Essays about: "Translation theory"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 151 essays containing the words Translation theory.

  1. 6. 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. 7. Challenges of translating after-action reviews to extreme action teams : A qualitative study of firefighters in Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Paula Schmüser; Alexandra Viale; [2023]
    Keywords : After-action review; extreme action teams; translation challenges; implementation issues; management and organization studies;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the challenges of translation of after-action reviews (AARs) from theory and best practices into real-life. Furthermore, the purpose was to explore if existing theories can be translated to another context and how. This is examined on the case of extreme action teams, more concretely firefighters in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 8. 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

  5. 9. Implementing UX/UI in a real-time speech recognition and translation application in Android and a clinical study

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik

    Author : Pamela Chilo; [2023]
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    Abstract : According to WHO(World Health Organization) there are over 1,5 billion people living with hearing loss. Furthermore, HRF(Hörselskadades riksförbund) believe that ‘hidden hearing loss’ can be a much larger scale of the population than what was believed. There are two parts in this project taking place parallel. READ MORE

  6. 10. Translation of Japanese children’s literature into Finnish examined through the lens of functionality : A case study

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

    Author : Samppa Luoma-Halkola; [2023]
    Keywords : children’s literature; functional translation; JapaneseFinnish translation; picture book; skopos theory;

    Abstract : Japanese children’s literature translated directly into Finnish is a very novel phenomenon, which is why there is currently a vacuum of research in that area. This study aims to begin to fill that vacuum. READ MORE