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1. 1. Salkinson’s Pursuit of Bringing the New Testament into the Treasure Houseof Hebrew Literature : The controversy surrounding a Haskalah Hebrew translation of the New Testament

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Semitiska språk: Arabiska, Arameiska/Syriska, Etiopiska, Hebreiska

   Author : Herta Maria Dixon; [2023]
   Keywords : Haskalah Hebrew; NT translations; Meliṣah; Jewish;

   Abstract : This study deals with the surprising commissioning of a new translation into Hebrew of the New Testament only months after the prestigious translation by the celebrated German Hebraist Prof. Franz Delitzsch had been published, in 1877. READ MORE

3. 2. Translation strategies for figurative language in non-fiction : Translating metaphors, idioms, and phrasal verbs from English to Swedish

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Vicky Taylor; [2022]
   Keywords : figurative language; translation; conceptual metaphors; idioms; phrasal verbs; translation strategies; literal translation; transference; meaning translation; omission; addition; Swedish; English;

   Abstract : This thesis examines translation strategies for translating figurative language with a focus on metaphors, idioms, and phrasal verbs. Translators often state that figurative language presents challenges in the translation process. This is mainly because the translator must consider the language’s pragmatic, cognitive, and aesthetic functions. READ MORE

4. 3. Beating about the bush: written production and comprehension of L2 idioms

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Lina Palm; [2019]
   Keywords : figurative meaning; idiom; keystroke logging; language transfer; literal meaning; phraseology; second language acquisition; second language learning; translation; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : A study on the online process of producing idioms in writing and how second language learners manage the production and comprehension of idioms may provide a useful and comprehensive investigation of the production, comprehension and acquisition of language. The study in this paper investigated how Swedish (L1) second language learners of English (L2) produce and comprehend written idioms in the L2. READ MORE

5. 4. Translation of Humour in Media From English Speech to Swedish Subtitles: A Pilot Study of Selected Episodes in the Sitcom Friends

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Agata Leshkovich; [2016-09-26]
   Keywords : engelska; English; Swedish; Audiovisual translation; humour; culture; sitcom; Friends;

   Abstract : The aim of this pilot study is to analyse the translation of humour in selected episodes in the American sitcom Friends from speech to Swedish subtitles in terms of linguistic and cultural aspects. The study was conducted qualitatively by choosing several episodes and thoroughly analysing the translation of linguistic and culture-specific features in order to explore what strategies of translation were implemented on different kinds of jokes, noting the constraints of interlingual subtitling. READ MORE

6. 5. Pura Vida : A study on translation of proper nouns, figures of speech and terminology in an English travel guide about Costa Rica

   University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Sofia Gullström; [2013]
   Keywords : Travel texts; tourism; translation problems; cultural aspects; names; metaphors; idioms; biological terms; tourism terms;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the difficulties that came up in the translation of an English travel guide about Costa Rica into Swedish, and what strategies may be employed in order to solve them. The focus is on how to handle proper nouns, figures of speech and terminology. READ MORE