2014 199-209 Translation as a Critical Practice : Using Retranslation when Teaching Translation Jonathan Evans University of Portsmouth School of Languages and Area Studies Park Building, King Henry I Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2DZ, UK. [email protected] Abstract This article addresses the question of how to relate translation theory to translation practice when teaching translation. Retranslation is viewed as a critical practice (kydd 2011) that inte- grates critical engagement with existing translations and theory into practice. This critical reflexion is part of translation competence, both in Pym’s (2003) minimalist formulation and the European Master’s in Translation guidelines. Retranslation can therefore be seen to help students achieve the sort of critical awareness that is part and parcel of translation competence. A series of practical learning activities are suggested that use retranslation. These range from analyses of retranslation of the same text to commented retranslations that ask the students to explain their own process. Each of these offers ways of going beyond textual criticism to engage with wider theoretical concerns. Keywords: retranslation; translation pedagogy; reflexive practice; translation competence; commentary writing. Resum. Traduir com a pràctica crítica: la retraducció en l’ensenyament de la traducció Aquest article prova d’exposar com es pot incloure la teoria de la traducció en l’ensenyament pràctic a les aules, i considera que traduir un text ja versionat és un exercici que integra una lec- tura crítica tant del trasllat com de la teoria traductològica. Com que, tant en la formulació mini- malista de Pym (2003), com en les directrius dels màsters europeus en traducció, aquesta consciència crítica és part de la competència traductora, retraduir es pot considerar una manera d’ajudar els estudiants a aconseguir-la. -
Translation: an Advanced Resource Book
TRANSLATION Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive resource books, providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and Applied Linguistics. Each book in the series guides readers through three main sections, enabling them to explore and develop major themes within the discipline: • Section A, Introduction, establishes the key terms and concepts and extends readers’ techniques of analysis through practical application. • Section B, Extension, brings together influential articles, sets them in context, and discusses their contribution to the field. • Section C, Exploration, builds on knowledge gained in the first two sections, setting thoughtful tasks around further illustrative material. This enables readers to engage more actively with the subject matter and encourages them to develop their own research responses. Throughout the book, topics are revisited, extended, interwoven and deconstructed, with the reader’s understanding strengthened by tasks and follow-up questions. Translation: • examines the theory and practice of translation from a variety of linguistic and cultural angles, including semantics, equivalence, functional linguistics, corpus and cognitive linguistics, text and discourse analysis, gender studies and post- colonialism • draws on a wide range of languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Arabic • explores material from a variety of sources, such as the Internet, advertisements, religious texts, literary and technical texts • gathers together influential readings from the key names in the discipline, including James S. Holmes, George Steiner, Jean-Paul Vinay and Jean Darbelnet, Eugene Nida, Werner Koller and Ernst-August Gutt. Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Translation is an essential resource for students and researchers of English language and Applied Linguistics as well as Translation Studies. -
A Review of the History of Translation Studies
ISSN 1799-2591 Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 77-85, January 2012 © 2012 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland. doi:10.4304/tpls.2.1.77-85 A Review of the History of Translation Studies Ali Reza Ghanooni Romance and Germanic Philology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia Email: [email protected] Abstract—This paper aims at a general review of the history of translation studies and the prevalent approaches from antiquity to the present in the west, in the form of a historical survey in which key theoretical developments are taken into account, focusing on approaches that have been developed during the twentieth century. Without a doubt, It is James Holme's seminal paper "the name and nature of translation studies" that draws up a disciplinary map for translation studies and serves as a springboard for researchers with its binary division of Translation Studies into two branches: "pure" and "applied." Its growth as a discipline goes back to the 1980s. As time elapses, translation studies, by achieving a certain institutional authority and coalescing with many a resurging disciplines and trends as cultural studies, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, brings a renewed aspect to translation theory. Index Terms—history, approaches, trends, theories I. INTRODUCTION Behind the field of translation lies the names and theories emerging at diverse periods. There are changes taking place in the history of translation; however, such changes differ from one place into another. For example, those flourishments in the western world are far removed from the eastern part. Two of the pioneers of the field are Horace and Cicero (first century B.C) whose discussions of translation practice pertains to word-for-word and sense-for-sense translation. -
Talking to the World International Conference for the Interpreting Profession and Interpreter Education 10-11 September 2015
Talking to the World International Conference for the Interpreting Profession and Interpreter Education 10-11 September 2015 The Relevance of Translation and Interpreting – Past, Present and Future Abstracts from Keynote Speeches Keynote speech 1 I see what you're saying: Visual information in simultaneous conference interpreting Kilian G. Seeber ICTs have the potential to shape and perhaps even revolutionize the way in which we communicate. Relatively recent technologies such as Skype (released in 2003), Facebook (released in 2004), and Twitter (released in 2006) are a case in point: inconceivable only a decade ago, they have turned into household names and conditioned the way in which we interact both socially and professionally. The same applies to the hardware supporting them, such as smart phones and tablet computers. It stands to reason that these technologies, that condition our communicative behaviour from an early age, will have a repercussion on the way in which new generations of interpreters react to an increasingly technologically enhanced workplace, including teleconference interpreting (TCI) and remote interpreting (RI). Already today professional interpreters are routinely confronted with a wide range of input channels as content at conferences is delivered using multimedia devices such as slide presentations, animated videos and video prompters. What is more, they use their own devices, such as laptop and tablet computers, in real time. Consequently, modern simultaneous interpreting can be viewed as a multi-modal information-processing task requiring the allocation of finite cognitive resources to different sub-tasks that interfere with each other to varying degrees. The effect of such multi-modal communicative environments on a cognitively demanding task such as simultaneous interpreting is still largely unknown. -
Applicability of Translation Criticism Approaches to Different Text Types
Hacettepe University Graduate School of Social Sciences Department of Translation and Interpreting APPLICABILITY OF TRANSLATION CRITICISM APPROACHES TO DIFFERENT TEXT TYPES Tuncay TEZCAN Master‟s Thesis Ankara, 2015 APPLICABILITY OF TRANSLATION CRITICISM APPROACHES TO DIFFERENT TEXT TYPES Tuncay TEZCAN Hacettepe University Graduate School of Social Sciences Department of Translation and Interpreting Master‟s Thesis Ankara, 2015 KABUL VE ONAY Tuncay TEZCAN tarafından hazırlanan “Applicability of Translation Criticism Approaches to Different Text Types” başlıklı bu çalışma, 21.07.2015 tarihinde yapılan savunma sınavı sonucunda başarılı bulunarak jürimiz tarafından Yüksek Lisans tezi olarak kabul edilmiştir. Yukarıdaki imzaların adı geçen öğretim üyelerine ait olduğunu onaylarım. Prof. Dr. Yusuf Çelik Enstitü Müdürü BİLDİRİM Hazırladığım tezin/raporun tamamen kendi çalışmam olduğunu ve her alıntıya kaynak gösterdiğimi taahhüt eder, tezimin/raporumun kağıt ve elektronik kopyalarının Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü arşivlerinde aşağıda belirttiğim koşullarda saklanmasına izin verdiğimi onaylarım: Tezimin/Raporumun tamamı her yerden erişime açılabilir. Tezim/Raporum sadece Hacettepe Üniversitesi yerleşkelerinden erişime açılabilir. Tezimin/Raporumun …3… yıl süreyle erişime açılmasını istemiyorum. Bu sürenin sonunda uzatma için başvuruda bulunmadığım takdirde, tezimin/raporumun tamamı her yerden erişime açılabilir. iii ÖZET TEZCAN, Tuncay. Çeviri Eleştirisi Yaklaşımlarının Farklı Metin Türlerine Uygulanabilirliği, Yüksek -
Making Culture Relevant in Technical Translation with Dynamic Equivalence: the Case of Bilingual Instructions
Journal of Rhetoric, Professional Communication, and Globalization Volume 10 Number 1 Article 4 2017 Making Culture Relevant in Technical Translation With Dynamic Equivalence: The Case of Bilingual Instructions Massimo Verzella Penn State Behrand Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/rpcg Part of the Rhetoric Commons Recommended Citation Verzella, Massimo (2017) "Making Culture Relevant in Technical Translation With Dynamic Equivalence: The Case of Bilingual Instructions," Journal of Rhetoric, Professional Communication, and Globalization: Vol. 10 : No. 1, Article 4. Available at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/rpcg/vol10/iss1/4 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321371273 Making Culture Relevant in Technical Translation with Dynamic Equivalence: The Case of Bilingual Instructions Article · November 2017 CITATIONS READS 2 170 1 author: Massimo Verzella Penn State University, the Behrend College 29 PUBLICATIONS 21 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Cross-cultural pragmatics: Italian and American English: A Comparative Study View project Discourse analysis (focus on Samuel Butler) View project All content following this page was uploaded by Massimo Verzella on 29 November 2017. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. ISSN: 2153-9480. Volume 10, Number 1. October - 2017 Making culture relevant in technical translation with dynamic equivalence: The case of bilingual instructions Massimo Verzella Penn State Behrend Introduction: Translators as beta users and mediators One of the central tenets of technical communication research and pedagogy is user-analysis (Redish, 2010; Barnum & Redish, 2011). -
Meredith College
32nd Annual Conference of the Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters “Working Globally, Networking Locally” Hosted by Meredith College March 28, 2020 Meredith College Raleigh, North Carolina 1 CATI CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Saturday, March 28, 2020 Time Type Description 1 CEU Credit 8:00 – 8:45 Check-In 8:00 – 8:45 Breakfast 8:45 – 9:00 Welcome/General Announcements – Javier Castillo 9:00 – 10:15 A,B,C, Keynote Address by Irene Bruno Pending 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 – 12:00 Concurrent Sessions I B Who are the Sign Language Interpreters? Are They My Pending Colleagues? Professionals – Sarah Baker A, C Technology has Changed the Language Services Industry: Pending Now What? – Michael Collins and John Milan A, B Word Matter: Etymology as a Tool for Language Pending Professionals – Susana Gee B So You Had A Bad Day? Stay in your lane! (But who’s Pending drawing the lines?) – Janis Palma 12:00 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 2:15 CATI General Meeting – Board of Directors 2:30 – 3:30 Concurrent Sessions II A, C Panel on Managing Translation Projects Successfully Pending – Dr. Monica Rodriguez-Castro (Moderator), Delfina Erochenko, Yennica Palmer and Laura Richiez Combas B Top Speed Simultaneous Interpreting Workshop Pending Do you feel the need…the need for speed? – Lorena N. Devlyn B Interpreting Child Sexual Abuse – Jeannette Houchens Pending B Central American Spanish Usage - LatinX: A 21st Century Pending Enigma – Hernán A. Silva-Zetina and Matthew T. Benton 3:30 – 4:00 Coffee Break 4:00 – 5:00 Concurrent Sessions III B How to become a State Department Contractor – Irene Pending Bruno B El intérprete y la gramática de la oralidad – Santiago García- Pending Castañón (Spanish only) A Overview of ATA’s Certification Exam: Q&As – David Pending Stephenson B Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Patient Counseling and Pending Spiritual Care: To Recuse Myself or Not to Recuse Myself, that is the Question – Dr. -
Focus: Technical Translation 5 Y Aso Rni the 15Anniversary Edition! Years – of Transit Enter a New Dimension
The hronicle C A Publication of the American Translators Association VOLUME XXX • NUMBER 11 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2001 Focus: Technical Translation ARTNER P NAE & ENSAUER W 15 Years of Transit – The Anniversary Edition! Enter a New Dimension. The best just got better! The newest evaluations at any stage of a project. All Translation Memory Tool Transit XV offers this makes your translation project more you a comprehensive range of innovative efficient and profitable! And ... speaking of features including: concordance search, profits, we are offering an introductory price automatic terminology mining, drag-and- to those interested in getting Transit XV drop between dictionaries, expanded right now. For more information, contact review features for text editing, as well us at: STAR Language Technology, as the Report Manager for precise e-mail: [email protected] The Chronicle Features A Publication of the American Translators Association Volume XXX, Number 11 International Certification Study: Czech Republic November/December 2001 By Jiri Stejskal . 10 The ABCs of Active and Corresponding Membership Focus: Technical By Harvie Jordan, ABC . 13 Translation An exploration of the alternate routes to active or corresponding membership status. Brazilian Connections: Corpora, Cognition, and Culture By Robin Orr Bodkin . 16 A report on The 2nd Brazilian International Translation Forum— Translating the New Millennium: Corpora, Cognition, and Culture. Translation and Technology: Bridging the Gap Between the University and the Marketplace By Edwin Gentzler . 17 Recently, the skills required of translators have changed dramati- cally. What once was primarily a linguistic activity has evolved into a complex practice requiring both advanced language and computer skills. While universities supply linguistic training, they often fall short on the technology part.