scholarly journals I testi turistici sulle aree naturali protette in italiano e spagnolo: Un compito semplice per il traduttore? // Tourist Texts about Protected Natural Areas in Italian and Spanish: A Simple Task for the Translator?

Author(s):  
Isabel Duran-Muñoz ◽  
Katia Peruzzo

Nella traduzione di testi che riguardano tematiche ambientali dallo spagnolo all’italiano o viceversa, il traduttore spesso incontra termini che a prima vista possono sembrare equivalenti assoluti, come parque regional in spagnolo e parco regionale in italiano. Tuttavia, questi termini a volte possono dare luogo a errori di traduzione o problemi di interpretazione del testo di partenza, essendo il prodotto della cultura di origine e quindi diversi dal punto di vista sociale, politico e amministrativo. I traduttori devono quindi essere consapevoli delle differenze per evitare i tranelli linguistici che possono portare ad errori di interpretazione e di resa del testo di partenza nella lingua di arrivo. In questo articolo si presenta uno studio condotto su un corpus parallelo spagnolo-italiano composto di testi turistici sulla promozione delle aree naturali protette in Spagna, a cui si affianca l’analisi delle fonti normative nazionali, internazionali ed eurounitarie. Lo scopo dello studio è fornire una descrizione delle differenze e somiglianze a livello concettuale e terminologico nel settore della tutela ambientale, basata sull’analisi delle classificazioni e delle caratteristiche delle aree naturali protette. Nel materiale analizzato si individuano differenze e somiglianze tra i termini specifici delle due culture in esame, mentre la disamina delle traduzioni presenti nel corpus parallelo permette di identificare i principali problemi traduttivi ed eventuali errori di traduzione. Infine, i corpora comparabili monolingui e le fonti normative vengono considerati strumenti fondamentali che permettono di evitare errori traduttivi e selezionare le strategie traduttive più adeguate, come la domesticazione e la stranierizzazione (Venuti 1995) o l’espansione e la semplificazione, al fine di rendere più fruibili i testi tradotti e consentire sia ai destinatari della lingua di partenza che a quelli della lingua di arrivo di condividere se non proprio la stessa realtà concettuale, una realtà molto simile.   Abstract   In the process of translating Italian-Spanish environmental texts, translators frequently come across terms which at first glance might seem to be perfect translation equivalents, such as parque natural in Spanish and parco naturale in Italian, which can sometimes result in mistranslation and misinterpretation. These terms are embedded in cultures and, thus, different both from a social and a political perspective. Consequently, translators must be aware of these underlying differences so as to avoid possible pitfalls in interpreting the content and translating the texts correctly. This article presents a study carried out on a Spanish-Italian parallel corpus of tourist texts dealing with the promotion of protected natural areas in Spain, which is accompanied by an analysis of the legal sources at national, international and European levels. The purpose of the study is to provide a description of the differences and similarities at the conceptual and terminological levels in the specific field of environmental protection, based on the analysis of the characteristics and classifications of protected natural areas. The use of these resources will identify the differences and similarities between the specific terms of the two cultures examined (the Italian and Spanish), while the discussion of translations in Italian in the parallel corpus allows to highlight the major translation problems and potential translation errors. Finally, the use of the comparable monolingual corpora and the consultation of legal sources are seen as key tools that help translators to avoid errors and to select the most appropriate translation strategies, such as domestication or foreignization (Venuti 1995) and amplification or simplification in order to make the translated texts more accessible and allow both the recipients of the source language and those of the target language to share if not exactly the same conceptual reality, a very similar reality.   Resumen   En la traducción de textos sobre temas ambientales del español al italiano o vice versa, el traductor se enfrenta a menudo a términos que a primera vista pueden parecer equivalentes absolutos, como parque regional en español y parque regional en italiano. Sin embargo, estos términos a veces puede conducir a errores en la traducción o a una interpretación inadecuada en el texto meta debido a la relación del texto origen con la cultura origen. Por lo tanto, los traductores deben ser conscientes de estas diferencias entre la cultura origen y la meta a fin de evitar posibles errores de interpretación y transmitir correctamente el mensaje original. En este artículo se presenta un estudio llevado a cabo en un corpus paralelo español-italiano compuesto por textos turísticos relacionados con la promoción de las áreas naturales protegidas en España, junto con un análisis de las fuentes aplicables nacionales, internacionales y comunitarias. El propósito del estudio es proporcionar una descripción de las diferencias y similitudes en el plano conceptual y terminológico en el ámbito de la protección del medio ambiente, basado ​​en el análisis de las características y clasificaciones de las áreas naturales protegidas. En el material analizado se identifican similitudes y diferencias entre los términos específicos de las dos culturas en cuestión, mientras que el examen de las traducciones en el corpus paralelo se utiliza para identificar los principales problemas de traducción y errores de traducción. Finalmente, los corpus monolingües y la normativa al respecto se consideran herramientas fundamentales para evitar los errores de traducción y seleccionar las estrategias de traducción más apropiadas, tales como la domesticación y extranjerización (Venuti 1995) o la amplificación y la simplificación, con el fin de producir unos textos traducidos más accesibles y ofrecer tanto a los destinatarios de la lengua de origen como a los de la lengua meta una realidad compartida, si no exactamente la misma desde un punto de vista conceptual, sí muy similar.

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khairani Hayat Situmorang ◽  
I. W. Dirgeyasa ◽  
Zainuddin Zainuddin

The research dealt with Metaphor Sentences. The aims of this study were: (1) to find out the translation strategies of metaphors are used in The Magic of Thinking Big and (2) to describe the translation strategies maintain metaphors in The Magic of Thinking Big. The research was conducted by using qualitative design. The data of this study were sentences. The data were collected through documentary technique and the instrument was the documentary sheet. The technique of data analysis was descriptive. The finding of this study revealed that: (1) The metaphor in The magic of Thinking Big were translated by applying six translation strategies, namely: word for word Translation (5.3%) lieral translation (4.3%), faithful translation (57.5%), Free translation (3.2%), communicative translation (30.5%) and discursive creation was found (2.2%). (2) The metaphors are maintained that found in the Magic of Thinking Big are original metaphors turned into another original metaphors, stock metaphors turned into another stock metaphors, adapted metaphors turned into adapted metaphors, dead metaphors turned into dead metaphors, original metaphor turned into stock metaphor, stock metaphor turned into original metaphor, meanwhile, 10 original metaphors and 1 dead metaphor are no longer classified as metaphors. Language has special characteristic that is metaphor sentences, therefore in the case of translating of metaphor sentences in which their concept in unknown for readers, the translator often faces the problems to find out the translation strategies to translate metaphor in a source language (SL) and how the metaphor sentences are maintained in the target language (TL).Keywords : Metaphor, Translation Strategies, Maintain Metaphor


Target ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-455
Author(s):  
Shuangzi Pang ◽  
Kefei Wang

Abstract This article investigates the role of translations from English in language change in Chinese. It employs a new corpus, the Chinese Diachronic Composite Corpus (CDCC), which incorporates a parallel corpus and comparable corpus in three sampling periods in the twentieth century, and a refe­rence corpus as a starting point in the timeframe. We examine whether explicitness in English–Chinese translations has exerted an impact on the target language, focusing on adversative conjunctions as a measure of explicitness. The results of the study demonstrate that: (1) translated Chinese texts have changed in step with original Chinese texts in the frequency of adversative conjunctions; (2) translated Chinese texts and original Chinese texts are interrelated throughout the three periods, but the correlation between them has changed perceptibly over the three sample points; and (3) source language interference found in translated Chinese texts increases over the three periods.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khairani Hayat Situmorang ◽  
I Wy. Dirgeyasa ◽  
Zanuddin Zainuddin

The research dealt with Metaphor Sentences. The aims of this study were: (1) to find out the translation strategies of metaphors are used in The Magic of Thinking Big and (2) to describe the translation strategies maintain metaphors in The Magic of Thinking Big. The research was conducted by using qualitative design. The data of this study were sentences. The data were collected through documentary technique and the instrument was the documentary sheet. The technique of data analysis was descriptive. The finding of this study revealed that: (1) The metaphor in The magic of Thinking Big were translated by applying six translation strategies, namely: word for word Translation (5.3%) lieral translation (4.3%), faithful translation (57.5%), Free translation (3.2%), communicative translation (30.5%) and discursive creation was found (2.2%). (2) The metaphors are maintained that found in the Magic of Thinking Big are original metaphors turned into another original metaphors, stock metaphors turned into another stock metaphors, adapted metaphors turned into adapted metaphors, dead metaphors turned into dead metaphors, original metaphor turned into stock metaphor, stock metaphor turned into original metaphor, meanwhile, 10 original metaphors and 1 dead metaphor are no longer classified as metaphors. Language has special characteristic that is metaphor sentences, therefore in the case of translating of metaphor sentences in which their concept in unknown for readers, the translator often faces the problems to find out the translation strategies to translate metaphor in a source language (SL) and how the metaphor sentences are maintained in the target language (TL).Keywords : Metaphor, Translation Strategies, Maintain Metaphor               


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Khawardi ◽  
Anni Holila Pulungan ◽  
Amrin Saragih

In accordance with translation, the metaphors must be translated very carefully in order to avoid misunderstanding. Larson (1984:250) states that If metaphors from source language are translated literally into the target language, they will often be completely misunderstood. Because the translation cannot simply reproduce, or be, the original. In fact, in the folklores there are still literally in translating the text. The aims of this study were to describe the realization of translation strategies in the translation live metaphors in the Sumatera Folklores. The research was conducted by using qualitative design. The data of this study were live metaphors in the Sumatera Folklores. The source of data were 15 folklores in Sumatera. The data were collected through documentary technique and the instrument for collecting the data was documentary sheet. The technique of data analysis was descriptive. The findings of this study revealed that the realization of translation strategies in live metaphors in the Sumatera Folklores into English by applying two process, namely: Single Strategy (91.83%), Double Strategies (8.16%). Metaphors often become the problem in translation and in accordance with translation, the metaphors must be translated from source language (SL) into target language (TL) in order to avoid misunderstanding. Keywords: Translation Strategies, Live Metaphor, Sumatera language, Folklores


ASALIBUNA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Mukminin

This study aims to explore teaching methods and strategies in teaching translation among lecturers at IAIN Ponorogo. In their teaching, the lecturers determine the high goals, that is being able to translate Arabic into Indonesian, and the reverse; However, students' language competence is not good enough to achieve that goal because translation is a work that must be supported by various types of competencies such as understanding text, understanding Arabic grammar, understanding methods and translation strategies, and so on. Student competencies are not in accordance with the specific goals in this education, and this fact is what leads lecturers to carry out effective teaching and use good types of teaching methods and strategies so that education is successful and students can achieve the goals. Researchers used a qualitative approach and explored descriptive facts such as written voices or individual speeches, contemplative traits and data sources. The data analysis method is descriptive analysis with three methods, namely data reduction and data presentation. The results of this study are 1) The method used in teaching translation: translation is word by word, because translation is done between separation by placing the translation under the source language in order to maintain word order. The word is translated as a word in a general sense. Pro translation because it produces contextual meaning of the source language into the target language appropriately. Therefore, translators are careful in translating cultural vocabulary and adjusting grammar. This method seeks to achieve the author's goals. 2) The strategy used is an expansion against the target, and the word element is an expansion in the target language, semantic translation, ordinal translation, transcription or semantic translation intersection. 3) And the learning outcomes obtained by students are good, academic results are not good. The result of the equation 70 (seventy) 


Author(s):  
Dhini Aulia

Translation is a process to render the meaning from the source text into the target text. A translator, however, will find some problems during translation process. Equivalence is the case which often appears (i.e. culture specific concept, the source-language concept is not lexicalized in the target language, source-language word is semantically complex, etc). To cope with equivalnce problems in translation process, some experts suggest some strategies which can be applied in doing translation. Some strategies are transference, naturalization, cultural equivalent, etc. The strategies which often appears in the example texts in this paper are transference, naturalization, descriptive equivalent, couplet and  through-translation. It is recomended that translator apply the strategies if only there is no equivalence problem in target language. 


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Rietveld

Translation is the process of transferring source language text messages into the target language. The practical objective of the message transfer process is to assist the reader of the target language text in understanding the message intended by the original author of the source language text. There are many types of translations available, but semantic translation is considered the type of translation that is the most accurate in conveying meaning. Semantic translation tries to divert as closely as possible the semantic and syntactic structures of the target language with the exact same contextual meaning in the source language text, as well as word meanings and sentence meanings from the perspective of the source text context. Semantic translation is found to be the most flexible and flexible translation.


2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ahmad Thawabteh

This paper examines the translatability of Arabic interjections into English subtitling, illustrated with a subtitled Egyptian film, State Security subtitled by Arab Radio and Television (ART). Theoretical framework regarding both Audiovisual Translation (AVT) and interjections is first discussed. The significance of interjections is approached from the perspective of technical and translation paradigms. The study shows that although technical issues limit the subtitler’s choices, they have very little to do with translating interjections because they are typically short words. With regard to translation, the study shows that the subtitler may opt for three major translation strategies: 1) an avoidance of source language (SL) interjection whereby a SL interjectional utterance is translated into a target language (TL) interjection-free utterance; 2) a retention of SL interjection in which SL interjection is rendered into a TL interjection; and 3) an addition of interjection whereby SL interjection-free utterance is translated into a TL interjection.


2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-92
Author(s):  
Zsuzsanna Ajtony

Abstract This paper summarizes the results of the translation work carried out within an international project aiming to develop the language skills of staff working in hotel and catering services. As the topics touched upon in the English source texts are related to several European cultures, these cultural differences bring about several challenges related to the translation of realia, or culture-specific items (CSIs). In the first part of the paper, a series of translation strategies for rendering source-language CSIs into the target language are enlisted, while the second part presents the main strategies employed in the prepared translations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
Sri Rahayu Putri ◽  
Iis Sujarwati

This research was purposed to find out the syntactic translation errors from source language (Bahasa Indonesia) to target language (English) in communication students’ abstract of Universitas Bengkulu. The method that used by the researcher in this research was qualitative method along with content analysis approach. The error sources of translation were classified as morphological, lexical and syntactic error based on Sager’s theory. However, this research focused on the abstracts in thesis which made and translated by the communication students who’s graduated on 2019. The researcher found out that there were 52 syntactic errors occurred in 7 abstracts which became the object of this research


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