Essays about: "place names"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 28 essays containing the words place names.

1. 11. 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

3. 12. The Transcription of Foreign Personal Names into Kanji

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Joel Fredriksson; [2017]
   Keywords : Japanese onomastics; Japanese toponymy; Japanese prosody; bimoraic segmentation; kirakira names; on reading; kun reading; loan names; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study relates to the transcription of foreign personal names into kanji in Japanese. The study is based upon a paper where Tokimoto & d’Arcais (2000) confirmed three working principles when natives transcribe place names written in hiragana: that jukugo reading will be preferred over juubako reading, that as few kanji segmentations as possible will be used, and that the names will be segmented bimoraically from the beginning of the word. READ MORE

4. 13. Fighting for the Podium : Translating metaphors and metonymies in Formula 1 Racing

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Maria Görl; [2017]
   Keywords : Translation; metaphors; metonymy; structural metaphors; Formula 1; sports language; English; Swedish.;

   Abstract : This essay researches metaphors and metonymy in motorsports language, mainly investigating strategies for translating the structural metaphors RACING is WAR and RACE POSITIONS are RESOURCES and analyzing the results through both a quantitative and qualitative approach. The material for the research was selected parts of former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber’s autobiography, Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey (2016). READ MORE

5. 14. The Pencil Box

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Encina Fernandez; [2017]
   Keywords : Immigration in Spain; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Guinea Conakry, Congo, Senegal, Mali, Togo, Ghana, Niger, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Sierra Leone ... the starting point has different names; the arrival, only three: Ceuta, Melilla or the Iberian peninsula. READ MORE

6. 15. The Role of Child Protection Professionals in Enhancing Parenting among Immigrants parents in Gothenburg: The perspectives of child protection professionals in Gothenburg.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Lilian Amankwa; [2015-12-18]
   Keywords : Parenting; Children; Child protection; Immigrant Parents; Needs-based support ;

   Abstract : This study documented the role that child protection professionals play in enhancing parenting in Gothenburg – Sweden. It sought to answer three research questions, namely: what expectations do child protection professionals hold about parenting? What difficulties do immigrant parents in Gothenburg face? And what services are put in place to help immigrant parents to bring up their children in a way acceptable in Sweden? The qualitative research approach was used. READ MORE