scholarly journals THE PROBLEM OF TRANSLATION OF GERMAN SPECIAL VOCABULARY OF SHIPBUILDING AND SEAFARING

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (86) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Kaplinska ◽  
◽  
Iryna Baklan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Communication ◽  
Target Language ◽  
German Language ◽  
Lexical Borrowing ◽  
Subject Knowledge ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Correct Translation

The article is devoted to the terminological aspects of translation, which cause difficulties in reproducing the German professional vocabulary of the shipbuilding and seafaring in the Ukrainian language. The authors consider a special vocabulary, which includes professional vocabulary, jargon and nomenclature. And since these days international communication plays a crucial role in the formation of the country on the world stage, the focus is precisely on terminology, the correct translation of which will allow experts in any industry to understand each other. The case study revealed that the Ukrainian terminology of shipbuilding and seafaring is non-uniform and non-standard, which significantly complicates the translation. The main obstacle to adequate translation is the phenomenon of synonymy. Maritime terminology has a rich tradition in the German language, which is associated with the presence of realities that should be reproduced by means of the Ukrainian language. In this case, the approach of lexical borrowing is useful, which provides target text economy; although in some cases, it can complicate the perception of exotic vocabulary in the target language. In order to avoid these difficulties, it is appropriate to use descriptive translation or analogue choice in particular cases. Many terms of shipbuilding and seafaring are part of the phraseological units, which creates additional difficulties in translating the latter. The main research presents the ways of rendering of German terms in the field of shipbuilding and seafaring in the Ukrainian language within the lexical and semantic approaches of translation, represented by the techniques of transcription, loan translation and descriptive translation. Loan translation and transcription (in particular, practical transcription) were identified as the main translation techniques. As the result of researched vocabulary analysis, it was revealed that the main difficulties during translation are caused by etymology of lexems and collocations. For adequate translation of special vocabulary of shipbuilding and seafaring, it is necessary to use the relevant subject knowledge and thoroughly explore the semantics of paticular terminological units.

INVITATION AS A TYPE OF BUSINESS DOCUMENTATION: TRANSLATION ASPECT

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (31) ◽  
pp. 328-341
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Ruda
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Regular Language ◽  
International Communication ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Parts Of Speech ◽  
Language Form ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Informative Content

The relevance of the chosen topic can be explained by the rapid expansion of the international relations of Ukraine with other states, the trends towards the country’s integration into educational and scientific European and world spaces. This fact leads to an increase in the volume of business documents in this area and determines the search for the optimal rendering all substantive and formal parameters of the Ukrainian business documents into English, the language of international communication. The aim of the study is to identify the specifics of the translation of the modern Ukrainian business documents into English. The results of the study prove grammatical translation transformations to be the most frequent ones, which make up 90 % of all stated translation techniques. Replacements of the parts of speech are quite common within the framework of the material under study, which make up 35 %. Replacement of the parts of speech in most cases causes another type of replacement, namely, replacement of the parts of the sentence, which makes 30 % of the cases (syntactic restructuring). The second place is occupied by transposition (10 %). The least frequent transformations in the translation of the texts of the Ukrainian invitations into English are syntactic assimilation (literal translation), sentences merging and splitting (5 % each). Lexical translation transformations also make up an insignificant part (10 %) of the total number of the specified transformations. The linguistic manifestation of the translation of the studied type of the text is focused primarily on the target language, since it is important to render the informative content in the regular language form.

scholarly journals TRANSLATING ECONOMICS TEXTBOOKS: A CASE STUDY OF EPISTEMICIDE

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karnedi Karnedi
Keyword(s):  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Translation Methods ◽  
Target Culture

As part of discourse in the social sciences, economics textbooks written in English in which knowledge has been transferred to other languages through translation have brought a certain impact on both the target language and the target culture. In terms of ideology, this article argues about the hegemonic status of the dominant language or culture that creates socalled epistemicide or the erosion of knowledge, partly due to translation strategies adopted by the translator. Investigation is done using the corpusbased approach, theories of translation strategies and the comparative model. The study reveals that the translator in the macro-level text adopts the ideology of foreignising strategy rather than domesticating strategy when translating an economics textbook from English into Indonesian. This is supported by the use of the number of the source language-orientated translation techniques leading to two translation methods (i.e. literal translation and faithful translation) adopted in the micro-level text. This research strongly supports another relevant study pertaining to the globalisation of knowledge through translation and also the translation theories of equivalence (i.e. overt and covert translation). The research findings also have some pedagogical implications on teaching English for Specific Purposes in higher education.

scholarly journals Translation of epic literature of the cognate linguocultures (on the example of Yakut translation of the Altai epos “Maadai-Kara”)

2020 ◽  
pp. 22-33
Author(s):  
Akulina Vasileva ◽  
Tatiana Petrovna Egorova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
The World ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Soviet Time ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Literary Techniques ◽  
Creative Team ◽  
Methods Of Reconstruction ◽  
The Russian Language

  The subject of this research is translation techniques of the epic literature of cognate linguocultures – Altai and Yakut. The relevance of this work is substantiated by the fact that mutual translation of epic texts is continued within the framework of international translation project for releasing a series of bilingual editions “Epic monuments of the Peoples of the World” initiated in Yakutia in 2014. The team translators and editors requires theoretically grounded recommendations for translation into cognate languages using the intermediary language, which in this case is Russian. The difficulties of translation consists in the fact that both epic texts have common origin, similar literary-poetic characteristics and plots. In the course of this research, the author applied the analysis of lexical translation techniques and methods of reconstruction of syntactic peculiarities of the original; compares the similarities and differences between the literary techniques of both epics texts; describes the essence of translation transformations conducted by the creative team in translation of Altai epos into the Yakut language Conducted in the Soviet time academic translations of epic texts of the peoples of the USSR into the Russian language are of high quality and conveyed national identity of the original. Russian language as an intermediary language gives fullest possible comprehension of the content of the original. If the language is of third linguistic culture and incapable of accurately conveying the national realias and poetic beauty of the original, the translators can refer to the original in the language unfamiliar to them. In order to adequately convey a particular realia, the translators should understand the similarity of common Turkic realias in both linguocultures and resist the temptation to replace the Altai realia with the analogous of their native linguoculture; as well as be able to shape a new word or phrase so that they would sound organically in the target language, but at the same time look non-native, alien, and foreign.  

scholarly journals THE TRANSLATION ACCEPTABILITY OF COMPLAIN RESPONDING TURN IN SHOPAHOLIC TO THE RESCUE

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Setia Adi Nugraha ◽  
Mangatur Nababan ◽  
Djatmika Djatmika
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Embedded Case Study

The purpose of this research was to know the translations techniques, the accuracy as well as the acceptability of the translations. It was a descriptive-qualitative research with an embedded case study by using pragmatics approach. This research was done by listing the conversations between characters in the Shopaholic to the Rescue novel which contains turns that respond to complaining speech act. Here, the source language and target language were compared to identify the translation techniques. Then, the researcher and the raters assessed the acceptability of the translations by conducting Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The result showed that there are 14 techniques used by the translator, such as established equivalent, variation, pure borrowing, modulation, explicitation, implicitation, addition, transposition, reduction, linguistic compression, literal, generalization, discursive creation, and linguistic amplification. Moreover, the average rate of the acceptability is 2.94 out of 3 which means it is prevalent, in line with the norm as well as the rule of the target language.

Retrieving Objective Indicators from Student Logs in Virtual Worlds

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 69-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Balderas ◽  
Anke Berns ◽  
Manuel Palomo-Duarte ◽  
Juan Manuel Dodero ◽  
Iván Ruiz-Rube
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Domain Specific Language ◽  
German Language ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Group Behaviour ◽  
Objective Indicators

Virtual Worlds (VWs) have been widely used to support learning processes. One main advantage is providing valuable data on student behaviour and interaction. Nonetheless, most platforms provide only limited access to student logs. Moreover, accessing logs usually requires technical skills most teachers do not have. In this context, the authors present a Domain Specific Language (DSL) designed to allow teachers to generate queries for retrieving valuable log information with a view to obtain evidence on learner behaviour and interaction; hence, to aid in the analysis of in-world behaviour and learning processes. Since this data is automatically retrieved, the teacher can easily run new queries to refine indicators or contrast hypotheses. The authors describe a case study carried out with undergraduate German language students using a VW-based video game. The results provide a set of indicators for analysing individual and group behaviour measuring student competence to communicate in the target language.

scholarly journals The Strategies in Translating English Metaphors into Thai: A Case Study of the American Novel Percy Jackson

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies ◽  
Rachadaporn Mata ◽  
Supong Tangkiengsirisin
Keyword(s):  
Target Language ◽  
Special Treatment ◽  
Source Image ◽  
American Novel ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Translation Techniques

As metaphors are known as comparative language avoiding “like” or “as” in the sentences, they need special treatment in translation. Regarding comparisons, there are two different objectives: they may be known and unknown in the target language. The objectives become a translation problem according to different languages, cultures, attitudes and other aspects. This study aimed to investigate the translation techniques used for transferring live metaphors found in a novel into Thai, namely, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2005) and its translated version. The translation strategies were studied and analyzed. The analysis relied on the model of Newmark (1988) which proposed seven techniques for metaphor translation. The results of this research showed that the most frequently technique employed was the source metaphor that can be reproduced as the same image in target language, with a total of fifty-seven sentences out of one hundred thirty-six sentences. Additionally, there were also three techniques that were often applied: the metaphor can be translated as a simile by adding some meaning or translating a metaphor as a metaphor and plus some meaning or explanation and the metaphor can be deleted when it is redundant. It can be inferred that to maintain the native sense of language and prevent reader’s confusion, the translator provided the equivalent or same image in the target language. Therefore, the author avoided deleting the source image and instead converted it to literal language.

scholarly journals The Acceptability of Religious Terms Translation in the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Islam

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Nadia Gitya Yulianita ◽  
Mangatur Nababan ◽  
Djatmika Djatmika
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Relevance Theory ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Embedded Case Study

This research aimed to find out the used translation’s techniques and the acceptability of the translation. This was a descriptive qualitative research and an embedded-case study. Based on semantic and relevance theory, the researcher determined good translation. This research was conducted by listing the religious terms found in The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Islam. Then, the researchers compared the source language and target language to identify the translation techniques. Finally, the researchers and raters assessed the acceptability of the translation by conducting Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The result shows that the translator uses established equivalent, borrowing, literal, particularization, generalization, transposition, reduction, addition, explication, and discursive creation. Besides, the average rate for the acceptability of the translation is 2,8 out of 3. It means that the translation is mostly in accordance with the norm and rule of language in the target text. 

scholarly journals Individual with Visual Impairment and Translation: A Case Study of Visually Impaired Translator in Translating News Text of TVKU

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Widya Suryaningtyas ◽  
Setyo Prasiyanto Cahyono
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Translation Study ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Descriptive Method

<em>This article is of specialized translation study. It discusses a translation activity conducted by a visually impaired translator. The study focuses on the translation techniques, methods, and ideology which are carried out by the translator. Using qualitative descriptive method, the authors are able to identify that the translator uses five translation techniques. Four (addition, reduction, adaptation, and generalization) are target-language-oriented techniques and one technique is source-language-oriented one (borrowing). In translating TVKU news text, the subject of the study applies four translation steps. To conclude, the translator’s cognitive concept affects his decision to translate the text.</em>

scholarly journals Ethnocultural Component of Content of Education in Intercultural Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-39
Author(s):  
Tatyana Nikolaevna Nikolaeva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
German Language ◽  
Timely Response ◽  
The World ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Selection Of

The work is devoted to the problem of co-learning of languages ​​and cultures in a multiethnic region. Introduction. Addressing the problem of ethnocultural education in the context of the ongoing changes in the life of society is due to reasons that require timely response and adjustments to the process of education and upbringing, especially among young people. The purpose of the study is to generalize the theoretical and practical approaches to teaching a foreign (German) language, taking into account local ethnographic material. Methods. The work represents the author's reflections on the problems of ethnocultural education. Research results. To solve the problem of filling the content of ethno-oriented education based on knowledge of the elements of everyday culture, traditional culture, linguistic picture of the world, it is necessary to include in the process of teaching a foreign language topics, issues related to the sphere of everyday life of northerners, their living conditions, family relations, rules of behavior, traditions, rituals. Conclusions. Currently, educational institutions are changing the approach to teaching foreign languages ​​towards the development of communicative and intercultural competence of students, which involves the co-learning of languages ​​and cultures of both the country of the target language and the native land. This can be facilitated by a balanced selection of the content of the «Foreign language» subject at the expense of the ethnocultural component as a reserve that forms intercultural competence for socialization in the world space.

scholarly journals PENERJEMAHAN ISTILAH RELIGI: PENILAIAN KUALITAS KEAKURATAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
Nadia Gitya Yulianita
Keyword(s):  
Relevance Theory ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Ethical Criteria ◽  
Embedded Case Study ◽  
Proper Translation

This paper aims to seek the category of religious terms in The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Islam (written by Emerick Yahiya), the translation’s techniques which are used to translate them, and the accuracy of the translation in Memahami Islam. The translation was done by Tim Penerjemah Pusat Bahasa dan Budaya Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah. This research is a descriptive qualitative research and an embedded-case study. It was conducted by categorizing the religious terms which exist in the book. Based on the relevance theory, the researcher determined how a proper translation should be. Then, the researcher compared the source language and target language in order to identify the translation techniques. Finally, the researcher assessed the accuracy of the translation based on the translation techniques. The result shows that there are fourteen categories of religious terms in the book, namely eschatology, moral and ethical criteria, religious artifacts, religious constructions, religious events, religious groups, religious personages, religious sites, specialized religious activities, supernatural beings, terms of revelation, religious ceremonies, religious histories, and religious activities. In addition, the translator uses established equivalent, borrowing, literal, particularization, generalization, transposition, reduction, addition, explicitation and discursive creation techniques. In addition, the average score for the accuracy of the translation is 2,8.

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