Essays about: "compound adjective"

Found 2 essays containing the words compound adjective.

1. 1. A study of the translation of premodifiers in an academic text

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Hanna Larsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Translation; noun phrase structure; premodifiers; modification;

   Abstract : The past century has brought with it many changes to the English language. One of these is the drastic increase in complex nominal phrases, particularly premodifiers. This implies difficulties for translators, whose target languages may not have evolved in the same way, and who must then find other solutions. READ MORE

3. 2. A Tourist Translation : Passives, adjectives, terminology and cultural aspects in translation from English to Swedish in the tourist brochure Dover Castle

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Madeleine Lejervall; [2006]
   Keywords : passives; attributive adjectives; terminology; cultural aspects; translation strategies;

   Abstract : This study deals with difficulties of different nature encountered in the process of translating a tourist booklet on Dover Castle, published by English Heritage. The study focuses on grammatical aspects as the translation of the passive and attributive adjectives, and lexical aspects as the translation of terminology and cultural words and expressions. READ MORE