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Yu, Hailing, and Canzhong Wu. "Attitude as mediation: Peritextual commentary in the translation of the Platform Sutra." Text & Talk 38, no. 5 (2018): 633–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/text-2018-0017.

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Abstract As explicit expression of attitude is restrained in translations of canonical texts, the peritext often becomes a place for the translator’s attitudinal mediation. Unlike previous studies where the translational peritext is under the name of the translator, this study presents a special case in which the peritext attached to the translation of the Platform Sutra, a religious text, is attributed to the translator’s teacher, whose lectures in the source language served as the basis of the peritextual commentary. By adopting the appraisal framework, the study demonstrates how explicit at
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Lakhtikova, Anastasia. "From literal to technical." Translation and Interpreting Studies 11, no. 2 (2016): 225–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/tis.11.2.05lak.

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Our understanding of Vladimir Nabokov’s method of translating Eugene Onegin as literal is largely based on his own claims and as such it populates anthologies of translation theory (i.e., Venuti’s The Translation Studies Reader) and classrooms. However, upon closer examination, Nabokov’s method is extremely removed both from the broad and specialized understanding of what a literal translation is. It is neither instrumental, as any literal translation would be, nor hermeneutic, as any literary translation accompanied by a voluminous commentary should be. Nabokov’s Commentary, an adjunct to his
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Markiewka, Tomasz. "Przepisywanie Beowulfa: J.R.R. Tolkiena meandry przekładu." Między Oryginałem a Przekładem 24, no. 40 (2018): 47–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.12797/moap.24.2018.40.03.

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Rewriting Boewulf: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Meandering Translation J.R.R. Tolkien’s works related to translation include both translations and adaptations in the form of pastiche. All of them have been published as posthumous editions, equipped with detailed critical commentaries and edited by the writer’s son, Christopher Tolkien. Among recent publications in English and Polish, one that deserves particular attention is a 1926 prose translation of the Old English poem Beowulf (2014, Polish ed. 2015). This edition presents Tolkien performing a few roles, acting as a translator, translation critic, edi
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Zhenying, Li, and Chen Yiyun. "A Study of the English Commentary Translation of Chongzuo Zhuang Museum from the Perspective of Skopos Theory." Studies in English Language Teaching 8, no. 3 (2020): p87. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/selt.v8n3p87.

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In recent years, China’s tourism industry has continuously promoted economic development. Therefore, the translation of tourism commentary is becoming increasingly important. The museum’s English commentary translation plays an irreplaceable role as an important medium for disseminating cultural knowledge and informing foreign friends. However, we don’t think highly of the English commentary translation, there are many grammatical and general errors, which hinders foreigners from getting the correct and accurate information. Wrong English commentary is not only harmful for cultural transmissio
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Gomola, Aleksander. "Przekład komentarza biblijnego jako ciąg decyzyjny tłumaczenia funkcjonalnego – studium przypadku." Między Oryginałem a Przekładem 26, no. 48 (2020): 43–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.12797/moap.26.2020.48.03.

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The Functional Translation of Biblical Commentaries as a Decision- Making Process – a Case Study
 The article is a case study exploring the translation of one biblical commentary representing a specific type of texts from the threefold perspective of a translator, translation theorist and translation trainer. The Author utilizes a concept of the functional translation by C. Nord, an idea of the translation as a decision-making process by J. Levý, and principles of the translation of scientific texts by Z. Kozłowska. Selected aspects of translating of a contemporary English commentary on t
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Zhumabekova, Aigul. "Вербализация номадической культуры казахов в «Дневниках и письмах из путешествия по казахским степям» Адольфа Янушкевича: лингвопереводческие аспекты". Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski 13, № 1 (2022): 315–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.31648/pw.7672.

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This research studies the forms of verbalization of Kazakh nomad’s culture (realias, toponyms and anthroponyms) in Polish language by Adolf Januszkiewicz, their translation into Russian and Kazakh, author's evaluation and commentary. The theoretical base of the research are the works on nomadology and linguistic translation. Translation model is described in relation to the texts that served as the material for the research. The causes of translation errors are revealed by comparing the original to the three translations using methods like continuous sampling, comparison, transformations, comp
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Sutton-Spence, Rachel. "Considerations for translating “Grande Sertão: Veredas” into Libras." Revista da Anpoll 1, no. 44 (2018): 192–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.18309/anp.v1i44.1143.

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This essay provides an annotated translation with commentary of the title and opening three short sentences of João Guimarães Rosa’s “Grande Sertão: Veredas” from Portuguese into Brazilian Sign Language, Libras. A Libras translation uses elements of space and highly iconic structures to recreate the story is a visual form. The commentary here considers the challenges involved in translating the brief section of the Portuguese text, including accommodation of deaf literary norms to those of contemporary Brazilian society, the search for appropriate Libras signs for the regionally specific conte
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Mazzola, Elena. "Translation versus Commentary." Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological journal 2, no. 1 (2019): 127–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2019-1-127-156.

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Lukachevskaja, Lilianna А., and Irina V. Sobakina. "Translation of the culture-specific vocabulary in the Yakut heroic epic olonkho into Russian and English (based on the material of olonkho “Nurgun Bootur the Swift” by P.A. Oyunsky)." Philological Sciences. Scientific Essays of Higher Education, no. 4 (July 2021): 18–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.20339/phs.4-21.018.

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The culture-specific vocabulary in the texts of epic works, which expresses the peculiarity of the culture of the people, creates certain difficulties in translation. In the proposed study, the analysis of the transmission of culture-specific vocabulary Olonkho “Nurgun Bootur the Swift” by P.A. Sleptsova in Russian and English. 825 examples were collected and grouped based on the classification of S. Vlakhov and S. Florin, the following groups were identified: proper names, realities, phraseological units, addresses, interjections, onomatopoeia. The analysis of the translation revealed that th
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Hubbard, Phil. "Commentary—Lost in Translation?" Urban Geography 25, no. 8 (2004): 784–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.25.8.784.

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