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This wide-ranging collection brings together essays on a recent approach to translation known as transcreation. Together with new modes of translation, such as fansubbing, fandubbing, and crowdsourcing, transcreation has challenged the traditional structure of the translation market, the agency and ethics of the discipline, and encouraged new research in translation studies. A debate has emerged around the two concepts of translation and transcreation, mostly in terms of differences between the two practices and issues such as creativity, abusive translation and appropriation. Mainly applied to commercial translation, transcreation is now gaining…
This wide-ranging collection brings together essays on a recent approach to translation known as transcreation, which has challenged the traditional structure of the translation market and the agency and ethics of the discipline, and encouraged new research in translation studies
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From Theory to Mysticism
The Unclarity of the Notion ‘Object’ in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus
This book focuses on the main constituent of the Bild theory of sentences in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus: the term ‘object’. One of the things that attracts the reader of the Tractatus is that while there is use of the notion ‘object’, the notion is not specified. This book explains: (a) why the term ‘object’ in the Tractatus is unclear; (b) what difficulties and problems result because of this lack of clarity in the Tractatus; (c) why the term ‘object’ might be left unclear on purpose; and (d) how the…
Georgallides focuses on the main constituent of the Bild theory of sentences in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus: the term ‘object’. He highlights why the exact meaning of this concept is left unclear, and what difficulties result from this lack of clarity in the Tractatus.
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Describing the Unobserved and Other Essays
Unspeakable Sentences after Unspeakable Sentences
The seven essays gathered in this volume are all concerned, more or less directly, with the “unspeakable sentences” of fictional narration, that is, the sentences that do not bear any explicit mark nor any implicit indication of a first person and which are not interpretable as the expression of a speaker’s subjectivity. Chief among them are the sentences of free indirect style, which this book prefers to call sentences of “represented speech and thought.” All of these essays were written after the publication of Unspeakable Sentences: Narration and Representation…
The seven essays gathered in this volume are all concerned with the “unspeakable sentences” of fictional narration, using Unspeakable Essays (1982) as a theoretical framework for further exploration into linguistics, philosophy and the analysis of narrative and the novel.
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This book includes thirteen short stories, chosen to illustrate various modes of narration and to provoke reflection on a range of issues. The texts illustrate how great writers can, with their insight and gift for words, help us to see the world in which we live in new probing and exciting ways. Upon the completion of this book, learners will be able to read to find and handle information for a range of purposes, as well as read to enjoy and respond to a variety of texts. The book will…
These thirteen short stories from great writers help us see the world in new, exciting ways. The book integrates literary competence, communicative competence, and critical thinking skills, equipping the reader to read, write, and communicate more effectively.
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The intensification of contacts between cultures and languages has a major impact on all social spheres today. Multiculturalism and multilingualism are important elements of the local, regional, national and global community. Much of the world’s conflict stems from the contrast between globalization and nationalism, fuelled by religions, racial divisions, traditions and other cultural particularities. Focusing mainly on the situation in Central and South-eastern Europe, this book addresses how cultural identities develop through tourism, education, literature and other social fields, and how language and literature teaching should be planned in this…
In a world torn between globalization and nationalism, how are cultural identities defined? Focusing on Central and South-eastern Europe, this book reveals how tourism, education, and literature shape identity in our complex, interconnected society.
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Translation as Criticism
Elizabeth Jolley's Mr Scobie's Riddle
Themes, places, characters and voices of Elizabeth Jolley’s Mr Scobie’s Riddle are explored in detail in this monograph, which provides different narratological and translational analyses of the novel, as well as an academic translation into Italian. Considering the challenges and issues posited by a literary work’s translation helps to shed light on the original work itself. In this manner, the translation is to be seen as a further analytical instrument to gain insight into the original novel. The purpose of this work is to obtain a deeper understanding of the…
This work explores the microcosm of Elizabeth Jolley’s Mr Scobie’s Riddle, analyzing its Australian themes, curious characters, and entertaining voices. It provides a new translation to take Italian readers on a journey into the world of the novel.
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“Sing, Goddess, of the wrath of Pēleús’ son Akhilleús, the accursed wrath that caused Akhaíans countless woes and hurled headlong To Hāḯdēs a host of heroes’ souls And left their bodies spoil for dogs and all The birds of carrion. The will of Zeús Was brought to pass from when Agamémnōn, The Lord of men, opposed the consummate Akhilleús. Which God was it that set the two At odds?” So begins the Íliad, Homer’s epic song about the invasion of Troy by a force of Greeks led by Agamémnōn, King…
Homer’s epic song of the Trojan War. When the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Akhilleús, falls out with King Agamémnōn and withdraws from battle, their fortunes turn. The Trojans are storming the wall to fight close to the ships, and Akhilleus still refuses to join the battle.
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Creative writing is a responsive human activity. We use it to respond to the world, to our feelings, to ideas, to observations, to other people, to historical and cultural events, and to the wonders created in our imaginations. This book shows how we go about doing this responding. Contributors discuss practice-led research in creative writing. They look at the ways a writer can use language or employ genre and consider how we each define themes and subjects and use writing techniques to explore to these themes and subjects. In examining…
Creative writing is a response to the world. This book shows how writers use language, genre, and technique to explore themes and subjects. Discover how to produce inventive results that improve your own creative writing and critical understanding.
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The text celebrates the academic achievements of Professor Olasope Oyelaran. It brings together over 20 papers by an international group of scholars on African diaspora languages, literatures and culture, representing four generations, all of whom have been influenced by Oyelaran’s work in one way or another. Edited by three African scholars in the USA, UK, and Nigeria, the volume presents current research on topics in applied- and socio-linguistics, phonology, morphology, syntax, oral and written literature, and Yoruba language and culture in African diasporas in Brazil, Cuba, and Trinidad. The constellation…
This text celebrates Professor Olasope Oyelaran, bringing together papers by international scholars influenced by his work. It presents current research on the linguistic and cultural interface of Africa and its diasporas in Brazil, Cuba, and Trinidad.
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Translation in the Digital Age
Translation 4.0
Translation, interpreting and translatology face major challenges today, as new technologies provide new ways of investigating our profession, analysing the process of performing these acts of linguistic mediation, or the outcome of our work, and even permit a fresh look at old data. However, aside from a certain improvement in terms of research possibilities, what else does the future hold for translation and interpreting? This volume proposes the label Translation 4.0, suggesting that contemporary translation should actually be understood as programmatic as expressions such as Industry 4.0 and Internet 4.0,…
New technologies challenge translation and interpreting. This volume introduces “Translation 4.0″—the application of internet technology to communication between humans and machines—and explores the consequences for research and the profession.
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“The people took the bones, enwrapped them with Soft purple robes, and laid them down within A golden urn, to place it in a hollow Kist of stone, and cover it above With close-set rocks and earth to make a mound. ...When they had raised the mound Of earth above the grave, they went back to The city and assembled for a splendid Banquet in the hall of Príamos. Thus were the funeral rites completed for Illustrious Héktōr, the horsetamer.” When the humiliated Akhilleús withdrew from battle, the Akhaians were…
Enraged by the death of his beloved comrade Pátroklos, Akhilleús returns to battle to slay the Trojan champion Héktōr. After desecrating the corpse, he is confronted by King Príamos. Touched by the old man’s grief, Akhilleús achieves redemption by returning the body for burial.
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Attitudes towards, and strategies for treating, those who suffer from abnormal mental states have evolved considerably over the centuries, and these are reflected in the various literary genres of all eras. In its introduction, this book provides a concise, yet thorough, overview of this phenomenon, citing key examples taken from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Each of the eight chapters which constitute Part One of this study then focuses on representations of a particular mental health issue in a work of literature produced by a twenty-first-century French woman…
This study explores representations of mental health in literature, focusing on works by 21st-century French women writers. It situates these portrayals in relation to current attitudes and practices, and discusses the benefit of their translation for an Anglophone readership.
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Semiotics can be considered as a well-organized signification journey taken among the pages of the work of art. It requires background knowledge related to the field and its analysis tools, as well as careful reading practices in the text to reach the projected destination after stopping over in certain stations. These stations represent meaning intersections where the meaningful formations are articulated to contribute to the generation of the semantic universe of the text. The presentation of such a fictional universe can be complicated because of the nature of…
Beyond its story, what makes Nineteen Eighty-Four a masterpiece? This book conducts a semiotic analysis to uncover the novel’s hidden structures, revealing how Orwell masterfully constructed its powerful and enigmatic layers of meaning.
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This volume deepens thinking and research about literature and Catholicism in the 19th and 20th centuries. It develops the understanding that a number of acclaimed literary texts have reflected, in imaginative and memorable ways, a distinctive Catholic sensibility, identity and philosophy of life, and, in so doing, have shed light on profound spiritual experiences in a variety of fictional settings.
This volume explores how acclaimed literary texts of the 19th and 20th centuries reflect a distinctive Catholic sensibility, shedding light on profound spiritual experiences in imaginative and memorable ways.
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This volume brings together diverse perspectives on issues connected with translation. Translation is a communication tool that offers a bridge to other cultures and mentalities in this time of rapid changes and different challenges. As a cultural activity, it can be approached from different standpoints, ranging from the scientific to the artistic. This book provides studies of the phenomenon from the perspectives of literary translation, interpreting, idiom translation, and translation method as a foreign language method. All contributors to the text work as professional translators, which makes their experience invaluable…
This volume offers diverse perspectives on translation as a bridge to other cultures. It provides studies on literary translation, interpreting, and idiom translation. Written by professional translators, their experience is invaluable for fellow practitioners.
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Current Topics in Language and Literature
An International Perspective
This volume brings together 15 peer-reviewed papers which discuss numerous current topics in language and literature. It synthesizes various contemporary practical topics in post-secondary education written by active researchers and practitioners in their respective areas. By using research methods such as mixed methods, case studies, discourse analysis, grounded theory and the repertory grid, the contributors offer insights into the ways in which higher education continuously changes and evolves to face constant challenges resulting from new instructional practices. Taking this into consideration, this book will help educators, researchers and students to…
Through varied research methods this volume synthesizes various contemporary practical topics in post-secondary education written by active researchers and practitioners in their respective areas. In doing so it offers insights into the ever-evolving nature of higher education.
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The Legacy of János S. Petőfi
Text Linguistics, Literary Theory and Semiotics
János S. Petőfi (1931-2013) was one of the founders of Text Linguistics in Germany in the early ‘70s. He developed different text models, the most famous of which were the Text Structure World Structure Theory (TeSWeST) and Semiotic Textology. In this volume, some of his colleagues and disciples discuss his theoretical contributions to prove the enormous impact of his thoughts in the fields of linguistics, literary theory, rhetoric and semiotics. The essays here consider the notion of coherence, which Petőfi deemed to be the only sufficient condition for textuality, the…
János S. Petőfi was a founder of Text Linguistics. In this volume, his colleagues and disciples discuss his enormous impact on linguistics, literary theory, rhetoric and semiotics. Essays consider topics like coherence and the analysis of literary and multimedial texts.
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Recent Trends in Translation Studies
An Anglo-Italian Perspective
This volume offers a snapshot of current perspectives on translation studies within the specific historical and socio-cultural framework of Anglo-Italian relations. It addresses research questions relevant to English historical, literary, cultural and language studies, as well as empirical translation studies. The book is divided into four chapters, each covering a specific research area in the scholarly field of translation studies: namely, historiography, literary translation, specialized translation and multimodality. Each case study selected for this volume has been conducted with critical insight and methodological rigour, and makes a valuable contribution to…
This volume offers a snapshot of current perspectives on translation studies within the socio-cultural framework of Anglo-Italian relations. It covers historiography, literary translation, specialized translation, and multimodality through methodologically rigorous case studies.
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The Communicative Mind
A Linguistic Exploration of Conceptual Integration and Meaning Construction
Integrating research in linguistics, philosophy, semiotics, neurophenomenology, and literary studies, The Communicative Mind presents a thought-provoking and multifaceted investigation into linguistic meaning construction. It explores the various ways in which the intersubjectivity of communicating interactants manifests itself in language structure and use and argues for the indispensability of dialogue as a semantic resource in cognition. The view of the mind as highly conditioned by the domain of interpersonal communication is supported by an extensive range of empirical linguistic data from fiction, poetry and written and spoken everyday language,…
This multifaceted investigation into linguistic meaning argues for the indispensability of dialogue in cognition. Drawing on linguistics, philosophy, and literary studies, it demonstrates the centrality of subjectivity and turn-taking interaction in natural semantics.
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Explorations in Humor Studies
Humor Research Project
Working towards a multifaceted debate on humor and related phenomena, this book is a comprehensive reflection of the contributors’ shared interest in various dimensions of humor and its manifold applications. It is composed of a selection of writings that provide important insights into language used for humorous purposes. Theoretical discussions are complemented by an assortment of case studies in linguistics, culture, literature, and translation, as well as in visual and media studies.
This book explores the various dimensions of humor and its applications. It provides important insights into humorous language through theoretical discussions complemented by case studies in linguistics, culture, literature, translation, and visual and media studies.
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