Dan Brown Research Articles

As Submitted To a Journal of Medicine, and: Deficit(s)

As Submitted To a Journal of Medicine, and: Deficit(s) Dan Brown (bio) AS SUBMITTED TO A JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 1. When my great-uncle Leon delivered me,he was only doingwhat he did for a living. If my mother is to be believed(and while “other minds” are famously unknowable,I don’t see why she would lie about this),Leon performedthe inaugural slap, regarded my performance,and gave me my first review:“This is an allergic child.” 2. Only after hearingthe results of my scratch testdid I start to notice those feathery stalks the grass at camp sent upeach summer. The thought of the airmilling with all that seed. . . . Leave it to a city kidto fail to grasp the realenormity: that the air was already rife with what had told the grass to seed;blizzard enoughto visit every blade. [End Page 413] 3. I believe it was Larkin who saidthat having sex with anotheris like having someone help you blow your nose: a comparison that suggests, among other things,how intimate a businessblowing your nose is. As in those old movies, then,the ones where they lower the shadeson lovers, let the door of the bunk bang shut on my histaminic particulars:nothing to perceive but the chitter of crickets,an occasional honk. . . . 4. Though once I’d managed, as I somehow didthose miserable nights, the doffing of consciousness,things eased considerably. Or so I inferredfrom reveille’s tending to find me breathing free:as though with sleep had come some endocrine infusionthat held the troubles off.Smirk if you like, researchers, but never sayI haven’t passed you a ballto run with as you will. [End Page 414] DEFICIT(S) It was late in life as revelations goWhen I happened on a datum new to me:A key could have, for some, a “quality.”Some listeners (a few) could come to knowB minor, say, as “bleak”; E major, “bright”;A major, “warm” . . . Who ever would have guessedAn art could harbor colorations lostOn most . . . Make that on me. A deficit,No doubt—with which I’d call myself okay.Isn’t music more than jewel enoughWithout another facet? If my lifeHas disappointed me in any wayWorth mentioning, it hasn’t been in termsOf tones, God knows. (Just ask my empty arms.) [End Page 415] Dan Brown DANIEL BROWN’s poetry collections are Taking the Occasion (winner of the New Criterion Poetry Prize), What More?, and (in manuscript) Poems with Subjects. His literary-critical book Subjects in Poetry will be published this fall by LSU Press. Copyright © 2021 Dan Brown

Culture, health and well-being sit in places. Impact of COVID-19 on the African Society: geo-anthropological perspectives

Abstract Through an interdisciplinary contribution, the authors intend to propose an updated framework of the progress of the COVID-19 pandemic on the African continent and some critical reflections on various geopolitical and geo-anthropological aspects concerning the new vulnerabilities associated with the pandemic crisis in Africa and the importance of culture and its effects on well-being and health. The pandemic seems to have hit the African continent much less severely than the rest of the world, with a mortality index (2,4%) lower than the global one (3,5%). The spread of the virus in this geographical area is largely underestimated because health care facilities do not have the tracking power that rich countries have, several factors show how Africa is managing to counter the impact of the pandemic. One reason could be the intervention of the immune capacity of a population exposed in the recent past to numerous other infections that could have stimulated greater protection, both in terms of innate and acquired immunity. The dispersion of the rural population, which represents the majority of the African population (43%), could act as a geographical barrier to the virus. It is a complex picture where there are feelings of distrust between the institutions and the population on the management of the pandemic and the circulation of an excessive amount of data that creates confusion. In the African context, the need to understand the relationship between culture and health becomes fundamental. If the role of cultural values is underestimated, the positive potential of culture as a critical element for maintaining and improving health is negated. According to the World Health Organization, traditional medicine is the cornerstone of health care or its complement in the countries where community membership is most deeply rooted. In Africa, the World Health Organisation estimates that 85% of the population uses it because it is more widespread and accessible than traditional healing systems. Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus. And that’s fear. Dan Brown

Le masque mortuaire de Dante, ou un jeu de piste intermédial dans Inferno de Dan Brown

This article aims to show how Dan Brown's thriller Inferno incorporates elements from the Divina Commedia and re-elaborates both the historical and literary figure of Dante. At the center of this investigation, largely designed as a close reading, is the intermedial dimension of the paper chase that drives the novel’s plot. In a race against time to dismantle a biological weapon that threatens humanity, art history professor Robert Langdon comes across a series of complex objects and artifacts. Their complexity is both technical and semiotic, since they modify or combine existing media in a number of original ways, thus activating an intricate web of intermedia references. By analysing the intermedial structure of these objects, I propose to contribute to the description of the dense intertextual and intermedial network that structures the novel.

Normalization Techniques For Translating Cultural - Specific Expressions

For readability of audience in target culture (TC), cultural-specific expressions (CSEs) which have been embedded with specific characteristics, need specific techniques to transfer them into target language (TL). This study aims to identify normalization techniques (NTs) from domestication strategies to show that they are particularly necessary for CSE translation. Based on the previous studies of different scholars, the overlap between domestication and normalization is clarified, following by the clarification of the relation between normalization and the use of translator’s subjectivity, as well as the distinction between CSEs and universals for simple explanation on what normalization and CSE are. Last but not least, the overlapping NTs, classified from domestication strategies will be unified. Finally, illustration of normalization of CSEs, selected from Thai target text (TT) and its English source text (ST), The Da Vinci Code (DVC), a novel by Dan Brown, will give an overt explanation of how each NT is used to deal with CSEs in order to show relation between characteristics of CSEs and each NT. This will answer why NTs are necessary.

ЛЕКСИКО-СЕМАНТИЧНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ІДІОСТИЛЮ ДЕНА БРАУНА (НА МАТЕРІАЛІ НОМІНАТИВНОГО ПРОСТОРУ СФЕРИ МИСТЕЦТВА)

The article is a study of linguo-stylistic devices characteristic of the description of notions related to the field of art in Dan Brown’s idiostyle. In our research we systematized a number of theoretical views on the idiostyle as a whole system and its individual aspects related to the concepts of "linguistic personality", represented in verbal and non-verbal forms. In the paper the idiostyle is defined as a holistic system of visual aids that structures and represents individual knowledge about the world as well as reflects the national specificity of the world perception. In examining the linguistic grounds of the study of the author’s idiostyle, it is found out that idiostyle is a special component of the stylistic system of the language of a literary text, which consists of a set of linguistic and expressive means that perform an aesthetic function and distinguish the writer’s language. The paper points out that the nominative field in Dan Brown’s idiostyle represented in Robert Langdon book series is a complex structurally meaningful, multidimensional verbalized formation that is also rated as a verbal embodiment of the author’s creative potential. Despite being based on the standard lexicon of the linguistic society, Dan Brown’s thesaurus still has its differences. First of all, it is significantly influenced by the linguistic preferences and habits of the author, as well as genre-thematic and ideological originality. In addition, a number of extralingual factors prove to be an important component of the writer’s nominative field, namely: the presence of a technological component and informativeness of works, geographical environment, mystery, anthropocentrism, communication with the reader and inocultural environment. All these factors affect the choice and use of thematic lexical units and certain stylistic devices with the purpose to intensify the text’s communicative-and-pragmatic effect on the recipient. As a result, the analyzed works consist of the following stylistic elements: toponyms, chromatonyms, anthroponyms, terms, realia, as well as metaphors and similes.

A Dominant Global Translation Strategy in Thai Translated Novels: The Translations of Religious Markers in Dan Brown’s Thriller Novels

When translation is considered as an integral part of larger social systems (Even-Zohar 1990), the ways in which translations are produced to serve readers’ specificity could be affected. This paper examines whether there is a preference for a specific global translation strategy due to a readership that is specialized in terms of education level. Adopting Venuti’s (1995/2008) division of global translation strategies into exoticizing and domesticating translation, it examines the frequency of local translation strategies, which are part of a global translation strategy, used in translating English-Thai religious markers in Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno and Origin. The religious markers cover words/phrases of belief systems in either Eastern or Western culture. The results show that exoticizing translation is a dominant global translation strategy that translation agents, such as translators and editors, use in literary translations of Anglo-American novels.

THE ROLES OF SOPHIE NEVEU AS REFLECTION OF WOMEN’S EQUALITY IN DAN BROWN’S THE DA VINCI CODE NOVEL

This research analyzes women‘s issues in The Da Vinci Code novel by Dan Brown. In the novel there is a female character named Sophie Neveu . Sophie's role as a woman who can be relied upon in various situations makes her considered as woman who carries the spirit of feminism. The researchers decided to examine the role of Sophie Neveu as reflection of women's equality in The Da Vinci Code novel. The main theory used is Liberal Feminism by Betty Friedan. The form used in this research is qualitative and descriptive method in process of data analysis. The results of the discussion of this research are 1). Sophie Neveu play eleven roles of masculine qualities i.e. strong woman, competitive, courageous, unyielding, confident, independent, adventurous, aggressive, assertive, intelligent and generally acting as leaders, and; 2). The factors that make Sophie Neveu able to play this role is the background of her education. The conclusions of this research are masculine characteristics that can be owned by women and men, to become advanced individuals, women as part of the community must have equal opportunities as men in getting equal education, and the last that education is very important.Keywords: Characterization, Women‘s issues, Women equality, Liberal feminism, Masculine qualities

IDENTIFICATION OF DENOTATION CONNOTATION AND MYTH IN THE FIGURE OF MARIA MAGDALENE ON THE DA VINCI CODE DAN BROWN.docx

This research discusses discoveries, denotatives, connotatives and myths in literary works, a novel entitled The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The theory used is the concept of semiotics according to Roland Barthes who proposed the concept of the developed theory from Ferdinand de Saussure developed by Barthes which was designed to determine denotatives, connotative and myth to the theory which means a way of interpreting fiction and non-fiction. Because the object of this research is a written work (fiction), no field survey was carried out and only library research. The subject of the author's focus is Denotative, Connotative and Myth that appear in the figure of Mary Magdalene narrated in this novel. Documentation is used with the terms of findings and savings the datum that consider as the one that can be identified and analyzied by the researchers. The researchers try to open, analyse and describe the figure of Mary Magdalene that is related with Christianity, Jesus and the Holy Grail using Barthes. The result or the output of the research is that there are five data containing and considering as the example of Barthes concept of Denotation, Connotatioan dan Myth with several reasonings. In this case, identifying an object is the figure of Maria Magdalene in the Novel The Da Vinci Code. Keywords: Myth, Maria Magdalene, Holy Grail, Barthes

THE MORAL PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS AS REFLECTED ON DAN BROWN’S INFERNO

Moral philosophical is central to philosophy study as most issues have been discussed in the philosophy that related to morality. People who are not familiar with the other philosophical belief would think that the other party's belief is wrong while they hold the truth. This issue can be found in any social problem and has been reflected in one of literature work. A literature product is the closest portrait which reflects society's real situation and cultural background, including moral and ethnicity; one example of the products is Dan Brown’s Inferno. In the novel, Brown portrays that there are two sides to the philosophical belief of the truth, which exist in a society. Two main characters reflect the two different beliefs of truths; Bertrand Zobrist versus Dr. Langdon and society. This article uses intentionality theory, which is proposed by Husserl to do moral philosophical analysis critically in order to examine how two sides of philosophical views are believed by two types of parties, society, and Zobrist. To support the analysis, the writer uses philosophy of mind as the primary theory to analyze the moral perspective. The result shows that Zobrist has his own belief that killing half of the human population by bombing them is the right thing to do to save the world. His belief has been built as he is conveyed by Inferno, one of Dante’s great work. Meanwhile, Dr. Langdon and society think that Zobrist’s belief is wrong; his action and plan to kill people is inhuman

Angels and Demons Novel - a Milestone in Dan Brown’s Creative Work

Nowadays the genres eclecticism is so widespread that it is sometimes impossible to identify to which genre a work belongs. This situation, in turn, is reflected in the blurring of the frontiers between Highbrow and Lowbrow literature. Moreover, there are novels that contain some elements of Pulp fiction, and yet they do not belong to this type of literature. This situation is particularly topical with the works that open a series of sequels exploring the same theme or featuring the same protagonist, like the novel under our investigation. This research has proved that this novel contains artistic merit and cannot be referred to as Pop culture product, repeating the same stamp. Furthermore, we traced how the author’s concept of the archetypal notions of Angels and Demons was reflected in the novel. Thus, these results have been reached by implementing biographical approach in considering the writer’s literary career; historical approach in analyzing inaccuracies in depiction of the historical events; and mythological in tracing the reflection of the novelist’s archetypal concept. The benefits of this study include changing attitude to the literary heritage of the author and drawing more attention of scholars to the given novel.

ORDERING OF MODIFIERS IN THE MULTI-NOUN PHRASE OF SL AND TL

In this paper there is an overview of ordering in English multi-noun phrases (MNP) or poly-adjectival nominal phrases (PNP) and the model of semantic ordering is revealed:[Det] + MODIFIERS (+ size [Adj] + shape [Adj] + age[Adj] – colour [Adj + nationality [Adj] + HEADWORD [Noun]. The transformation patterns of rendering English MNPs into Ukrainian ones are recognized and we developed a relevant analysis of MNPs. This project concerns the ordering among modifiers in poly-adjectival nominal phrases (PNP) coined by Bache (1978) to refer to any noun phrase which contains more than one modifier(see also Georgi, 2010). We considered the concept of ordering the constituents in the multi-NP (MNP) in the process of translating from English into Ukrainian. Sproat and Shih (1988) provide one of the most comprehensive cross-linguistic analyses of adjective ordering restrictions, and suggest that the semantic-based ordering theories proposed for English are largely universal across languages. This rearrangement of ordering is triggered by the Ukrainian synthetic grammar structure which permits free word order in the phrase and a sentence, and a change of the communicative focus by the translator. A modifier is defined as words or phrases which premodify the head word of the phrase and can postmodify it as well. From 150 pages of the novel “Angels ad Demons” by Dan Brown and its Ukrainian translation by Aнжелa Кам’янець only 35 multi-noun phrases have been retrieved as an object of our study which we have classified into 4 groups according to the type of transformation (equivalent, permutation, addition, and omission). There is one of the main arguments for the rearrangment motivation of noun headwords and modifiers is the opposition of the author’s and translator’s intentional meaning. In addition we put forward a hypothesis – the both transformations are motivated by the semanticsof modifiers. The Semantic Model of ordering adjectives in the English multi- noun phrase must be verified in various discourse registers to define common and distinctivefeatures of this phenomenon.

Women and Religion in Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code

This article examines Dan Brown's novel, the Da Vinci Code through the frameworks of post-structuralist theories, namely: deconstruction, feminism, new historicism, and cultural materialism. Following a descriptive design, it demonstrates that the novel offers various interrogations of truth, identity, and history through its representation of the suppressed sacred feminine. However, it might have advocated for feminist empowerment through its representation of Mary Magdalene, but it failed. Sophie's portrayal as a detective/cryptologist who was led to a damsel in distress and the novel’s configuration to deconstruction and différance weaken its feminist agenda. Also, it might have deconstructed patriarchy and its repercussions, but the novel was soon bound in its uncertainty on the signifier Holy Grail, a symbol of marginalized women. The truth about the Holy Grail has never been revealed configures the novel to its language's and aim's uncertainty and fluidity. Insights from this study shed light on how popular literatures such as this participate in the perpetuation of the marginality of women. As such, it could also be extended to other popular literary and cultural forms in an attempt to interrogate discourses and practices that maintain gender inequality-towards improving the circumstances and future of women in contemporary society.

Genre invariant of a conspiracy novel

The purpose of the article is the substantiation of theoretical construct of the research – the genre invariant of the conspiracy novel. It is found that the theoretical construct has the following structure: the genre paradigm of adventure literature, which includes the conspiracy novel; the theoretical model of the genre – its invariant; the precedential text – the conspiracy novel of the "Dan Brown’s type”; the genre typology (versions of modifications). It is proved that the “law of the genre” of the conspiracy novel as a new form of postmodern prose marks genre polyphony. The genre model of an invariant covers three plans: 1) a plan of content, 2) a plan of structure, 3) a plan of perception (according to N. Leiderman). The content plan includes invariant conspiracy motifs that are genre-forming. We consider that the dominant of the structure plan is the space-time organization, which includes the plot, the character system, and inset elements. The quest-chronotype is specific to the conspiracy novel. Its character is determined by the plot unity of search motives, the complex picture of subject-object relations, and the predicate which is a multi-level “maze”. The plot-forming constants of the conspiracy novel are a secret – a conspiracy – an investigation as a targeted search. Due to the genre marker – the secret of the conspiracy, which remains the core of the plot, the world of the novel is divided into “ours” / visible reality and “alien” / invisible reality. The quest-chronotope emerges the receptive plan of the conspiracy theological novel, namely: it helps to identify the reader with the characters, increases interest in the work, establishes a game relationship between the author and the reader, since as a result of a general search they comprehend the truth. The precedent text of the theoretical construct is the conspiracy novel of the “Dan Brown’s type”. The descriptive model of the invariant allows us to trace genre modifications and describe the typology of the conspiracy novel in Ukrainian and American literature. The model performs both theoretical and practical functions – it contributes to the development of methodological approaches and tools for studying mass literature.

<i>The Da Vinci Code</i>: A Pseudo-Feminist Text

Dan Brown is able to compress extensive intellectual and religious arguments into quickly accessible sound bites, and his story takes place essentially in one twenty-four-hour period like James Joyce’s Ulysses. Women are a large constituency of The Da Vinci Code, and the book responds in many ways to new thinking about women in western culture. In the novel’s estimation, Mary Magdalene was a strong, independent figure, patron of Jesus, cofounder of his movement, his only believer in his greatest hour of need, author of her own Gospel, his romantic partner, and the mother of his child. Based on these descriptions of the novel, some scholars assert The Da Vinci Code is a feminist novel, which opens everyone’s eyes to a startlingly different view of the powerful role of women in the birth of Christianity. Contrary to the dominating criticism of the novel, the thesis relies on feminist literary theory to scrutinize the patriarchal traces and hidden sexual discrimination in the phallogocentric text of Dan Brown. By inferring the allegory of the Holy Grail indicated in the novel, approaching the discourse inscribed with sexual discrimination, and revealing the distortion of female images in the phallogocentric text, the author concludes that The Da Vinci Code is a pseudo-feminist text, which embodies repression and manipulation of the self-consciousness of women. The feminist interpretation of the novel is not to reduce its literary value to political value but to be of great help to further studies on this novel.

From Decline of the West to Dawn of Day

This paper subjects Dan Brown’s most recent novel Origin to a philosophical reading. Origin is regarded as a literary window into contemporary technoscience, inviting us to explore its transformative momentum and disruptive impact, focusing on the cultural significance of artificial intelligence and computer science: on the way in which established world-views are challenged by the incessant wave of scientific discoveries made possible by super-computation. While initially focusing on the tension between science and religion, the novel’s attention gradually shifts to the increased dependence of human beings on smart technologies and artificial (or even “synthetic”) intelligence. Origin’s message, I will argue, reverberates with Oswald Spengler’s The Decline of the West, which aims to outline a morphology of world civilizations. Although the novel starts with a series of oppositions, most notably between religion and science, the eventual tendency is towards convergence, synthesis and sublation, exemplified by Sagrada Família as a monumental symptom of this transition. Three instances of convergence will be highlighted, namely the convergence between science and religion, between humanity and technology and between the natural sciences and the humanities.

An Analysis of Students’ Ability in Applying Modulation Technique in Translating Collocation “The Lost Symbol” Novel by Dan Brown

The objective of this research was to analyze how students’ ability in applying modulation techniques in translating collocation from the novel “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown. The research was a content analysis of descriptive qualitative. There were 25 students taken as respondent, there were represented from each class. The data were collected by using a translation test which was contained six types of collocation. The finding showed that students’ability is dominant in collocation type of adjective and noun because to translate it just simple and the phrase of the word is most familiar in their activities not also in translation subject but other skill language material. In the other hand, the students’ low ability to translate collocation of Verb and expression with a preposition because they could not just use the literal translation but they have to adapt it or changing their point of view and use their cognitive and focus on the context, which makes relevant and coherent. However, overall the average of students ability must be improved it with learning more and lecturer must be able to focus on students’ weakness in applying translation technique, especially on modulation to get the progress by the students’ translation well.

LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AS AN INTERPRETER’S TRANSFORMATION

The article is dedicated to the investigation of one of the interpreter’s transformations – logical development. It gives a short summary and characteristics of interpreter’s transformations and outlines the peculiarities of logical development usage while translating from English. The term “transformation” as an interpreter’s trick is widely used in the theory and practice of translation. Generally transformations are tricks which are used while translating different texts if there is no lexical correspondence or if it cannot be used in a particular context. A translator uses transformations because the source and target languages are different partly or completely in the given context. Using a lot of interpreter’s transformations distinguished by the scientists a translator is able to achieve the greatest correspondence and adequacy while translating any kind of text: fictional and non-fictional. Traditionally the majority of scientists classify transformations according to the language level at which language units are transformed. They can mostly happen at lexical and grammar (syntactical) levels. Research has been done on the material of Dan Brown’s “Inferno” and its translation into Russian.

The Propaganda Expressions in “Angel and Demon” Novel by Dan Brown

This research studied about the kinds of propaganda expressions and what messages are conveyed through the propaganda expressions in Angel and Demon novel by Dan Brown. The research used the propaganda theory by Harold Laswell, that divided in four kinds; agitation, integration, horizontally and vertically propaganda. In the methodology of research, the writer used descriptive qualitative method and intrinsic and extrinsic approach. In this research, the writer found there are some expressions that contain agitation propaganda, integration propaganda, horizontally propaganda and vertically propaganda that could be giving influence to the reader. In general, an expression of propaganda in “Angel and Demon” novel by Dan Brown wants to change the mindset of people towards their views to the brotherhood of the „Illuminati. The novel attempts to explain the history of the birth of a conflict between the Christian and the „Illuminati‟ and how much influence they had been, the author packed them into a dialogue delivered by characters that are in the novel in which there are propaganda expressions. The implication of this research as a information to the public that a novel is not only use full as a reading at leisure or entertainment, but the novel can also be functioning as media of propaganda.

An escape into fiction.

I arrived home from work, my mind racing. I was scheduled to perform an experiment using a pricey piece of equipment—one that I'd be unlikely to gain much access to again during my Ph.D.—and I needed it to go flawlessly. “Will the x-rays transmit correctly?” I wondered. “What's my backup plan if things go wrong?” I had spent the whole day fretting about the experiment, and I wanted to shut off my anxious thoughts. So after dinner, I made a cup of hot chocolate, curled up on my sofa, and cracked open a novel I'd been reading. Almost immediately, my mind left behind the details of experimental design and parachuted into a land of daemons, magic dust, and armored bears. It was exactly what I needed. ![][1] ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT NEUBECKER > “When I'm engrossed in a good book, I can temporarily switch off and explore a different world.” Growing up, I was a voracious reader but never a big fan of novels. My classmates would rave about the latest Harry Potter book, while my copy sat collecting dust on a shelf. I saw those kinds of books as a waste of time. “Why read a made-up story when I could read a book that actually teaches me something?” I reasoned. As an undergraduate, keen to learn something at every opportunity, I would reject typical holiday reads in favor of educational books. On a trip to Portugal, my friends took turns reading a Dan Brown mystery novel. Meanwhile, I couldn't put down a Malcolm Gladwell book that took a deep dive into social science research. After I started graduate school, though, that approach to extracurricular reading didn't work for me anymore. I spent my time on campus digesting research papers and textbooks—trying to become an expert in my field—and my mind couldn't handle processing fact-filled nonfiction books at home, too. I knew that I needed to find a way to enjoy reading again. My partner had a bookcase full of novels, so I figured, “Why not try fiction?” To help me stick with it, I made a New Year's resolution: I would read two fiction books per month for the entire year. The result was an almost instantaneous appreciation of fiction, along with many unintended consequences—including ones that have benefited my work. What surprised me the most was how much I learned. Some of the best books I read were historical fiction—fictional stories that take place in a realistic historical setting. I learned about life in Afghanistan and Ghana, as well as struggles people there faced during difficult periods in those countries' histories. The books have helped me build empathy and understanding, with an unexpected side benefit: I've started to think more deeply about inclusion and diversity issues in the scientific community. My foray into fiction also introduced me to new writing styles. The no-frills prose that's typical of journal articles doesn't always make for compelling reading. Scientific authors, it seems, often assume that interest in the science will be enough to hold the reader's attention. Fiction authors don't have that luxury, so they work hard to build intrigue and draw out a compelling story arc—concepts that I've begun to implement when presenting my science in written form and in talks. I now aim to keep my readers and audience members engaged by laying out a dynamic story, taking care to clearly describe the context of my research and to eliminate potentially confusing details. Beyond those benefits, I've discovered that reading fiction is good for my mental health. Life as a grad student is taxing, and it's often difficult to distance yourself from work, with the day's worries stealthily following you home. But when I'm engrossed in a good book, I can temporarily switch off and explore a different world. It's an excellent way to gain distance from stress so that I can rejuvenate myself and regain energy for my work. So, if you haven't done so already, give fiction a try. You'll be surprised how much it brings to your life. [1]: /embed/graphic-1.gif

AN ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES USED IN TRANSLATING CULTURAL CATEGORIES IN BROWN’S ORIGIN INTO INDONESIAN

The objectives of this study are (1) to identify some cultural categories used in the novel entitled Origin by Dan Brown and its Indonesian version and (2) to describe the translation techniques used in translating cultural terms found in the novel entitled Origin by Dan Brown and its Indonesian version. This study used descriptive qualitative method. The data were gathered by document analysis of words, phrase and sentences found in the Origin novel and its Indonesian translation that contain cultural categories. The researcher used some theories by Newmark, Molina and Albir, and Nida and Taber to analyze the data related to the cultural terms and the translation techniques. The results showed that there were 112 data which were divided into five kinds of cultural categories proposed by Newmark theory namely (1) ecology, (2) material culture, (3) social culture, (4) organizations, customs, activities, procedures, concepts and (5) gestures and habits. Meanwhile, there were 16 types of translation techniques found in 222 data in translating those cultural categories. The translation techniques were namely (1) Addition, (2) Adaptation, (3) Amplification, (4) Borrowing, (5) Compensation, (6) Description, (7) Deletion, (8) Discursive Creation, (9) Established Equivalence, (10) Generalization, (11) Literal, (12) Modulation, (13) Particularization, (14) Reduction, (15) Transposition, (16) Variation. In addition, the most dominant translation technique used by the translator was borrowing technique.