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    1. Introduction Film translation has become a popular field in translation studies as technological developments have changed paper oriented society towards media oriented society (Orero, 2004). Recently, more research are carried out on film translation while film script translation for the purposes of dubbing is one of the most peculiar disciplines within the field of translation; yet, the studies are mainly focus on script translation, i.e. dubbing and subtitling. Although plot is the most important

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    product to be localized is already available. This strategy reuses the existing software product for the target locale. The localization tool explained in this paper is based on this strategy. Programmer has the code of notepad software (available in English) and this code pass as input test case to the tool. 3. SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE Service oriented architecture is software architecture design pattern that provide application functionality as services, known as Service-orientation. Similar to

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    How Culture Influences Advertisement Translation. Introduction In our everyday life, every time we watch television or while we are surfing the internet, advertising is behind the corner and sometimes we do not even realize we are listening to it. We are bombarded by slogans and catchy phrases that catch our attention and make us customers of the product advertised in a way that is not direct but instead hidden and implicit. Without being aware of it, we buy products because when shopping, something

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    languages. To start off, learning foreign languages is an advantage to the children’s future career path. Being able to speak in foreign languages will definitely be a handy skill for children when they grow up. The worlds does not only consist of English speakers, we often need to communicate with people who do not speak the same languages as we do. Companies, especially international enterprises, will more likely employ candidates who speak many languages fluently. It will be an advantage for children

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    require the most effort. In addition to the basic semantic translation required of any text in order to preserve meaning, translated songs would need to maintain a similar “rhythm” - in both a musical and a more syntactic sense - as the original in order to convey a similar tone. This task means that many songs could be considered somewhat “untranslatable,” since in many cases, such prosody could not be perfectly recaptured in a translation. One song that exemplifies this difficulty is “Down and

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    more emphasis on the literary works when translating than the ability of the translator. Benjamin also adds that languages shares an inner relationship that is only revealed when translation is done properly. In general, he indicates that the task of a translator is to “renew” great works. However, when discussing translations, the primary focus should not be on the text itself but on the languages. Languages are unique. They have transformed significantly over time and are still undergoing changes.

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    Examples Of Connotation

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    Switching to the next paragraph, connotations are to be discussed as another troublesome part of the process of translation. To define, connotation is “an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning” (Oxford Dictionary Online). Simply speaking, connotation is the feeling the given word causes that is beyond its literal meaning. The countertype of a connotation is a denotation, which is a literal meaning of a word or a phrase which we can find in

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    Lu Xun's Call To Arms

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    Kong Yiji is one of the representative works in Lu Xun’s short story collection Call to Arms. Multiple translations have been made on Kong Yiji. This comparative analysis will be based on Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang version, and William A. Lyell version. Prior to analysis, I have to admit my own limitation. This story is included in Chinese textbook, where footnotes explain comprehensively vocabulary that even college students without extensive studies in Chinese would not understand. Therefore

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    Health Technology Paper Jimi Bryen Southwestern Oklahoma State University   There are many individuals in the United States of America whom do not speak English. This can be frustrating, especially if one is attempting to seek access to health care when translation can be problematic. This is one struggle I have personally recognized in a rural health care facility where translators are not readily available at all times. In Purcell Oklahoma approximately thirteen point two percent of the population

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    Essay On Puns

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    The translation of puns in three literary texts: Alice in Wonderland, Animal Farm and Great Expectation 1.Introduction Puns are popular literary device that widely used in English .They are a play on words by using a word that suggests two or more meanings or by exploiting similar sound words having different meaning. This is generally done to the affect of creating humor , irony , ambiguity and wryness .Puns consider a difficult problem in translation , many consider it as untranslatable .

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