scholarly journals Linguistic and Cultural Poetics of German Popular Science Texts (based on U. Stumpf’s “Kräuter: Gefährten am Wegesrand”) and Resultant Translation Challenges

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-76
Author(s):  
Elena Privalova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Science Texts ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cultural Poetics ◽  
Special Information

The article examines several aspects of linguistic and cultural poetics of German popular science texts, which in many ways shape national and cultural specifics of such texts and thus influence the process of translating them into Russian. As a distinct hybrid, popular science texts are characterized by high information density, intertextuality, and a wide range of vocabulary and style. Popular science texts create a special information space in which national and cultural specifics play a significant role. The article presents the results of the linguistic, stylistic, and cultural analysis of the German popular science work on botany by W. Stumpf “Kräuter: Gefährten am Wegesrand,” The strongly marked linguistic and cultural poetics of this text is largely determined by the peculiarity of botany as a field of knowledge: namely the knowledge of herbs, based on discoveries of ancient botanists, on folk knowledge, and on the personal experience of the author. At the lexical level, the linguo-cultural specifics are most clearly manifested in the nominations of plants: etymologically interesting phytonyms, their synonymic chains, and lexical gaps identified in the translation process. As a cross between scientific, journalistic, and literary texts, popular science texts display features of all these styles, which also determines the density of their linguistic and cultural poetics. The article provides a translation of several passages into Russian in order to demonstrate some of the challenges in translating popular science texts while taking into account their national and cultural specifics. The results of the study can be used both in teaching German as a foreign language and in translation courses at all levels of general and professional education as well as in developing textbooks, thematic dictionaries, and botanical glossaries.

scholarly journals Contemporary methodology of teaching English punctuation: problems and new vistas

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-102
Author(s):  
E. V. Mikhailovskaia ◽  
O. V. Sapunova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
English System ◽  
Syntactic Function ◽  
The Way

The article outlines the way the English system of punctuation marks is presented in contemporary ELT research and practice. The following types of sources are considered and analyzed in the article: grammar books for teaching English as the first, second or foreign language; reference books and web-sites aimed at preparing students for IELTS and TOEFL; books belonging to the genre known as popular science; purely scientific works on punctuation in general and the semicolon in particular. The main goals of the research are to reveal the central tendencies in teaching English punctuation on the example of the so-called weighty stops of vertical segmentation, namely the semicolon, and to see whether they manage to present a certain norm of using the stop. Thus, the present paper focuses on the semicolon one of the most controversial stops in the system, which has been proved to function both at the syntactic and stylistic levels. It is shown that a formal / grammatical approach is the most common way to treat punctuation in ELT literature; however, it does not take into account stylistic and prosodic peculiarities of the stops and thus fails to show the whole spectrum of its usage, as well as its phonetic and stylistic potential. Consequently, such an approach should not be applied to English one of the languages exhibiting a semantic-stylistic type of punctuation. It is proposed that the approach to be used in teaching English punctuation most effectively is pragmalinguistics, since it exploits a wide range of methods and means of analyzing a text, and also considers and highlights all the aspects of using the stops (their syntactic function, stylistic capacities and prosodic characteristics). Moreover, the article poses the question that the current methodology of the approach has to be further developed.

scholarly journals Relevance-Based Approach to Translation of Contemporary Popular Science Texts

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 36-50
Author(s):  
Larisa Iļinska ◽  
Oksana Ivanova ◽  
Tatjana Smirnova
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Relevance Theory ◽  
Adaptive Strategy ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Adaptation Theory ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Science Texts

In the present paper, the authors analyze a translation process implemented within the framework of Relevance Theory using Adaptation Theory as a tool to ensure relevance in the translation of popular science texts. The paper is part of ongoing research dedicated to the development of methodology for translation of popular science texts on architecture, ICT, and economics, focused here on translating from English into Latvian. Recognizing that relevance in translation is a qualitative category, the authors suggest measuring it along two dimensions: the plane of content and the plane of expression. Having defined four categories of relevance, the authors have developed a grid that may be recommended as a guide in a translator’s decision-making process for selecting a particular adaptive strategy and translation method.

scholarly journals Diversion of qualitative characteristics of text complexity (a case study of literary and popular science PIRLS texts)

2021 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 01005
Author(s):  
Chulpan R. Ziganshina ◽  
Tatyana V. Mazaeva
Keyword(s):  
International Association ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Text Complexity ◽  
Research Implementation ◽  
Science Texts ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
Text Length ◽  
The Russian Federation

The study under consideration highlights the multidimensional comprehensive analysis of eight texts of diverse genre attribution applied in the international PIRLS testing during 2001-2011 (PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) is conducted by International Association in assessment of academic achievements IEA. The national coordinator of the research implementation PIRLS in the Russian Federation is FIAQE «Federal Institute of assessment of quality education»). The objective of the study is to substantiate the hypothesis concerning similarities and differences in typological characteristics that aim at evaluating the complexity of popular science and literary texts. The cornerstone of the theory serves the assumption of the text complexity which involves quantitative (the word, sentence, text length) as well as qualitative (narrativity, syntactical simplicity, precision, referential cohesion, semantic cohesion) characteristics of the text [14]. The study determines that literary texts display a wider diversity of syntactical structures and a higher narrative degree than popular science texts under similar length and readability conditions. The precision indicators of popular science and literary texts are manifested in approximately the same range whereas referential and semantic cohesion represent a broad range of fluctuations in both cases.

scholarly journals Thematic integration of German-English translation

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Rose Little
Keyword(s):  
English Translation ◽  
Whole Language ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Translation Theory ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Advanced Learners ◽  
Independent Evaluation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Specialized Texts ◽  
Selection Of

The basis for this paper is an experimental course for advanced learners of German where German-English translation was integrated into a language course with the theme of socioeconomic problems in post-unification East Germany. The overall aim of the translation element of the course was to translate a variety of specialized texts while using translation theory in a practical way to inform the translation process. Content was a primary criterion for the selection of the translation texts, which included historical, economic, political, and literary texts relating to the theme of the module. An independent evaluation of the course was carried out; this showed an overall positive reaction to the use of translation in this way. The author argues that translation texts should both be relevant to the whole language course and also represent a wide range of text types, including examples of both functional and non-functional texts.

Feedback as a form of control in a technogenic educational environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
I. V. Kharlamenko ◽  
V. V. Vonog
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Bring Your Own Device ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Automated Control ◽  
Wide Range

The article is devoted to control and feedback in foreign language teaching in a technogenic environment. The educational process is transformed in terms of the implementation and active use of digital technologies. ICT-rich environment provides new models of interaction between the teacher, students and digital tools. It also enriches the diversity of tasks and expands the range of possible forms of control and feedback. According to the authors, automated evaluation takes place both in out-of-classroom activities and directly in the classroom using Bring Your Own Device technology (BYOD). Automated control contributes to the intensity of the educational process. It provides all the participants with an opportunity to choose a convenient mode of work and get instant feedback, thereby allowing self-assessment and self-reflection of their own actions. When teaching foreign languages, special attention should be paid to chatbot technology. Chatbots imitate human actions and are able to perform standard repetitive tasks. The growing popularity of bots is explained by a wide range of usage spheres and the ability to integrate chatbots into social networks and mobile technologies. In the technogenic educational environment, ICT can be the basis for interaction, co-editing and peer assessment in collaborative projects. In this case, students receive feedback not only from the teacher, but also from other students, which increases the motivation for independent learning. Thus, automated control, self-assessment and peer assessment can both identify problem areas for each student and design an individual learning path, which increases the effectiveness of learning a foreign language.

The Cambridge Introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Hirschkop
Keyword(s):  
Mikhail Bakhtin ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
The Way

In this introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin, Ken Hirschkop presents a compact, readable, detailed, and sophisticated exposition of all of Bakhtin's important works. Using the most up-to-date sources and the new, scholarly editions of Bakhtin's texts, Hirschkop explains Bakhtin's influential ideas, demonstrates their relevance and usefulness for literary and cultural analysis, and sets them in their historical context. In clear and concise language, Hirschkop shows how Bakhtin's ideas have changed the way we understand language and literary texts. Authoritative and accessible, this Cambridge Introduction is the most comprehensive and reliable account of Bakhtin and his work yet available.

scholarly journals Dancing with Myriam: Creating and Staging a New Metaphor for the Process of Translation

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Paula Pratt
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
World Literature ◽  
African Women ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
North African ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Oral Interpretation ◽  
Doctoral Work ◽  
As Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

This article tells the story, and analyzes the development, of a “staged metaphor” for the translation process, from its chance inception over ten years ago, to the more recent revision and staging of the script. In 2005, I was teaching world literature at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, while also researching the writing of Irish and North African women. I chose to focus on those women writing in Irish, Tachelhit, Arabic, or French, whose work had been translated into English. I was initially inspired by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill’s poem, “The Language Issue,” which compares the "sending forth" of her writing to a potential reader, to the story of Moses being discovered by Pharoah’s daughter. My ultimate goal was to produce a chamber theatre play, based on the Irish and North African texts, which would dramatize a metaphor for the translation process. This was an outgrowth of my doctoral work, in which I had drawn on oral interpretation theorists, who see the performance of literary texts as an accepted means of doing literary criticism. Accordingly, I also expanded the project to include the observations of translation theorists, and I incorporated these into the creation of the script for a chamber theatre performance. After directing a staging of the script in Morocco in 2007, I realized that I needed to add more choreographed movement, and to incorporate the character of Moses’s and Myriam’s mother into the metaphor. The addition of dance, and the foregrounding of the relationship between Myriam and her mother, draws unapologetically on female relationships. It is my conclusion that the revised metaphor, with the addition of these elements, is validated by Yves Bonnefoy’s and Henri Meschonnic's depictions of “translation as relationship with an author,” and that, the metaphor does indeed “provide . . . fresh insights.”

scholarly journals “Mainstreaming” Interprofessional Education within Hospital Settings: Findings from a Multiple Case Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Hollenberg ◽  
Scott Reeves ◽  
Mary Agnes Beduz ◽  
Lianne Jeffs ◽  
Debbie Kwan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Realistic Evaluation ◽  
Protected Time ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractBackground: Interest in interprofessional education (IPE) to promote effective interprofessional collaboration (IPC) has gained momentum across healthcare, professional education, and government sectors. In general, the IPE literature tends to report single-site studies. This article presents a rare study that reports a largescale multi-site IPE initiative. It draws upon a newly developed notion of mainstreaming—introduced to the literature by Barr and Ross—that helps illuminate the implementation issues related to an IPE initiative.Methods and Findings: A realistic evaluation framework was employed to explore the overarching impact of this large initiative (involving 6 IPE programs within 13 hospitals) on the teaching hospital network in which it was implemented. Qualitative methods were used to gather a total of 142 interviews with program leaders, facilitators, and learners. Findings provide insight into the mainstreaming of IPE in relation to educational, professional, and organizational outcomes. Educational outcomes detail how inter-organizational partnerships developed among hospitals with the sharing of ideas and resources for implementing IPE and IPC. Professional outcomes describe learners’ experiences of increased awareness of the policy agenda and the meanings and value they attach to IPE and IPC. Organizational outcomes demonstrate that interprofessional champions with senior management support and protected time were core mainstreaming elements, and yet participants outlined a range of concerns and desires for the sustainability of this IPE initiative.Conclusions: This article provided empirical insight into the perceptions, ideas, and experiences of IPE from a wide range of program developers, facilitators, and attendees. Barr and Ross’ concept of mainstreaming and the use of a realistic evaluation framework provide a useful way to illuminate the processes and outcomes of implementing a large multi-institutional IPE initiative.

scholarly journals IDENTIFICATION OF ARGUMENTATIVE RELATIONS IN POPULAR SCIENCE TEXTS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Vasilievna Salomatina ◽  
◽  
Irina Semenovna Kononenko ◽  
Elena Anatolvna Sidorova ◽  
Ivan Sergeevich Pimenov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Topic Model ◽  
Topic Models ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Automatic Recognition ◽  
Scan Statistics ◽  
Science Texts

The presented work describes the analysis of argumentative statements included into the same text topic fragment as a recognition feature in terms of its efficiency. This study is performed with the purpose of using this feature in automatic recognition of argumentative structures presented in the popular science texts written in Russian. The topic model of a text is constructed based on superphrasal units (text fragments united by one topic) that are identified by detecting clusters of words and word-combinations with the use of scan statistics. Potential relations, extracted from topic models, are verified through the use of texts with manually annotated argumentation structures. The comparison between potential (based on topic models) and manually constructed relations is performed automatically. Macro-average scores of precision and recall are equal to 48.6% and 76.2% correspondingly.

scholarly journals LANGUAGE TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSLATION OF ENGLISH PROSE INTO UKRAINIAN (ON THE BASIS OF THE COLM TOIBIN’S NOVEL ‘HOUSE OF NAMES’)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (10(78)) ◽  
pp. 156-159
Author(s):  
Iryna Dumchak ◽  
Sofiia Shemerliuk
Keyword(s):  
Literary Texts ◽  
Original Text ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Original Language ◽  
English Prose

The article deals with the peculiarities of transformations in the process of translation of English prose into Ukrainian. Despite the large number of works covering this issue, the problem of translating prose texts is not dismissed. There is a need to systematize and study the types of lexical and grammatical transformations, used in translating literary texts, in practice. To observe the process of formation of inter-language transformations, the novel by an Irish writer Colm Toibin ‘House of Names’ has been chosen. The various scientists’ approaches to establishing the transformation types are analyzed. It is revealed that due to differences in the syntactic, grammatical and morphological structures of the English and Ukrainian languages, lexical and grammatical transformations are widely used in translation. Lexical transformations are the deviations from direct vocabulary matches. The lexical transformations are mainly caused by the fact that the volume of the lexical units of the original language and the language of translation do not coincide. Among lexical transformations, the most common are generalization, concretization, compensation, lexical additions. Grammatical transformations are to transform the structure of a sentence in the translation process according to the rules of the source language. The transformation can be complete or partial depending on whether the structure of the sentence changes completely or partially. The article presents the examples of the grammatical transformations of inversion, replacement, addition and omission comparing the original text and its translation.

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