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  1. 1. Academic voices : A study of the link between the translation of textual metadiscourse and accountability in Swedish translations

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Elisabeth Henderson; [2022]
    Keywords : Metadiscourse; Translation; Swedish; English; Textual Metadiscourse; Academic Language; Accountability;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate the effects that translation from English to Swedish has had on the textual metalanguage in an academic text and to what extent the accountability has been altered by comparing the data to the findings of Malmström (2007). The study takes both a quantitative and qualitative approach and compares the methods of translation to those by Vinay and Darbelnet (1995). READ MORE

  3. 2. Generative Adversarial Networks for Cross-Lingual Voice Conversion

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Fredrik Ankaräng; [2021]
    Keywords : Generative Adversarial Network; CycleGAN; Cross-Lingual Voice Conversion; Speech Synthesis; Machine Learning;

    Abstract : Speech synthesis is a technology that increasingly influences our daily lives, in the form of smart assistants, advanced translation systems and similar applications. In this thesis, the phenomenon of making one’s voice sound like the voice of someone else is explored. READ MORE

  4. 3. Translating pragmatic markers : or whatever you want to call them

    University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Sanna Estling Hellberg; [2013]
    Keywords : dynamic equivalence; general extenders; interviews; modal particles; music journalism; naturalness; pragmatic functions; pragmatic markers; question tags; translation;

    Abstract : This study analyses the translation of pragmatic markers from English into Swedish. The source text that was translated and used as a basis for the study is an article called “Black Books”, which was published in the British music magazine Prog in January 2013. READ MORE