Essays about: "Common Japanese"

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1. 1. The world of dating : A case study on Japanese young adults' attitude toward dating and marriage

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Iisa-Riia Kontkanen; [2024]
   Keywords : Japan; dating; casual dating; relationships; marriage;

   Abstract : This study aims to gain insight into attitudes toward dating in modern Japan. Apart from regular relationships, casual dating and casual relationships without the intention to marry have become more common. Therefore, this study was conducted to find out the attitude toward dating, casual dating, and the intention to marry. READ MORE

3. 2. Canossa Castle and Azuchi Castle: A comparative study of the castle-building phenomenon in Italy and Japan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologi

   Author : Eleonora Dei Rossi; [2023]
   Keywords : Canossa Castle; Azuchi Castle; castle-building phenomenon; Italy; Japan; castles; comparative study; archaeological data; architectural features; historical context; cultural significance.; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This thesis aims at evaluating the castle-building phenomenon in Italy and Japan through a comparative study of Canossa Castle in Italy and Azuchi Castle in Japan. By comparing Canossa Castle and Azuchi Castle, this thesis firstly investigates the definition of the word castle in Italian, Japanese and English to understand how languages influence the understanding of this phenomenon. READ MORE

4. 3. Comparison of Japanese and Finnish Gift GivingBehavior

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Nora Ulkuniemi; [2022]
   Keywords : Cultural anthropology; Japan; Finland; gift giving; motives; functions; cultural values;

   Abstract : Gift exchange is at the heart of many social relationships and interactions. Various studies haveimplied that gift-giving is often based on the obligation to reciprocate, thus creating an economicexchange. The common components of gift-giving are the gift, the giver and the receiver, and theoccasion. READ MORE

5. 4. Science-fiction neologisms in translation : A case study of neologisms in Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its Japanese translation

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Tamara Zaitseva; [2022]
   Keywords : neologism translation; The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; science fiction translation; author’s neologisms; neologisms in fiction;

   Abstract : This study aims to discover how author’s neologisms in Douglas Adams’s science fiction novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy were translated in its only existing official Japanese translation by Kazumi Yasuhara. It also tries to answer the question of whether the type of a neologism influenced the translator’s choices when translating it. READ MORE

6. 5. Cultural Adaptation in Video Game Localization : An Analysis of Cutscene Scripts in Japanese and itsTranslation to English of the game Lost Judgement

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Jacqueline Roshamn; [2022]
   Keywords : Video game localization; cultural adaptation; Japanese – English translation; functional approach; foreignization; domestication; free translation;

   Abstract : Cultural adaptation and free translation strategies are more common to use within the field of video game localization although they are still not recommended too veruse in translation studies. Free translation strategies are commonly used invideo game localization to make video games ready for a targeted audience. READ MORE