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1. 21. Translating a text on the American Indian Wars: : A study of what kinds of adaption are required to make the TT suit the intended readers

   Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

   Författare :Margareta Sundquist; [2011]
   Nyckelord :adaption; addition; omission; obligatory modulation; optional modulation; equivalence;

   Sammanfattning : Abstract The aim of this essay is to find out what kinds of adaption are necessary when translating an English text from a specialist book into a text that will suit Swedish students in upper secondary school. In order to obtain the data needed for the study I translated a part of a chapter from the book North American Indian Wars by Richard H. LÄS MER

3. 22. Fixed Expressions and Culture-specific Phenomena : a translation study of a guidebook

   Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

   Författare :Marie Hansson; [2010]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to classify and analyse certain areas of interest that occurred intranslation of parts of the guidebook Edinburgh, published by Phaidon Press. The analysis focuses on the translation of fixed expressions (idioms and metaphors) and culture-specific phenomena (proper nouns and terminology). LÄS MER

4. 23. Metaphors and Terminology in Social Science : A translation and an analysis

   Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för humaniora

   Författare :Caroline Helleklev; [2006]
   Nyckelord :Översättning;

   Sammanfattning : This essay deals with the translation and analysis of a text on human rights. The analysis focuses on terminology, figures of speech, idiomatic expressions and oblique translation (modulation). The core of the essay concerns terminology and metaphors (or figures of speech), with the last two parts complementing the first two. LÄS MER

5. 24. English and Swedish Animal Idioms : A Study of Correspondence and Variation in Content and Expression

   Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

   Författare :Nathalie Colin; [2006]
   Nyckelord :English and Swedish animal idioms; literal translation; role of context; underlying conceptual metaphor; personification; simile; semantics.;

   Sammanfattning : Idioms are found in every language and learning them is an important aspect of the mastery of a language. The English language is no exception as it contains a large number of idioms, which are extensively used. However, because of their rather rigid structure and quite unpredictable meaning, idioms are often considered difficult to learn. LÄS MER