Essays about: "Venuti"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word Venuti.

1. 1. A WORLD OF RICE AND GODS: WHERE WHITE GRAINS SYMBOLIZE WEALTH. A study of Japanese game localization and crosscultural translation

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Jamie Viklund; [2021-06-15]
   Keywords : japanska; Japanese; SIK; game localization; rice; culturally bound terms; translation; domestication; foreignization; Hasegawa; Venuti;

   Abstract : Studies of Japanese translation are a common topic, and with good reason. There is extensive material to work with, and the vast differences between Japanese and many other languages creates translation challenges of considerable complexity as such. READ MORE

3. 2. Translating Ogura Hyakunin Isshu – An analysis of translating decorative language from Japanese to English

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Liisa Paiste; [2020-06-16]
   Keywords : japanska; translation; classical Japanese; poetry; Ogura Hyakunin Isshu; Japanese; English;

   Abstract : In this thesis, translation of classical Japanese poetry into English will be examined by analysing translations of five selected poems from the anthology Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Translations by three different translators will be examined and the differences highlighted. The main focus will be on examining how the decorative language is translated. READ MORE

4. 3. TRANSLATION OF TIME: A translation analysis of Chrono Trigger

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Filip Antonijevic; [2018-08-08]
   Keywords : japanska; translation; localization; male female speech; Chrono Trigger; skopos; foreignization; domestication; video games;

   Abstract : The purpose or aim of this study is to analyze and discuss how the personality of the character Frog was changed during the translation and localization of the game Chrono Trigger, with focus on how the use of male speech and sentencefinal particles were translated. The theoretical framework for analyzing of how Frog’s dialogue was changed during localization will be skopos theory, Venuti’s concept of foreignization and domestication and video game localization. READ MORE

5. 4. In other words : Metaphorical concepts in translation

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Jenny Sundqvist; [2018]
   Keywords : conceptual metaphors; translation; foreignisation; text functions;

   Abstract : Awareness of metaphors brings awareness to how language is structured in a text. This study, based on Lakoff & Johnson’s theory of conceptual metaphors, will discuss the different types of metaphorical concepts found in the source text and target text during the translation of two articles by the author Mohsin Hamid. READ MORE

6. 5. Translating Culture - An analysis of the cultural transfer in literary translation

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Linda Pålsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Translation Studies; literary translation; linguistics; Lawrence Venuti; Domestication; Foreignization;

   Abstract : The loss in translation between languages has long been debated, and a current issue within Translation Studies is that of the cultural aspect. Using two opposing concepts by Lawrence Venuti; domestication that is used to assimilate the source culture into the target culture, and foreignization that is used to preserve and highlight the foreign culture in the target text, this paper examines how culture is transferred in literary translation between English and Swedish. READ MORE