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Sheung, Shing-yue, and 商承禹. "Translating your master's language." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1991. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31950048.
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Sheung, Shing-yue. "Translating your master's Language /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13028194.
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Watkins, Gareth Llewellyn. "Translation tools and technologies in the Welsh language context." Thesis, Swansea University, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.678612.
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This thesis investigates translation tools and technologies in the Welsh language context and provides translators working in the Welsh-English language pair with a method of evaluation of Translation Memory (TM).
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Saliwa, Ncebakazi Faith. "A qualitative analysis of government documents translated into Isixhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50575.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2006.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa declared all 11 South African languages official to bring back dignity to
all citizens of this country and to ensure that communication reaches all people in the
language of their choice. In an effort to meet this constitutional mandate, government
institutions are obliged to translate documents into all official national or provincial
languages.
Before 1998, only two languages were used in official documentation -and those were
English and Afrikaans. That meant that a lot of money was invested in and committed
into developing these two languages, especially Afrikaans, so that they could be
used readily in all official and general communication. African languages were not
developed as much then and this became a problem when they were declared official
as they were not ready to meet the challenges of official and technical use.
Government has not been able to identify this as a problem and has therefore lightly
and ignorantly regarded tasks such as translation as easy tasks that can be handled
by any speaker of the language concerned. This has resulted in very poor
translations.
This study begins with an introduction that entails the hyphothesis. According to the
hyphothesis, most government documents translated into isiXhosa do not
communicate with their target audiences because of their poor quality. This makes it
difficult for target readers to follow the message. The poor quality results from the
use of either untrained translators or people who claim that they can translate -as well
as the use of any language speaker to translate by the virtue of being able to speak
the language concerned. In other instances, the issue is not the quality but rather
transliteration because of the use of language professionals such as lecturers who
are conversant with the language and grammar, but who have no expertise, training
or experience in translation.
Chapter 2 explores the three main approaches of translation, namely the linguistic
approach, the text-linguistic approach and the functional approach. In this chapter,
the results of extensive research and development over the years in the translation
field are presented. In Chapter 3, two government documents are analysed by the
researcher and by a group of participants who were given relevant questionnaires
and others interviewed. In Chapter 4, the reasons for poor quality are identified and, in Chapters 5 and 6, solutions to problems and reasons for poor translation are
suggested. It is hoped that the research will stimulate a new subject for discussion
and a field of study concerning translation into African languages so that government
can seriously regard translation as a specialist field.<br>(ISIXHOSA) AMAGQABANTSHINTSHI: UMzantsi Afrika umisele zonke iilwimi ezilishumi elinanye zeli lizwe
njengezisemthethweni ukubuyisela isidima sabemi bell lizwe. Oku kwenzelwa
nokuqinisekisa ukuba wonke ubani ufumana ulwazi ngolwimi afuna ukulufumana
ngalo. Kwimizamo yokuphumeza le njongo yoMgago-siseko, amaziko karhulumente
kuye kwanyanzeleka ukuba aguqulele onke amaxwebhu kuzo zonke iilwimi
ezisemthethweni zelizwe okanye zephondo.
Phambi ko-1998, zimbini kuphela iilwimi ebezisemthethweni, ibisisiNgesi nesiBhulu.
Oku kwenza ukuba ezi lwimi zimbini ziphuhliswe, ingakumbi isiBhulu, ukulungiselela
ukuba zikwazi ukusetyenziswa kumaxwebhu asemthethweni nakunxibelelwano
ngokubanzi. lilwimi zesintu azizange ziphuhliswe kangako, nto leyo ekhokelele
ekubeni zijongane nemiceli-mngeni emva kokuba zamiselwa ngokusemthethweni.
Urhulumente akakuboni ukuba oku kuseyingxaki kangangokuba imisebenzi efana
noguqulo-lwimi uyithatha njengemisebenzi elula nenokwenziwa nguye nabani na
okwazi ukuthetha ulwimi olo. Oku kubangela ukuba sibe namaxwebhu aguqulwe
kakubi nangafundekiyo.
Le thisisi iqala ngokubeka ingxaki yokuba, amaxwebhu amaninzi karhulumente
aguqulelwe esiXhoseni akafundeki ngenxa yokuba uguqulo olo lukumgangatho
ophantsi. Oku kwenza ukuba abo bantetho isisiXhosa abafanele ukufunda la
maxwebhu, bangayilandeli into ebhalwe kuwo. Olu luguqulo lungafundekiyo
lwenziwa kukusetyenziswa kwabaguquli-lwimi abangawuqeqeshelwanga lo
msebenzi kwakunye nabo bathi bayakwazi ukuguqula ukuya kuma ekusetyenzisweni
kwaye nawuphi na umntu othetha olu lwimi. Ngamanye amaxesha, ingxaki kukuba
abo baguqulayo bavele balandele ulwimi olo basukuba beguqula kulo
nokusetyenziswa kweengcali zolwimi ezifana nabahlohli zibe zingenabungcali
naluqeqesho lokutolika okanye loguqulo-lwimi.
lsahluko sesibini sichaza ngokubanzi ngezifundo zoguqulo nophando osele lwenziwe
kwezi zifundo. Sichaphazela iindlela-ndlela zoguqulo eziphambili. Eyokuqala yileyo
yokuguqula uqinisekisa ukuba onke amagama akuxwebhu aguquliwe kunye nazo
zonke izigaba zentetho ezilapha. Eyesibini yileyo iqinisekisa ukuba ingxam
yoxwebhu iguquliwe ze eyesithathu ibe yekuguqulwa kulandelwa injongo efanele ukuphunyezwa luxwebhu olo nokuqinisekisa ukuba uyazanezisa iimfuno nolwazi
lwabantu abaza kulusebenzisa.
KwiSahluko sesi-3, umbhali nomphandi wolu xwebhu uye waphonononga waza
wehla amahlongwane amaxwebhu amabini karhulumente, wawanika nabanye
abantu ukuba bakhe bawajonge yaye banike izimvo zabo ngawo. KwiSahluko sesi-4,
Izizathu ezenza ukuba la maxwebhu angafundeki kamnandi zichaziwe ze kwiSahluko
sesi-5 nesesi-6 kwanikwa iingcebiso nezisombululo eziya kunceda ukuba kuguqulwe
ngendlela engcono. Umphandi lo unomnqweno nethemba lokuba olu phando luya
kubangela ukuba lo mba ukhe uqwalaselisiswe. Ukwathemba kananjalo ukuba
ngenxa yolu phando kuya kuthi kuntshule ezinye izifundo ezijonga le ngxaki, ukuze
urhulumente ayithathele ingqalelo into yokuba uguqulo-lwimi lufanele ukwenziwa
ngabo bantu bawuqeqeshelweyo okanye bawufundeleyo lo msebenzi.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrika het al elf Suid-Afrikaanse tale amptelik verklaar om waardigheid terug te
bring na al die landsburgers en om te verseker dat kommunikasie almal in die taal
van sy of haar keuse bereik. Ten einde uitvoering te gee aan hierdie grondwetlike
mandaat, is staatsinstellings verplig om dokumente in al die nasionale of provinsiale
tale te vertaal.
Voor 1998 was daar net twee amptelike tale, naamlik Afrikaans en Engels. Dit het
behels dat baie geld bestee en verbind is om hierdie twee tale en veral Afrikaans te
ontwikkel sodat hulle maklik in alle amptelike en algemene kommunikasie gebruik
kon word. Pogings is nie dienooreenkomstig aangewend om die Afrikatale te
ontwikkel nie. Dit het onmiddellik aanleiding tot probleme gegee toe die Afrikatale as
amptelik verklaar is aangesien hulle nie gereed was om die uitdagings van amptelike
en tegniese gebruik die hoof te bied nie. Die regering het dit nie as 'n probleem
beskou nie en het dus ligtelik en onkundig sulke take soos vertaling as maklike take
beskou wat deur enige spreker van die taal gedoen kon word. Dit het gelei tot baie
swak vertalings.
Die studie begin met 'n inleiding wat die hipotese stel, naamlik dat die meeste
staatsdokumente wat in isiXhosa vertaal word, nie met hul teikengroepe
kommunikeer nie omdat die swak gehalte daarvan dit moeilik maak vir die
teikengroep om die boodskap te verstaan. Die swak gehalte spruit uit die gebruik van
of onopgeleide vertalers, Of enigeen wat daarop aanspraak maak dat hy of sy kan
vertaal, of uit die situasie waar enige spreker van 'n taal versoek word om te vertaal
omdat hy of sy die taal kan praat. In ander gevalle is die probleem nie die gehalte
nie, maar eerder transliterasie en die gebruik van akademici wat vertroud is met die
taal en die grammatika, maar geen vertaalkundigheid, -opleiding of —ervaring het nie.
Hoofstuk 2 ondersoek die drie vernaamste benaderings tot vertaling, naamlik die
linguistiese benadering, die tekslinguistiese benadering en die funksionalistiese
benadering. Die resultate van omvattende navorsing en ontwikkeling ten opsigte van
hierdie benaderings wat oor die jare in die veld van vertaling gemaak is, word hier
aangebied. In hoofstuk 3 word twee staatsdokumente deur die navorser ontleed en ook deur 'n
groep deelnemers wat tersaaklike vraelyste moes invul en met wie onderhoude
gevoer is. Die oorsake van swak gehalte word bepaal en oplossings word in
hoofstuk 4 aanbeveel. In hoofstukke 5 en 6 word oplossings tot en redes vir
vertaalprobleme aangevoer.
Hierdie navorsing sal hopelik 'n nuwe onderwerp vir bespreking en 'n studieveld ten
opsigte van vertaling in Afrikatale bevorder sodat die regering ems kan maak
daarmee om vertaling as 'n spesialisveld te beskou.
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Chen, Sheng-jie. "Teaching and learning in a non-language-specific interpreter training course /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Saulse, Bernice. "Interpreting within the Western Cape health care sector : a descriptive overview." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4213.
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Thesis (MPhil (Afrikaans and Dutch))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Over the past decade many studies have shown that ad hoc interpreting services are still the
norm for the health care sector in the South African context. The health care sector of South
Africa, specifically in the Western Cape, is characterised by primarily Afrikaans- and
English-speaking doctors, or medical practitioners in general, who do not understand Xhosaspeaking
patients. In order to bridge this language gap, ad hoc interpreting services are
employed, which are rendered by family members of a patient, nurses, or at times, even by
porters or cleaners. As a result of the fact that these ad hoc interpreters lack training in
interpreting theory and practice, they tend to distort communication, which impact negatively
on the quality of the health care that the patient receives. This consequent lack of quality in
health care can therefore directly be related to the quality of the interpreted utterances or
product that the interpreter renders. Even though ad hoc interpreters are generally more used
in the health care sector, some hospitals employ professionally trained interpreters to relieve
the burden of a language barrier.
In 1996, due to the erratic nature of health care interpreting services and language barriers
between medical practitioners and patients, the National Language Project trained 22
community interpreters to be placed in hospitals within the boundaries of the Western Cape.
Three of these interpreters were placed at Tygerberg Hospital, three at Groote Schuur
Hospital, and three at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. By 2008 none remained
in Tygerberg Hospital, one was still employed by Groote Schuur Hospital, and two employed
by Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital.
In 2007, Groote Schuur Hospital identified a need to train and place interpreters within the
hospital, due to the language barrier between medical practitioners and patients, as well as to
optimise health care. These trainees were formerly employed by the hospital in positions
such as cleaners. Even though they were then professionally trained, they were still
remunerated as cleaners, for example. In addition to the two interpreters employed at Red
Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, another interpreter was employed on a full-time
basis. Some departments within the hospital make use of their own interpreters, who are not
employed by the hospital. Tygerberg Hospital has one officially employed interpreter who is
a nursing assistant by profession, and who has received no training in interpreting
whatsoever. The aim of this study was firstly to investigate interpreting practices within these three
tertiary hospitals, and secondly to investigate the quality of the interpreted product delivered
by the interpreters at these hospitals, whether on an ad hoc basis or as professionally trained
interpreters.
The outcomes of the quality of the interpreted product, measured against a quality table, were
compared with the attitudes of medical practitioners, interpreters and patients present in an
interpreting session. This was done to determine whether the actual quality of the interpreted
product took precedence over the attitudes of the role players, or vice versa.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Oor die afgelope dekade het ’n aantal studies aangedui dat ad hoc-tolkdienste steeds die norm
vir die gesondheidsektor binne die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks is. Die Suid-Afrikaanse
gesondheidsektor, veral in die Wes-Kaap, word hoofsaaklik gekenmerk deur Afrikaans- en
Engelssprekende dokters, of mediese praktisyns oor die algemeen, wat nie hul Xhosasprekende
pasiënte verstaan nie. Om hierdie taalgaping te oorbrug, word ad hoc-tolkdienste
gebruik wat gelewer word deur ’n pasiënt se familielede, verpleegsters en soms selfs portiers
of skoonmakers. Omdat hierdie ad hoc-tolke geen opleiding in tolkteorie en -praktyk ontvang
het nie, is hulle geneig om kommunikasie te verdraai. Dit lei daartoe dat die gesondheidsorg
wat die pasiënt kry, nie na wense is nie. Die gebrek aan kwaliteit van die gesondheidsorg wat
die pasiënt ontvang, hou dus direk verband met die kwaliteit van die tolkuitinge of -produk
wat die tolk lewer. Ten spyte daarvan dat ad hoc-tolke meer algemeen in die
gesondheidsektor gebruik word, het sommige hospitale tolke aangestel wat professioneel
opgelei is om die taalgaping te verminder.
As gevolg van die wisselvallige gehalte van tolking in die gesondheidsektor en taalgapings
tussen mediese praktisyns en pasiënte, het die National Language Project (NLP) in 1996 22
gemeenskapstolke opgelei wat in hospitale binne die Wes-Kaap geplaas sou word. Drie van
hierdie tolke is by die Tygerberg Hospitaal geplaas, drie by die Groote Schuur Hospitaal en
drie by die Rooikruis Kinderhospitaal. In 2008 was daar nie meer een van hierdie tolke by
die Tygerberg Hospitaal nie, een was steeds in diens by die Groote Schuur Hospitaal en twee
by die Rooikruis Kinderhospitaal.
In 2007 het die Groote Schuur Hospitaal ’n behoefte geïdentifiseer om tolke op te lei en binne
die hospitaal te plaas omdat daar ’n taalgaping was tussen mediese praktisyns en pasiënte,
asook om gesondheidsorg te optimaliseer. Hierdie persone wat opleiding ontvang het, was
voorheen in diens van die hospitaal as byvoorbeeld skoonmakers. Selfs nadat hulle
professionele tolkopleiding ontvang het, het hulle steeds besoldiging as skoonmakers
ontvang. Buiten die twee tolke wat by die Rooikruis Kinderhospitaal in diens is, is nog ’n
tolk voltyds aangestel. Sommige departemente binne die hospitaal gebruik hul eie tolke wat
nie deur die hospitaal aangestel is nie. Tygerberg Hospitaal het een amptelike tolk, wat
eintlik ’n verpleegassistent is, en wat hoegenaamd geen tolkopleiding ontvang het nie. Hierdie studie het dit ten doel om tolkpraktyk eerstens binne bogenoemde drie tersiêre
hospitale te ondersoek, en tweedens om die kwaliteit van die tolkproduk by hierdie hospitale
te ondersoek, hetsy die opleiding op ’n ad hoc- of professionele basis geskied het. Die
kwaliteit van die tolkproduk, gemeet teen ’n kwaliteitstabel, is vergelyk met die sienswyses
van die mediese praktisyns, tolke en pasiënte wat teenwoordig was in ’n tolksessie, om te
bepaal of die kwaliteit van die tolkproduk voorkeur geniet het bo die sienswyses van die
rolspelers, en omgekeerd.
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Bryant, Carmen J. "Unpacking the language of the faith translating theospeak /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Mpahlwa, Matthew Xola. "Language policy and practice in Eastern Cape courtrooms with reference to interpretation in selected cases." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018658.
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This study seeks to find what problems and process of interpreting are experienced by professional interpreters in the criminal justice system in South Africa. This study commences with an outlook of the origins and development of types of interpretation and then proceeds with critical review of scholarly literature dealing with interpretation in multilingual courtroom. This study explores the flawed language policy and its impracticality for the Eastern Cape courtrooms. This study undertakes a critical analysis of the current legislation (Bills & Acts).This study explores the extent to which the court automatic review proceedings act as a gatekeeper in ensuring against prejudice that can result in the non-use and use of indigenous languages in the trial courtroom within the Eastern Cape jurisdiction. Furthermore this study focuses on cases taken for review based on mis-understanding, mis-communication and wrongful interpretation that result in irregularities that appear on court records. This study also investigates the primary barriers for the use of African languages as languages of record in the courtroom. An eclectic sociolinguistic approach which encompasses the ethnography of speaking, and discourse analysis (observation in the courtroom) is used as a methodology in this study. Furthermore, the analysis of case-law forms part of the methodology alongside court observation.This study saw court actors from different spheres of the legal profession give their personal views and encounters with regards the art and the state of court interpreting in the province of the Eastern Cape.This state of affairs may have disastrous and far-reaching effects in that incorrect and/or imperfect translation may relate to the very facts that are crucial for the determination of the case. At the end recommendations are given on how to remedy the current state of affairs.
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Prada-González, Lucía I. Brand Dionne. "A translation from English to Spanish of selected chapters from Dionne Brand's 'What we all long for'." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/282/.
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Chung, Lung-shan Peter, and 鍾龍山. "Public administration translation in Hong Kong: a sociolinguistic perspective." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47849678.
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Translation studies in Hong Kong have been focusing mainly on the
literary aspect of the discipline. Although huge amounts of bilingual
texts are churned out every year from virtually every government and
quasi-government department and other institution, these products of
translation, as well as the work processes involved, do not receive due
attention of the academia for research purposes. Studies on translation of
this type and nature may have largely been ignored.
To promote academic studies in this field, this thesis attempts to establish
Public Administration Translation as a genre which bears distinctive
features and a production process of its own, although the linguistic
features of this genre do not form part of the present study and are left for
future exploration. To achieve this goal, a general history of Public
Administration Translation in Hong Kong with regard to various grades of
Public Administration Translation service providers has been compiled to
track the development of these grades, as well as the relations among them.
With a view to putting Hong Kong’s Public Administration Translation in a
sociolinguistic perspective, a sociolinguistic framework regarding societal
multilingualism types with reference to territorial monolingualism,
bilingualism and trilingualism, as well as diglossia and triglossia, is
proposed for discussing Hong Kong’s Public Administration Translation
and its service providers. After detailed analysis and discussion, it is
suggested that Hong Kong’s sociolinguistic situation has always been
evolving in response to its political and demographic development, and the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region seems to be moving towards a
society of biliteracy (i.e. Standard Written Chinese and written English)
and trilingualism (i.e. Cantonese, spoken English and Putonghua) while
Hong Kong’s Public Administration Translation keeps reacting accordingly
to the changes in the sociolinguistic situation of the community.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Chinese<br>Doctoral<br>Doctor of Philosophy
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Ntuli, Thomas Phaswana. "Quality interpreting service : the parliament of SA as a case study." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20002.
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Thesis (MPhil) -- Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>The purpose of this study was to investigate the interpreting services in the Parliament
of South Africa (POSA). The impetus to embark on such an investigation arose after
Members of Parliament claimed that the interpreting service in the Parliament of
South Africa (POSA) is poor. In seeking to determine why Members of Parliament
made such claims, I therefore investigated the interpreting service rendered by staff of
Parliament’s Interpreting Unit. Consequently, an investigation to whether the
simultaneous interpreters currently employed by Parliament of South Africa possess
the amalgam of skills attributes and qualifications necessary for them to render an
interpreting service of good quality. Questionnaires were distributed to Members of
Parliament and to interpreters, interviews were conducted with Control Language
Practitioners (CLPs), observation of recruitment panels for interpreters also followed,
and interpreters were recorded during the sitting of Parliament House in an attempt to
check whether interpreters do deliver an interpreting service that is up to standard.
The results of this study show that Members of Parliament have a valid claim as 65%
of the sample of interpreters had joined Parliament without interpreting skills and had,
to date, never been sent for interpreting training and most interpreters are demoralised
by the working conditions of the Language Services Section at the Parliament of
South Africa.
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Machali, Rochayah. "The occurrence of shifts and the question of equivalence in translation." Australia : Macquarie University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/44598.
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"March 1990".<br>Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, School of English & Linguistics, 1991.<br>Bibliography: leaves 219-221.<br>PART ONE: Research preliminaries -- The occurrence of shifts and the question of equivalence in translation -- Research methodology -- Theoretical orientation to the analysis of translation and texts -- The profile of major discourse types in Bahasa Indonesia -- PAERT TWO: Chapters of analysis -- The translation of procedural discourses -- The translation of hortatory discourses -- The translation of expository discourses -- The translation of narrative discourses -- PART THREE: Chapters of discussion -- Synthesis of translation shifts -- Translation types and translation equivalence at the textual level -- PART FOUR: Concluding chapter -- Conclusion and implications.<br>The study focuses on translation shifts, on their occurrence and their consequences, and especially how they relate to the question of equivalence in translation. For this purpose, eight Indonesian source language texts (SLTs) and eighty English translations (TLTs) were analysed, in terms of their, notional and prominent text features, rhetorical purpose, cohesion, topic-comment structures, and topical progression. The results of the analysis show how translators' behaviour and reactions to the SLTs vary, as indicated by divergencies in their translations. The variations indicate the kinds of shift fostered in the translation: obligatory and/or optional. -- Another fruit of the study is the identification of a number of shiftsensitive items in Indonesian grammar, such as /DI-/, /NG-/, /-LAH/. The textual effects of the shifts vary from the localized shift of interpersonal tenor to global shifts affecting text type and sub-type, and even to shifts of referential meaning. Although the shifts of text type and of sub-type show a tendency towards directness and neutrality, the shifts raise the question of whether or not the resulting TLTs can be considered as justified translations and as translation equivalences. The answer is the need to postulate a more flexible and wider view of equivalence, whilst setting up limits to acceptance of shifts which cause mistranslations, i.e shifts of referential meaning. This view provides a basis for distinguishing translation from adaptation and from mistranslation, a distinction which has hitherto been taken for granted in translation and in the training of translators. -- Appendices containing the TL texts (the SL texts are presented in each chapter of analysis) are presented at the back of the thesis. There is also a glossary of terms used in the study.<br>Mode of access: World Wide Web.<br>viii, 250 leaves
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Hodzik, Ena. "Predictive processes during simultaneous interpreting from German into English." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608100.
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Kim, Hyang-Ok Kennedy Larry DeWitt. "A descriptive analysis of errors and error patterns in consecutive interpretation from Korean into English." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1994. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9521335.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1994.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed April 11, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Larry Kennedy (chair), Kenneth Jerich, Marilyn Moore, Irene Brosnahan. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-96) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Tawbi, Hassan, of Western Sydney Macarthur University, and Faculty of Education. "Translation quality assessment." THESIS_FE_XXX_Tawbi_H.xml, 1994. http://heston.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/57.
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As yet, few explicit, practical and easy to implement marking scales for evaluating the quality of translations have been proposed. The purpose of this study is to introduce a new marking guide for making quantitative assessments of the quality of non-literary translations, and to test its practicality through a case study using the Arabic language. On the basis of the results, some generalizations about translation and translation quality assessment are made. Early treatments which dealt with the evaluation of translations are discussed, showing their merits and defects. The new marking guide is then described, including classification of errors and examples of each type of error. Guidelines are presented for the holistic subjective assessment, the guidelines are evaluated and the outcome discussed<br>Master of Arts (Hons)
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Mudge, James S. "Translation of some Hebrew idioms in the book of Amos into the Roviana language." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Alawadhi, Hamid Ali Motea. "La difficulté en traduction approche théorique et pratique dans le domaine de la traduction français-arabe : thèse pour obtenir le grade de docteur de l'Université de Paris III, discipline, traductologie, présentée et soutenue publiquement /." Villeneuve d'Ascq : Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2001. http://books.google.com/books?id=iiZcAAAAMAAJ.
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Cheong, Sin Wan. "From language of a HCC to a LCC : a study of Chinese-Eenglish translation of MAM articles." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2525835.
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Grove, Karen. "Interpreting services in the Western Cape legislature : an explorative analysis." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20137.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>The purpose of this study was to attempt to ascertain the standard of interpreting services
in the Western Cape Legislature. The study gives a brief overview of the legislation
regarding language, and is furthermore underpinned by a literature review. The everelusive
concept of quality in interpreting is also considered.
The empirical component of the study encompassed interviews and open-ended
discussions with language practitioners, interpreters and users, which in this case are the
members of parliament. In addition, interpreters gave feedback on their training, working
conditions and own experiences by means of a filling out a questionnaire. In terms of
assessing the standard of service delivered, the users were asked to rate the service on
eleven different levels, as derived from the literature and previous studies done by
international scholars, again by filling out a questionnaire. The purpose hereof was to
marry the literature with the outcomes of the data collected.
The study concludes that there is much scope for improvement of the service that is
currently rendered at the Western Cape Parliament. The reasons for this are in part due to
a lack of understanding and awareness of what interpreting entails, as well as a lack of
understanding of the value of a sound interpreting service. In addition, it appears that
interpreters may benefit from training to ensure better delivery of service.
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Pienaar, Solé. "A critical evaluation of WOORDEBOEK/WÖRTERBUCH with regard to source- and target-language forms /." Link to the online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1160.
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Mandelblit, Nili. "Grammatical blending : creative and schematic aspects in sentence processing and translation /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9808987.
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Mpolweni, Nosisi Lynette. "The reader-centredness of translated financial texts into isiXhosa." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1123.
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Sin, Kim Fun. "Language and culture in community translation an exploratory validation study of health information pamphlets : thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Arts (Applied Language Studies), 2004 /." Full thesis. Abstract, 2004.
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Thesis (MA--Applied Language Studies) -- Auckland University of Technology, 2004.<br>Appendix 7 not included in e-thesis. Also held in print (245 leaves, 30 cm.) in Wellesley Theses Collection. (T 418.0202461 SIN)
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Yeung, Ka-wai, and 楊家慧. "Pragmatics and translation: with reference toEnglish-Chinese and Chinese-English examples." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38280097.
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Kuan, Nga Iam Joanna. "Investigating the practicability of using CAT system and TM :a case study of C-E translation of informative text by SDL Trados 2015." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3954469.
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Law, Mei In. "Assessing online translation systems using the BLEU score : Google Language Tools & SYSTRANBox." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2525828.
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Wei, Tsz-shan. "Law and language : problems of meaning and interpretation in the Hong Kong courts /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22189336.
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Yeung, Ka-wai. "Pragmatics and translation with reference to English-Chinese and Chinese-English examples /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38280097.
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Beck, John A. "Ancient translation technique analysis with application to the Greek and Targum Jonah." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.
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Bayar, Monia. "Intentionality in translation : with a special reference to Arabic/English translation." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/17540.
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This work springs from the subjective need for limiting the translation bias. It has been noticed that a considerable amount of translation is allowed to be published and read mainly due to the importance of its readability in the target language and often overlooking the goal(s) of the source text. This seems to derive from two common presumptions: (1) That a text goal is the result of an irretrievable and indescribable intentionality and (2) That target text readability and the preservation of the source text goal are two incompatible goals of translation. And this is in turn the result of the long lived dichotomy of translation studies into literal and free or text-based and reader oriented approaches. This work attempts to show that both (I) and (2) are misconceptions. Given a reasonable characterisation, intentionality is retrievable from the text itself and revealing of the text goal, the preservation of which does not exclude the readability of the TT and vice versa. Based on pragmatic insights drawn mainly from the Gricean Maxims and Cooperative Principle, Speech Act theory and the Text Linguistic model, this work proceeds to argue the case by analysing three Arabic texts and their twenty-two translations (each text is translated seven to eight times by different translators). These are of three most common types of prose: the expository, the argumentative and the instructive types. The analysis revolves around the identification of the text goal in the SL and its preservation in the TL. During this process a number of models and theories that constitute a controversial view of intentionality are outlined and discussed with a view to breaking the polarity they form and finding a medium path that is apt for charting more plausibly the context, the text and the process of translation. It is hoped that the implications of such work will help improve the quality of translation, provide a more explicit and plausible contribution to the account for the process and to further the effort towards standardising the theory.
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Mabeqa, Thokozile Valencia. "The reader-centredness of translated HIV/AIDS texts into isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50514.
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Thesis (M.Phil.)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV/AIDS is a disease that affects millions of people in South Africa. Various strategies
have been implemented to try and curb this epidemic. One of the strategies 'used is the
dissemination of information pertaining to the prevention of contracting HIV/AIDS. One
of the measures of disseminating such information is through pamphlets and brochures in
all eleven official languages of South Africa.
This research endeavours to establish whether translated HIV/AIDS brochures are
communicative towards its target readers or not. The aim of producing these brochures is
to educate people about ways to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. On investigating
translated Xhosa HIV/AIDS brochures, the researcher established that some brochures
are poorly translated and fail to accomplish their purpose. Various factors contribute to
the non-communicativeness of these brochures towards their intended target readers. The
microstructure as well as the macrostructure of the texts tend to be problematic as far as
understanding and reader-friendliness are concerned. In the end the people for whom
these texts are intended do not understand the information they so desperately need.
The skopos theory has been recommended by functionalist scholars as an appropriate
translation approach, as it considers the culture of the target readers as well as the
intention of the text. It is also concerned with whether target readers actually understand
the target text. Therefore the skopos theory is promoted in this thesis for the translation of
informative and instructive medical brochures and pamphlets, especially those translated
into Xhosa.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: MIV/VIGS is 'n toestand wat miljoene mense in Suid-Afrika affekteer. Verskeie
strategieë is reeds geïmplementeer om hierdie epidemie te probeer beheer. Een hiervan is
die verspreiding van inligting met betrekking tot die voorkoming van MIVNIGS.
Inligting oor die voorkoms en beheer van MIV/VIGs word, onder andere, versprei deur
middel van pamflette en brosjures in al elf amptelike tale van Suid-Afrika.
Hierdie navorsing probeer vasstelof vertaalde MIVNIGS brosjures effektief met hul
teikenlesers kommunikeer. Die doel van hierdie brosjures is om mense op te voed oor
maniere om die verspreiding van MIVNIGS te bekamp. Deur 'n studie te maak van
vertaalde Xhosa MIVNIGS brosjures, het die navorser die slotsom bereik dat sommige
brosjures baie swak vertaal word en daarom nie hul doel bereik nie. Verskeie faktore dra
by tot die gebrekkige kommunikasie tussen vertalers van hierdie brosjures en hul
teikenlesers. Die mikro- sowel as die makrostruktuur van die tekste skep probleme met
betrekking tot begrip en lesersvriendelikheid. Uiteindelik kry die persone wat die
inligting desperaat benodig, nie toegang daartoe nie.
Die skoposteorie word as die aangewese benadering aanbeveel deur kenners van die
funksionalistiese vertaalteorie, aangesien dit die kultuur van die teikenlesers sowel as die
doel van die teks in ag neem. Hierdie benadering het ook ten doel dat die teikenlesers
werklik die teks sal begryp. Die skoposteorie word dus in hierdie tesis voorgehou as die
geskikte benadering vir die vertaling van informatiewe en instruktiewe mediese brosjures
en pamflette, veral in Xhosa.
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Botha, Johan. "Vertaalde studiemateriaal aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch : 'n kritiese analise /." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1607.
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Claassen, Vasti. "Die vertaling van dialekte : knelpunte en veelvoud van die volkseie." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/819.
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Guan, Qiu Yao Amber. "Repositioning of political stance in news trans-editing :a case study of E-C news reports on the THADD issue." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3954323.
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Mabunda, Idah. "The impact of zero equivalence on translation with special reference to English and Xitsonga." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1096.
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Thesis ( M.A. (African Languages)) --University of Limpopo, 2013.<br>This study examines the impact of Zero equivalence when translating Xitsonga to
English and vice versa. Translation is essential in everyday communication, therefore
it is important to choose the accurate equivalent variant during the process if not so
misunderstanding occurs especially where the target language has nil elements for a
particular concept.
In this study semi-structured interview was conducted and it is discovered that in
place of zero equivalent variants different strategies were provided by different
respondents to overcome the deficiency which target languages experience. Looking
for sameness of meaning during communications exposes insufficiency of words,
phrases and concepts in translating languages with different culture.
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U, Man Ieng. "A comparative study on translations of daily and banquet menus." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2525842.
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Poon, Wai-yee Emily. "The effectiveness of plain language in the translation of statutes and judgments /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36762593.
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Venter, Rudi. "'n Vertalerswoordeboekmodel vir die Suid-Afrikaanse wynbedryf." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1284.
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Piletić, Milana. "Vremenska distanca u prevođenju književnog teksta na primerima iz italijanskih renesansnih tekstova i njihovih savremenih prevoda /." Beograd : Filološki fakultet Beogradskog univerziteta, 1997. http://books.google.com/books?id=6TplAAAAMAAJ.
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Hendriks, Elisabet. "Die vertaling van metafore in ’n brontaalgeoriënteerde Bybel in Afrikaans." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1890.
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Thesis (MPhil (Afrikaans and Dutch))—University of Stellenbosch, 2006.<br>In this study the problems surrounding the source language orientated translation of metaphors in general, and more specifically the source language orientated translation of Biblical metaphors, is investigated.
A new Afrikaans translation of the Bible will soon be undertaken. This translation is meant to be source language orientated. The translators responsible for the translation are in need of guidelines to ensure the effective source language orientated translation of metaphors.
In the literature study a general overview of the phenomenon called ‘metaphor’ is given, in order to equip translators with the required theoretical knowledge to successfully identify, analyse and describe metaphors. It is followed by an overview of metaphor translation in general. The theoretical approach to metaphor translation of Dagut, Stienstra and Schäffner relies heavily on the difference between conceptual and linguistic metaphors. This approach is identified as useful for source language orientated metaphor translation.
The background and translation principles of the Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling (OAV) and the Nuwe Afrikaanse Vertaling (NAV) are investigated after the literature study. The distinctive approaches of these two Bible translations are criticised by virtue of the knowledge gained from the literature study in the previous chapters. Furthermore, a working hypothesis regarding the source language orientated translation of metaphors is formulated. This hypothesis is tested during the empirical study by means of nine metaphors from the Psalms. The nine metaphors are translated using a model which analyses the metaphors and translates them in a source language orientated way.
On the basis of the literature and empirical study, a series of conclusions are made. These are applicable to metaphor translation in general, as well as specifically source language orientated metaphor translation. Suggestions that apply specifically to the new Afrikaans translation of the Bible are also made.
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Bam, Robert Graham. "A corpus-driven quantitative analysis of translated and original texts in 'Die Burger'." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50242.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the emergence of the global village concept over the last two decades, the
role of the act of translation has increased in importance. As people became
aware of the value and significance of texts in foreign languages, it ignited an
interest in the act of translation. Translations were no longer regarded as
inferior, but rather worthy of study.
Prior to the emergence of interest in translation, the translation process had
received little attention, but now slowly became the focus point as researchers
sought to unravel its idiosyncrasies. No longer were researchers merely
prepared to accept the fruits of the process, but they questioned how the
process came about, why it happened and which circumstances, both internal
and external, influenced it.
This research set out to investigate the similarities and differences between
sports texts originally written in Afrikaans and translated sports texts that were
translated from English into Afrikaans. Prior research on this topic had pointed
to a marked lexical difference between original and translated texts. It was
further postulated that the differences and similarities were caused by the
translation process itself and were inherent to it. The current research
attempted to determine these similarities and differences by means of an
electronic lexical analysis of the original and translated corpora using
Wordsmith Tools.
The results confirmed the findings done in prior research, namely that there
were lexical differences between original and translated texts. This study
indicated that the differences were not significant for the study at hand. It
further indicated that the reason for the lack of a significant difference was due
to the common nature of the subject matter and a large degree of shared
information. It was further suggested that the statistics could have been different if the commonality of topic had not been present. Further research
would need to be undertaken by expanding the size and scope of the corpora
so as to be able to reach conclusions based on a greater variety of texts. At the
same time this research suggested that a qualitative analysis of the texts should
be done to support the quantitative findings of the research.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: As gevolg van die snelle ontwikkeling in kommunikasie oor die laaste twee
dekades, het die rol van vertaling van groter belang geword. Soos mense die
waarde en belangrikheid van tekste in vreemde tale agtergekom het, het daar
nuwe belangstelling in die proses van vertaling ontstaan. Vertaalde tekste is
nie meer as minderwaardig geag nie, maar het nou die teiken van navorsing
geword.
Voor die nuwe belangstelling in vertaling posgevat het, het die proses van
vertaling min aandag gekry, maar dit het stadig maar seker die fokuspunt van
navorsers geword wat die eienaardighede van die proses wou ontrafel.
Navorsers was nie meer tevrede met net die produk nie, maar het die proses
ook ondersoek en wou weet waarom die proses op 'n sekere wyse plaasgevind
het en watter omstandighede, intern sowel as ekstern, 'n invloed daarop
uitgeoefen het.
Hierdie navorsing het ten doelom die ooreenkomste en verskille tussen
sporttekste wat oorspronklik in Afrikaans geskryf is en tekste wat uit Engels
vertaal is, te ondersoek. Vorige navorsing op dié gebied het daarop gedui dat
daar waarneembare verskille tussen vertaalde en oorspronklike tekste is en dat
die verskille aan die proses self toegeskryf kan word en dat dit inherent deel is
daarvan. Huidige navorsing het ten doelom die moontlike ooreenkomste en
verskille vas te stel met behulp van 'n elektroniese leksikale ontleding van die
oorspronklike en vertaalde korpora met behulp van Wordsmith Tools.
Die bevindings van hierdie navorsing het die vorige navorsingsresultate
bevestig, naamlik dat vertaalde en oorspronklike tekste op leksikale vlak verskil.
Die huidige navorsing het egter aangetoon dat die verskille nie beduidend is hierdie studie ontleed is. Dit het verder aangedui dat die rede hiervoor
toegeskryf kan word aan die gemeenskaplikheid van die materiaal en die groot
hoeveelheid gedeelde inligting. Die navorsing het ook aangedui dat die
statistiek moontlik sou verskil het indien die gemeenskaplikheid nie teenwoordig
was nie. Verdere navorsing moet onderneem word deur die grootte en omvang
van die korpora uit te brei sodat afleidings gemaak kan word met behulp van 'n
groter verskeidenheid tekste. Terselfdertyd het die navorser aanbeveel dat
kwalitatiewe navorsing van die tekste uitgevoer word om die bevindinge van die
kwantitatiewe navorsing te ondersteun.
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Hawkins, Brian Edwin. "Ranking Search Results for Translated Content." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2401.pdf.
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Pan, Han Ting. "A comparative study of conjunctive cohesion in bilingual legal documents : a corpus-based study of three Hong Kong listed prospectuses and the Hong Kong companies ordinance." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2525531.
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Silke, Elsa. "Translating Karel Schoeman's Hierdie lewe : strategies, decisions and process." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50205.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2004.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to produce an English translation of the first part of
Karel Schoeman's novel Hierdie lewe, translated as This Life. The thought
processes of the translator are illustrated by means of descriptive annotations.
The choice of source text is motivated and the specifications of the
target text are formulated. The problem is stated that relatively few of
Schoeman's fictional works have been translated into English or other
languages and it is suggested that this might be because Schoeman's work is
difficult to translate, or even untranslatable. A possible reason for this may be
Schoeman's distinctive style: rhythmic, lyrical and rich in imagery. The source
culture may also be too specific and the cultural gap too wide.
A hypothesis is formulated that translation is possible if the
translational problems are identified. Certain strategies are devised and
solutions suggested. A hermeneutic interpretation of the source text and an
overall strategy of resistancy are advocated, resulting in a target text with a
marked source-text inscription. However, a measure of domestication is
unavoidable in the light of the final goal to create an equivalent text which is
still readable and will not alienate its addressees.
A discussion of relevant concepts from translation studies theory
substantiates and motivates the choice of translation strategies and solutions.
A thorough reading analysis of the source text supplies the context for an
interpretation. Descriptive annotations focus on the translator's methodology.
Conclusions are drawn about the effectiveness of the chosen strategies and
suggestions are made for further study.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie is die produksie van 'n vertaling in Engels van die
eerste deel van Karel Schoeman se roman Hierdie lewe, vertaal as This Life.
Daarby word deur middel van beskrywende annotasies verslag gedoen oor
die denkprosesse van die vertaler tydens die vertaalproses.
Die keuse van bronteks word gemotiveer en die vereistes vir die
doelteks word geformuleer. Die probleem word gestel dat relatief min van
Schoeman se fiksie reeds in Engels en ander tale vertaal is, moontlik as
gevolg van 'n persepsie dat Schoeman se werk moeilik vertaalbaar, of selfs
onvertaalbaar is. Een rede hiervoor is 'n besondere beeldryke, liriese, ritmiese
skryfwyse, kenmerkend van Schoeman. Dat die bronkultuur te spesifiek en
die kulturele gaping te groot is, kan ook 'n rol speel.
'n Hipotese word gestel dat vertaling wel moontlik is mits die
vertaalprobleme geïdentifiseer word en strategieë om die probleme op te los,
bedink word. 'n Hermeneutiese interpretasie van die bronteks word aanbeveel
en 'n oorhoofse weerstandstrategie word voorgestel, met die bronteksinskripsie
duidelik in die doelteks waarneembaar. Sekere toegewings aan die
brontekskultuur (domestication) is egter onvermydelik in die lig van die
einddoelom 'n ekwivalente teks te skep wat tog ook leesbaar is en nie die
teikenlesers sal vervreem nie.
'n Bespreking van relevante konsepte uit die vertaalteorie ondersteun
en motiveer die keuse van vertaalstrategieë en -oplossings. 'n Deeglike
analise van die bronteks verskaf die konteks vir 'n interpretasie. Beskrywende
annotasies bevat inligting oor die werkwyse van die vertaler en afleidings
word gemaak oor die doeltreffendheid van die gekose strategieë. Die
moontlikheid van verdere studie word aangedui.
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Brink, Theodora Petronella. "Vertaalteoretiese benaderings by Kinderbybelvertaling." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4229.
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Thesis (MPhil (Afrikaans and Dutch))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis the importance of knowledge about translation theories during the
preparatory phase of a translation project is examined. Theorists agree that translated
children’s literature in general and children’s Bibles in particular are transmitters of
cultural and ideological norms, and that source texts are therefore to a greater or lesser
degree manipulated when they are translated. This thesis is an attempt to ascertain in
which ways insight into various translation theories regarding translation as
manipulation as well as theories about Bible translation empowers a translator to
deliver a functional target text in which she can motivate and defend her translation
choices and strategies.
For this reason manipulation theories, Venuti’s insights about domestication and
foreignisation and the theories of Nida, Nord and Gutt about Bible translation are
described. A particular translation project is then analysed by comparing the source
text, the Read and Learn Bible by Eva Moore, with the target text, the Lees-en-Leer
Bybel, to discover in which ways insight into the various translation theories can lead to
a functional translation.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis word die belangrikheid van kennis omtrent vertaalteorieë tydens die
voorbereidingsfase van ’n vertaalprojek ondersoek. Teoretici is dit eens dat vertaalde
kinderliteratuur in die algemeen en Kinderbybels in die besonder draers is van kulturele
en ideologiese norme, en dat brontekste daarom in mindere of meerdere mate herskryf
word wanneer hulle vertaal word. Hierdie tesis is ’n poging om vas te stel in watter
mate kennis van verskeie teorieë wat insigte lewer oor vertaling as herskrywing en ook
vertaalteorieë wat meer spesifiek op Bybelvertaling fokus, ’n vertaler in die
voorbereidingsfase in staat kan stel om uiteindelik ’n deurdagte produk te lewer waarin
sy haar vertaalkeuses en -strategieë kan motiveer en verantwoord.
Om dit te kan doen word eerstens die teorieë van die Manipulasieskool, Venuti se
insigte oor domestikering en vervreemding en die teorieë van Nida, Nord en Gutt oor
Bybelvertaling beskryf. Daarna word ’n gevallestudie van ’n vertaalprojek gedoen deur
die bronteks, die Read and Learn Bible deur Eva Moore, en die doelteks, die Lees-en-
Leer Bybel, te analiseer en vas te stel in watter mate kennis van die verskillende
vertaalteorieë kan lei tot ’n funksionele vertaling.
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Jiang, Ming Elle. "A report on the C-E simultaneous interpreting at the town hall meeting with parents at the University of Macau." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3954272.
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Kuok, Sio Man. "Estudo da traducao de notas de imprensa do Comissariado contra a Corrupcao : analise do processo das formas passivas." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2552506.
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Krasnick, Harry. "English as a second language problem in the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27666.
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A research project was designed to identify and analyze the issues which are involved in guaranteeing the equal protection of the law in Canada with respect to the right to be informed of the right to counsel upon detention or arrest and the right to the assistance of an interpreter in legal proceedings in the case of non-native speakers of English.
A comparative, multidisciplinary study design allowed the differences among social science views, practitioners' commonsensical knowledge, and legal viewpoints as expressed in reported judgements to be identified. Each of the three sources of viewpoints on cross-cultural interrogation and courtroom interaction was examined with a view to determining the range of phenomena recognized. The study did not attempt to evaluate the social science studies on their own terms, measure the distribution of commonsense knowledge among practitioners, or determine the state of the law on any particular point. The goal was rather to compare the breadth of the legal system's vision with that of social scientists and practitioners, in order to determine whether there will be a need to supplement the court's view.
The results suggested that court interpreters vary greatly in their overall competence, including language ability, and in their understanding of what their role is. Training and certification of court interpreters appears to be the only solution which will satisfy the constitutional guarantee of equal protection. Informing the suspect of his right to counsel presents substantial linguistic and cultural problems, only some of which are addressed by the courts. In legal proceedings, the right to the assistance
of an interpreter raises fundamental questions concerning the point at
which the right to an interpreter arises and how entitlement is to be
determined.
Practical solutions implied by the research include establishing a bilingual courtroom observer program to safeguard against inadequte interpretation going unnoticed; cautioning the suspect as to his right to counsel in his native language rather than in English, perhaps through audio tape recordings; and establishing a combination translation and legal advice center which could be contacted by calling a toll-free telephone number such as 800-ESL-HELP.<br>Education, Faculty of<br>Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Department of<br>Graduate
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Xin, Guangqin. "The ethics of reciprocity in translation: the development of a cross-cultural approach /Xin Guangqin." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2017. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/367.
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Taking into account the general approaches to ethics in the West, i.e. virtue ethics, deontological ethics and consequentialist ethics, aimed respectively at the agent, the act and the consequence, the study draws on Ricoeurian and Confucian concepts of reciprocity as the theoretical foundation for the development of the model. Ricoeurian reciprocity is employed for its theoretical strength in stressing reciprocity between equal parties while Confucian reciprocity is strong for its position on reciprocity between unequal parties, since translation tends to involve both equal parties and unequal participants. Confucian reciprocity is given more prominence because it does not preclude the possibility of a junzi-type role (junzi=jun zi/gentleman[-like]) on the part of the agents to work for larger missions or higher values even between unequal inter-actants for a higher reciprocity. As a highly complex area, translation ethics involves issues of texts, languages and cultures as well as individuals, collectivities and larger communities like nations. Good and evil can be done to them by translation and translators. Though efforts to undertake translation ethics have been intensive, a critical examination of the existent models and views finds that they are not comprehensive or effective enough to address the complex issues involved. The dissertation attempts to overcome this insufficiency by striving to formulate a more comprehensive model, a model with greater explanatory power, named the 'Ethics of Reciprocity in Translation' model. Reciprocity presupposes pairs of entities and parties while any translation project involves such pairs. In a translation project, there is the translator the agent, translating the process and translation the product, and the model of 'Ethics of Reciprocity in Translation' sees the undertakings of translation from the perspective of harm and benefits incurred in and by translation to the pairs of entities and parties involved in or affected by a translation project, covering all these three dimensions. Taking into account the general approaches to ethics in the West, i.e. virtue ethics, deontological ethics and consequentialist ethics, aimed respectively at the agent, the act and the consequence, the study draws on Ricoeurian and Confucian concepts of reciprocity as the theoretical foundation for the development of the model. Ricoeurian reciprocity is employed for its theoretical strength in stressing reciprocity between equal parties while Confucian reciprocity is strong for its position on reciprocity between unequal parties, since translation tends to involve both equal parties and unequal participants. Confucian reciprocity is given more prominence because it does not preclude the possibility of a junzi-type role (junzi=君子/gentleman[-like]) on the part of the agents to work for larger missions or higher values even between unequal inter-actants for a higher reciprocity. The study argues that the ethics of reciprocity in translation centres on a translation project, whereby active parties such as individual persons, collectivities and nations, and passive entities including texts, languages and cultures ought not to be harmed but rather mutually benefited. They constitute the content of the ethical reciprocity. To achieve such reciprocity, translators and other agents are faced with three general alternatives: not-translating, 'equivalent' translation and manipulated translation, depending on the text type and quality as well as the value the translation project aims to establish. The model thus developed is therefore dynamic, integrated and multi-layered, combining virtue ethics and principle ethics to cover a wider scope of whether to, what to and how to translate. This model of 'ethics of reciprocity in translation' is tested to three sets of cases for its validity and possibilities: cases of ethical reciprocity in translation, cases of ethical non-reciprocity in translation and cases where the model is not relevant. In each set, three examples of literary, semi-literary and non-literary texts are analysed respectively. Though not intended to apply in all translation projects, the model would hopefully make a valid and comprehensive one on the ethics of translation in general contexts.
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Lascar, Elisabeth Ramirez, of Western Sydney Macarthur University, Faculty of Education, and Division of Languages and Linguistics. "Shifts of cohesion as manifested in translation." THESIS_FE_DLL_Lascar_E.xml, 1997. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/377.
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One of the aims of this study is to identify shifts of cohesion in translation from Spanish into English, with a view to validating Blum-Kulka's proposal that explication is a universal strategy in translation. The study uses the translation work of ten advanced translation students using narrative texts of approximately 250 words in length. Some of these students are native speakers of Spanish and others native speakers of English. Another aim of the study is to examine how cohesive devices are deployed across an ability range of students and to establish whether there are systematic differences in their deployment. The study will also attempt to establish whether the levels of language competence of informants account for specific shifts of cohesion in translation and whether certain shifts of cohesion are motivated by the style of the source and target texts.<br>Master of Arts (Hons)