Essays about: "translation theory essay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words translation theory essay.

1. 1. INSERTIONS IN POPULAR HISTORY TEXTS - A contrastive study on translation from English to Swedish and from Swedish to English

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Gustav Landälv; [2023-02-27]
   Keywords : English; Swedish; readability; insertion; clause; phrase; syntactic position; popular history;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to compare the frequency of insertions in an English popular history text and a Swedish popular history text. Moreover, the purpose is to compare the English text with its Swedish translation and the Swedish text with its English translation as regards the status of the insertions as clauses, phrases or (in the translation) something else than a clause or a phrase. READ MORE

3. 2. Translating Metaphors An Analysis of the Translation of Conceptual Metaphors from English to Swedish in an Academic Text

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Patricia Loggarfve; [2023]
   Keywords : Conceptual metaphor; metaphor; metonymy; personification; translation studies; translation theory;

   Abstract : This essay investigates the author’s translation of a non-fiction text about literary theory. The study examines the metaphors found in the original text and how they have been translated from English to Swedish.  The analysis uses Lakoff and Johnson’s (1980) description of conceptual metaphors to categorize the metaphors found in the text. READ MORE

4. 3. Disease and disaster : On the translation of illness and natural force metaphors in a journalistic political essay

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Jenny Daneback; [2017]
   Keywords : Cognitive metaphor theory; English; megametaphor; metaphor; rhetorical device; source domain; Swedish; translation;

   Abstract : This essay deals with the translation of certain metaphors in a journalistic political essay. It focuses on metaphor as a conceptual and rhetorical device, and on the translation of metaphors that make use of the source domains NATURAL FORCE and ILLNESS. READ MORE

5. 4. Fighting for the Podium : Translating metaphors and metonymies in Formula 1 Racing

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Maria Görl; [2017]
   Keywords : Translation; metaphors; metonymy; structural metaphors; Formula 1; sports language; English; Swedish.;

   Abstract : This essay researches metaphors and metonymy in motorsports language, mainly investigating strategies for translating the structural metaphors RACING is WAR and RACE POSITIONS are RESOURCES and analyzing the results through both a quantitative and qualitative approach. The material for the research was selected parts of former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber’s autobiography, Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey (2016). READ MORE

6. 5. Japan and the West: A Journey through Time and Translation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Ásdis Benediktsdottir; [2012]
   Keywords : Translation theory; Translation history; Japanese translation; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay is a comparative overview of translation theory in Japan and the West from a historical perspective, beginning with the considerations of Cicero and ending with the turn towards literal translation in Japan in the late 19th century. The aim is to find similarities in the development of, and attitudes toward, translation traditions between the West and Japan. READ MORE