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471	A study of translation strategies in Guillaume Oyono Mbia's plays Suh, Joseph Che 30 November 2005 (has links) This thesis is focused on a study of translation strategies in Guillaume Oyono Mbia's plays. By using the sociological, formalistic and semiotic approaches to literary criticism to inform the analysis of the source texts and by applying descriptive models outlined within the framework of descriptive translation studies (DTS) to compare the source and target texts, the study establishes the fact that in his target texts Oyono Mbia, self-translating author, has produced a realistic and convincing portrait of his native Bulu culture and society depicted in his source texts by adopting the same default preservation and foreignizing strategy employed in his source texts. Oyono Mbia's works, his translation strategies and translational behaviour are situated in the context of the prevailing trend and attitude (from the sixties to date) of African writers writing in European languages and it is posited that this category of writers are in effect creative translators and that the strategies they use in their original compositions are the same as those outlined by translation scholars or effectively used by practitioners. These strategies enable the writer and the translator of this category of African literature to preserve the "Africanness" which is the essence and main distinguishing feature of that literature. Contrary to some scholars (cf. Bandia 1993:58) who regard the translation phenomenon evident in the creative writings of African writers writing in European languages as a process which is covert, semantic and secondary, the present study of Oyono Mbia's translation strategies clearly reveals the process as overt, communicative and primary. Taking Oyono Mbia's strategies as a case in point, this study postulates that since for the most part, the African writer writing in a European language has captured the African content and form in his original creative translation, what the translator simply needs to do is to carry over such content and form to the other European language. / Linguistics / D.Litt. et Phil. (Linguistics) African literature in European languages Culture-specific elements Cushioning Default preservation strategy Descriptive translation studies Drama communication chain Drama text as incomplete entity Drama translation Formalistic approaches Performability Semiotic approaches Sociological approaches speakability 418.02 Translating and interpreting Drama -- Translating Discourse analysis, Literary
472	A study of translation strategies in Guillaume Oyono Mbia's plays Suh, Joseph Che 30 November 2005 (has links) This thesis is focused on a study of translation strategies in Guillaume Oyono Mbia's plays. By using the sociological, formalistic and semiotic approaches to literary criticism to inform the analysis of the source texts and by applying descriptive models outlined within the framework of descriptive translation studies (DTS) to compare the source and target texts, the study establishes the fact that in his target texts Oyono Mbia, self-translating author, has produced a realistic and convincing portrait of his native Bulu culture and society depicted in his source texts by adopting the same default preservation and foreignizing strategy employed in his source texts. Oyono Mbia's works, his translation strategies and translational behaviour are situated in the context of the prevailing trend and attitude (from the sixties to date) of African writers writing in European languages and it is posited that this category of writers are in effect creative translators and that the strategies they use in their original compositions are the same as those outlined by translation scholars or effectively used by practitioners. These strategies enable the writer and the translator of this category of African literature to preserve the "Africanness" which is the essence and main distinguishing feature of that literature. Contrary to some scholars (cf. Bandia 1993:58) who regard the translation phenomenon evident in the creative writings of African writers writing in European languages as a process which is covert, semantic and secondary, the present study of Oyono Mbia's translation strategies clearly reveals the process as overt, communicative and primary. Taking Oyono Mbia's strategies as a case in point, this study postulates that since for the most part, the African writer writing in a European language has captured the African content and form in his original creative translation, what the translator simply needs to do is to carry over such content and form to the other European language. / Linguistics and Modern Languages / D.Litt. et Phil. (Linguistics) African literature in European languages Culture-specific elements Cushioning Default preservation strategy Descriptive translation studies Drama communication chain Drama text as incomplete entity Drama translation Formalistic approaches Performability Semiotic approaches Sociological approaches speakability 418.02 Translating and interpreting Drama -- Translating Discourse analysis, Literary
473	A critical investigation of deaf comprehension of signed tv news interpretation Wehrmeyer, Jennifer Ella January 2013 (has links) This study investigates factors hampering comprehension of sign language interpretations rendered on South African TV news bulletins in terms of Deaf viewers’ expectancy norms and corpus analysis of authentic interpretations. The research fills a gap in the emerging discipline of Sign Language Interpreting Studies, specifically with reference to corpus studies. The study presents a new model for translation/interpretation evaluation based on the introduction of Grounded Theory (GT) into a reception-oriented model. The research question is addressed holistically in terms of target audience competencies and expectations, aspects of the physical setting, interpreters’ use of language and interpreting choices. The South African Deaf community are incorporated as experts into the assessment process, thereby empirically grounding the research within the socio-dynamic context of the target audience. Triangulation in data collection and analysis was provided by applying multiple mixed data collection methods, namely questionnaires, interviews, eye-tracking and corpus tools. The primary variables identified by the study are the small picture size and use of dialect. Secondary variables identified include inconsistent or inadequate use of non-manual features, incoherent or non-simultaneous mouthing, careless or incorrect sign execution, too fast signing, loss of visibility against skin or clothing, omission of vital elements of sentence structure, adherence to source language structures, meaningless additions, incorrect referencing, oversimplification and violations of Deaf norms of restructuring, information transfer, gatekeeping and third person interpreting. The identification of these factors allows the construction of a series of testable hypotheses, thereby providing a broad platform for further research. Apart from pioneering corpus-driven sign language interpreting research, the study makes significant contributions to present knowledge of evaluative models, interpreting strategies and norms and systems of transcription and annotation. / Linguistics / Thesis (D. Litt.et Phil. (Linguistics) Interpreting studies Grounded theory Descriptive translation studies Tertium comparationis Qualitative analysis Sign language interpreting Comprehension of sign language South African Sign Language Sign language interpreting studies Language variation Mouthing Interpreter signing skills Interpreter visibility Corpus-driven research Interpreting strategies Corpus design Corpus annotation Sign language transcription Deaf studies Questionnaire research Triangulation Eye-tracking Norms 418.02 South African Sign Language
474	A critical investigation of deaf comprehension of signed tv news interpretation Wehrmeyer, Jennifer Ella January 2013 (has links) This study investigates factors hampering comprehension of sign language interpretations rendered on South African TV news bulletins in terms of Deaf viewers’ expectancy norms and corpus analysis of authentic interpretations. The research fills a gap in the emerging discipline of Sign Language Interpreting Studies, specifically with reference to corpus studies. The study presents a new model for translation/interpretation evaluation based on the introduction of Grounded Theory (GT) into a reception-oriented model. The research question is addressed holistically in terms of target audience competencies and expectations, aspects of the physical setting, interpreters’ use of language and interpreting choices. The South African Deaf community are incorporated as experts into the assessment process, thereby empirically grounding the research within the socio-dynamic context of the target audience. Triangulation in data collection and analysis was provided by applying multiple mixed data collection methods, namely questionnaires, interviews, eye-tracking and corpus tools. The primary variables identified by the study are the small picture size and use of dialect. Secondary variables identified include inconsistent or inadequate use of non-manual features, incoherent or non-simultaneous mouthing, careless or incorrect sign execution, too fast signing, loss of visibility against skin or clothing, omission of vital elements of sentence structure, adherence to source language structures, meaningless additions, incorrect referencing, oversimplification and violations of Deaf norms of restructuring, information transfer, gatekeeping and third person interpreting. The identification of these factors allows the construction of a series of testable hypotheses, thereby providing a broad platform for further research. Apart from pioneering corpus-driven sign language interpreting research, the study makes significant contributions to present knowledge of evaluative models, interpreting strategies and norms and systems of transcription and annotation. / Linguistics and Modern Languages / Thesis (D. Litt.et Phil. (Linguistics) Interpreting studies Grounded theory Descriptive translation studies Tertium comparationis Qualitative analysis Sign language interpreting Comprehension of sign language South African Sign Language Sign language interpreting studies Language variation Mouthing Interpreter signing skills Interpreter visibility Corpus-driven research Interpreting strategies Corpus design Corpus annotation Sign language transcription Deaf studies Questionnaire research Triangulation Eye-tracking Norms 418.02 South African Sign Language
475	A Translation of Dominik Nagl’s Grenzfälle with an Introductory Analysis of the Translation Process Keady, Joseph 01 February 2020 (has links) My thesis is an analysis of my own translation of a chapter from Dominik Nagl's legal history 'Grenzfälle,' which addresses questions of citizenship and nationality in the context of the German colonies in Africa and the South Pacific. My analysis focuses primarily on strategies that I used in an effort to preserve the strangeness of a linguistic context that is, in many ways, "foreign" to twenty first-century North Americans while also striving to avoid reproducing the violence embedded in language that is historically laden with extreme power disparities. Germany Africa colonialism translation citizenship legal history African American Studies Africana Studies African History Civil Law Civil Rights and Discrimination Common Law Comparative and Foreign Law Comparative Literature Cultural Heritage Law Cultural History Diplomatic History Ethnic Studies European History European Languages and Societies European Law Family Law German Language and Literature Government Contracts History History of the Pacific Islands Holocaust and Genocide Studies Human Rights Law Immigration Law Indigenous Studies International Humanitarian Law International Law Jewish Studies Language Interpretation and Translation Law and Gender Law and Politics Law and Race Law and Society Legal Legal History Melanesian Studies Micronesian Studies Modern Languages Other Arts and Humanities Other German Language and Literature Other History Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Other Law Pacific Islands Languages and Societies Political History Polynesian Studies Public History Social History Translation Studies Transnational Law Women's History

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