An Ambassador at the Frontier: The Translator’s Role in the Transfer of Niche Art on the Example of the Song „Lobotomy” by The Tiger Lillies

Tekstualia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (67) ◽  
pp. 173-194
Author(s):  
Anna Mach
Keyword(s):  
Source Material ◽  
The Other ◽  
Musical Genre ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Polish Culture ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Target Culture

The article discusses the translator’s role as an „ambassador” participating in the process of transferring a niche musical genre from Anglophone to Polish culture on the example of two translations of the song „Lobotomy” by The Tiger Lillies: one by Roman Kołakowski, performed by the group Kagyuma, and the other by Paweł Szarek, performed by Katarzyna Chlebny in the show Macabra Dolorosa, directed by the translator. The Tiger Lillies are a band operating in a peripheral musical genre referred to as ‘punk cabaret’, the features of which are briefl y presented. The analysis of the translations highlights the consequences of a different approach to the source material on the translators’ part and the impact that their choices have on the potential differences in perceiving the song by Polish recipients. The analysis takes into account the intersemiotic elements of music and performance. In the case of a peripheral genre translation decisions are of particular importance for the fi nal form of its transfer to the target culture.

scholarly journals SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madara Apsalone ◽  
Ērika Šumilo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
External Environment ◽  
International Competitiveness ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
The Other ◽  
Small Open Economies ◽  
Performance Orientation ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

Socio-cultural factors – shared values, norms and attitudes are significant, but less acknowledged sources of international competitiveness. Previous studies have found socio-cultural factors positively affecting various aspects of international competitiveness – entrepreneurship, innovation, productivity and international cooperation. These factors are more sustainable and less affected by external environment changes in comparison with the traditional factors. Socio-cultural factors provide an opportunity to develop competitiveness strategies based on unique advantages. This research aims to explore the impact of socio-cultural factors on international competiveness in small, open economies. Analysing relationship between 400 socio-cultural indicators and competitiveness indicators such as productivity, economic development, business and government efficiency, innovation capacity and infrastructure in 37 countries, six socio-cultural factors have emerged: Collectivism and Hierarchy; Future, Cooperation and Performance Orientation, Self-expression, Monochronism and Rationality, Economic Orientation and Social structure. The first factor – Collectivism and Hierarchy – tends to reduce the international competitiveness; the other five affect it positively.

Patronage and Performance: Factors in the Political Mobility of Provincial Leaders in Post-Deng China

2012 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 965-981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun Kyong Choi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Career Mobility ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis paper attempts to estimate the impact of both factional ties and economic performance on the promotion of provincial Party secretaries and governors by analysing a person–year dataset of their career mobility for inclusive years 1989 to 2009. We found that for provincial Party secretaries whose promotion meant rising to a top national position, both factional ties and good economic performance increased their chance for promotion. On the other hand, for provincial governors whose promotion meant rising to a ministry-level position, only economic performance mattered for their promotion. Among provincial Party secretaries, the extent to which performance affected the likelihood of promotion was not different between factional members and non-members. This suggests that even factional members needed to show good performance to enhance the likelihood of their promotion.

scholarly journals Ownership governance and performance in Spanish-Moroccan joint ventures

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Victoria Lopez-Perez ◽  
Maria Carmen Perez-Lopez ◽  
Lazaro Rodriguez-Ariza
Keyword(s):  
Joint Ventures ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Management Team ◽  
International Joint Ventures ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Joint ◽  
Form Part ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

This paper analyses the impact of ownership on performance by SMEs formed as Spanish-Moroccan international joint ventures (IJVs). In such SMEs, the functions and persons involved at different levels of governance – ownership, board and managers – often overlap. The results obtained from 210 SMEs suggest that owners often exert control by participating in the other mechanisms of governance. Their participation as members of the board has a positive influence on performance and thus the success of the IJV, but when owners form part of the management team (a less frequent situation), the influence on performance is negative and not significant. Participation by owners in the management team is not associated with the IJV’s performance.

scholarly journals The Impact of a Technology Ban on Students’ Perceptions and Performance in Introduction to Psychology

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Hutcheon ◽  
Aileen Lian ◽  
Anna Richard
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
The Other ◽  
Final Grade ◽  
Personal Technology ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Grade Performance ◽  
The Impact

To test the impact of the implementation of technology bans on students’ experience within a course, we collected data from four sections of Introduction to Psychology at a small liberal arts college in the northeast. In two sections, students were banned from using personal technology devices during lecture. In the other two sections, students were permitted to use personal technology devices freely during lecture. We found a significant reduction in student engagement but not in reported interest in psychology or perceived professor–student rapport for students in the technology-ban condition relative to students in the technology-permitted condition. In contrast to previous studies, we found no difference in final grade performance across condition. Although further research is needed, these results suggest that instructors should consider the composition of students in their course prior to implementing a technology ban in the classroom.

scholarly journals HOW TO AUGMENT TASK AND CONTEXTUAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Contextual Performance ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Manufacturing Organizations ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Telecom Sector ◽  
The Impact

Objective: The basic aim of the present study is to examine the impact of vigor and dedication on task as well as on contextual performance of employees in telecom sector of Pakistan. Human asset play their role as backbone in the organization, that’s why organizations in current era focusing on their development and engagement at workplace. Methodology: The present study based on 230 respondents (middle level managers) from private telecom organizations of Islamabad/Rawalpindi. Findings: results of the study show that vigor and dedication positively and significantly affect task and contextual performance of employees. Practical Implication: The present study is beneficial for the management of the Telecom sector within Islamabad/Rawalpindi as well as for other relevant settings. The future study should take into account the other dimensions of engagement and performance, replication of this study in other settings (service oriented / manufacturing organizations) are also recommended.

scholarly journals Firm’s Attribute and Performance of Deposit Money Banks

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-219
Author(s):  
Olusola Olowofela ◽  
◽  
Abiola Tonade ◽  
Benjamin Lisoyi ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
The Other ◽  
Liquidity Management ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Firm Attributes ◽  
Positive Effect

This study investigates the impact of firm attributes on the financial performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria’s financial sector. The scope of this research covered the period 2007 – 2018 using audited financial statements and reports of nine (9) deposit money banks listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The results revealed that bank liquidity has significant negative effect, while bank growth has insignificant negative effect on financial performance. On the other hand, bank size and leverage have insignificant positive effect on the financial performance of banks. It is recommended that banks should pay attention to liquidity management and use this to enhance performance. Also, the management of banks should endeavor to make use of their growth opportunities optimally.

scholarly journals Design and Performance Evaluation of an Algorithm Based on Source Term Estimation for Odor Source Localization

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faezeh Rahbar ◽  
Ali Marjovi ◽  
Alcherio Martinoli
Keyword(s):  
Source Localization ◽  
Source Term ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
The Other ◽  
Odor Source ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Source Term Estimation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Novel Strategy ◽  
The Impact

Finding sources of airborne chemicals with mobile sensing systems finds applications across safety, security, environmental monitoring, and medical domains. In this paper, we present an algorithm based on Source Term Estimation for odor source localization that is coupled with a navigation method based on partially observable Markov decision processes. We propose a novel strategy to balance exploration and exploitation in navigation. Moreover, we study two variants of the algorithm, one exploiting a global and the other one a local framework. The method was evaluated through high-fidelity simulations and in a wind tunnel emulating a quasi-laminar air flow in a controlled environment, in particular by systematically investigating the impact of multiple algorithmic and environmental parameters (wind speed and source release rate) on the overall performance. The outcome of the experiments showed that the algorithm is robust to different environmental conditions in the global framework, but, in the local framework, it is only successful in relatively high wind speeds. In the local framework, on the other hand, the algorithm is less demanding in terms of energy consumption as it does not require any absolute positioning information from the environment and the robot travels less distance compared to the global framework.

scholarly journals Bilateral saccadic deficits following large and reversible inactivation of unilateral frontal eye field

2014 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler R. Peel ◽  
Kevin Johnston ◽  
Stephen G. Lomber ◽  
Brian D. Corneil
Keyword(s):  
Visual Cues ◽  
Brain Area ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
The Other ◽  
Frontal Eye Field ◽  
Visually Guided ◽  
Reversible Inactivation ◽  
Eye Field ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

Inactivation permits direct assessment of the functional contribution of a given brain area to behavior. Previous inactivation studies of the frontal eye field (FEF) have either used large permanent ablations or reversible pharmacological techniques that only inactivate a small volume of tissue. Here we evaluated the impact of large, yet reversible, FEF inactivation on visually guided, delayed, and memory-guided saccades, using cryoloops implanted in the arcuate sulcus. While FEF inactivation produced the expected triad of contralateral saccadic deficits (increased reaction time, decreased accuracy and peak velocity) and performance errors (neglect or misdirected saccades), we also found consistent increases in reaction times of ipsiversive saccades in all three tasks. In addition, FEF inactivation did not increase the proportion of premature saccades to ipsilateral targets, as was predicted on the basis of pharmacological studies. Consistent with previous studies, greater deficits accompanied saccades toward extinguished visual cues. Our results attest to the functional contribution of the FEF to saccades in both directions. We speculate that the comparative effects of different inactivation techniques relate to the volume of inactivated tissue within the FEF. Larger inactivation volumes may reveal the functional contribution of more sparsely distributed neurons within the FEF, such as those related to ipsiversive saccades. Furthermore, while focal FEF inactivation may disinhibit the mirroring site in the other FEF, larger inactivation volumes may induce broad disinhibition in the other FEF that paradoxically prolongs oculomotor processing via increased competitive interactions.

The Impact of Property Characteristics on Economic Performance of Russian Industrial Enterprises

2005 ◽  
pp. 53-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kapeliushnikov ◽  
N. Demina
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Corporate Sector ◽  
Concentrated Ownership ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Russian Industry ◽  
Control Premium ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

The paper provides new survey evidence on effects of concentrated ownership upon investment and performance in Russian industrial enterprises. Authors trace major changes in their ownership profile, assess pace of post-privatization redistribution of shareholdings and provide evidence on ownership concentration in the Russian industry. The major econometric findings are that the first largest shareholding is negatively associated with the firm’s investment and performance but surprisingly the second largest shareholding is positively associated with them. Moreover, these relationships do not depend on identity of majority shareholders. These results are consistent with the assumption that the entrenched controlling owners are engaged in extracting "control premium" but sizable shareholdings accumulated by other blockholders may put brakes on their expropriating behavior and thus be conductive for efficiency enhancing. The most interesting topic for further more detailed analysis is formation, stability and roles of coalitions of large blockholders in the corporate sector of post-socialist countries.

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