05 November, 2009

Lecture Notes: The unit of translation

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The unit of translation Using systematic approaches to examine the unit of translation, the term “Translation Unit” must be identified. The...
31 October, 2009

TRANSLATION AS A PROCESS

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Translation as a process Translation as a product is a written text in a target language as the end result of a translation process for a so...
27 October, 2009

Lecture Notes: Novice Translator's Guide lines

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Based on: What Every Novice Translator Should Know by Antar S.Abdellah. T ranslation is a science, an art, and a skill. It is a science in ...
24 October, 2009

THE QUALITIES OF A GOOD TRANSLATOR

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For translators to best achieve their task, they ought to have some particular qualities: 1. Rich Vocabulary Background R ich vocabulary bac...
23 October, 2009

Lecture Notes: What is translation?

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What is translation? DEFINITIONS OF TRANSLATION Translation is a phenomenon that has a huge effect on everyday life. This can range from the...

Welcome to LANE 350 " Introduction to Translation”

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Course Objectives: 1. Highlighting the importance of translation with special reference to the transference of technology and modern advance...
21 May, 2009

Politeness and Interaction

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According to Yule (1996:59), “a linguistic interaction is necessarily a social interaction” . In order to make sense of what is said in an ...
16 April, 2009

Speech Acts and Events

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Speech Acts In linguistic communication, people do not merely exchange information. They actually do something through talking or writing in...
14 April, 2009

Cooperation and implicature

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In our daily life, speakers and listeners involved in conversation are generally cooperating with each other. In other words, when people ar...
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06 April, 2009

Presupposition and Entailment

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Presupposition is what the speaker assumes to be the case prior to making an utterance. Entailment, which is not a pragmatic concept, is wha...