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» Analysis of Gregory Rabassa’s translation of Cien años de soledad, by Gabriel García Márquez
By Roser Bosch Casademont | Published 09/12/2011 | Translation Techniques | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
This article analyses 10 passages of Gregory Rabassa’s translation of Cien años de soledad, by Gabriel García Márquez. It analyses the various transformations occurring in the translation process of the selected passages (morphosyntactic, lexico-semantic and pragmatic or cultural) as well as identifying other translation decisions such as cultural transposition, connotative meaning, translation loss, compromises, and different types of compensation. In addition, it examines whether the English translation tries to “foreignize” and/or “domesticate” some expressions of the source text.
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» Tom, Dick and Harry.
By DLyons | Published 08/16/2011 | Translation Techniques | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecIRateSecI
How some showy attacks by an Internet team are held at bay by the resolute defence of an Oxford English Dictionary team - the complementarity of Internet and traditional scholarly resources.
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» Conversion of decimal and thousand separators: English to Portuguese and vice-versa
By C. Daniel Andrade (X) | Published 05/3/2011 | Portuguese , Localization and Globalization , Translation Techniques , Software and the Internet | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
By creating 6 simple macros in Microsoft Word according to easy instructions here presented, you can spare your time, physical energy, and mind if your document has too many numbers containing separators and if English is the source or target language.
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» The Role of Experiential Knowledge in Translation
By Oliver Simões | Published 04/30/2011 | Portuguese , Translation Techniques , Translator Education | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
Rooted in theories, some educational programs may be ignoring the role of experiential knowledge in translation. This article examines the topic by providing real-life examples of how a lack of experiential knowledge may impact our job and what to do about it.
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» Project Management in Translation
By Halyna Maksymiv | Published 03/17/2011 | Translation Techniques | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecIRateSecI
The matter I am going to discuss in this article is absolutely subjective, or empirical, and does not pretend to rely on any scientific generalization or analysis. These are just thoughts about project management in translation, expressed in a slightly chaotic manner.
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