Essays about: "proper noun"

Found 5 essays containing the words proper noun.

  1. 1. English Translation of Thai Pronouns : How Two Translators Have Dealt with Thai Personal Pronouns in Four Reigns

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Camille Nampetch; [2019]
    Keywords : Thai personal pronouns; Pramoj; Four Reigns; translation techniques; Tulachandra; Barang;

    Abstract : This study has looked into what translation techniques Tulachandra and Barang have used in their English translation of Thai personal pronouns in Pramoj’s novel Four Reigns. Thai uses different personal pronouns to different people to signify social status, gender and intimacy, which may be challenging for the English translations to achieve. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Noun Phrase Anaphora and Referential Behaviour in Child-Directed Speech During the Child’s First Year

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : David Pagmar; [2015]
    Keywords : anaphora; anaphoric pronouns; child-directed speech; referential behaviour;

    Abstract : “Anaphora” is a label used for a referential expression that connects one entity (e.g. a pronoun) to another previously established entity (e.g. READ MORE

  5. 4. “Översätt den här sidan” : The advancement of Google Translate and how it performs in the online translation of compound and proper nouns from Swedish into English

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Ida Stefansson; [2011]
    Keywords : Machine translation; Google Translate; mistranslations; compound nouns; proper nouns; general information articles; patent texts;

    Abstract : The English translation of the Swedish compound fönsterbräda into windowsill, or the proper noun Danmark into Denmark makes perfect sense. But how about the compound fossilbränslefri as simply fossil fuel or the name Mälaren as Lake?  All four of these translations have been produced with the help of automatic machine translation. READ MORE

  6. 5. Pippi Goes Abroad : A comparative study of the British and American translations of neologisms, nonce words and proper nouns in Pippi Longstocking

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Madelene Moats; [2009]
    Keywords : Astrid Lindgren; interference; literary translation; neologism; nonce word; proper noun; Pippi Longstocking; source text; target text; translation procedures;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to analyze two literary translations of Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Långstrump (Lindgren, 1945) from Swedish into English.  The study compares the British and the American English translations of neologisms, nonce words and proper nouns. READ MORE