Essays about: "Emelie Wångstedt"

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  1. 1. Translating Place Names : A study on English place names in Swedish texts

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Emelie Wångstedt; [2018]
    Keywords : English; place names; proper nouns; Swedish; translation strategy;

    Abstract : This study looks at English place names in Swedish texts with a focus on which translation strategies are more common today, whether there is a progress from a diachronic perspective from translation to transference, and whether the prominence of each place name affects the chosen translation strategy. The thesis includes a corpusbased study of 299 place names collected from four sources, which were researched in the online newspaper archive found on the website of the National Library of Sweden. READ MORE