Translation Of Book Research Articles

Основные формы культурных связей России и Китая в XVIII в.

Cultural relations with Orient have very important place in history and culture of Russia. Reasons of this are in geographical situation of our country. During hundreds of years, countries and people of Orient made large cultural influence into Russia. Although, Russian and Chinese relations are researched quiet fully, cultural relations and premises of their appearance were researched not fully. During this research we will try to disclose these premises and deduce most important periods of their foundation. Foundation of cultural relations between Russia and China had political and economic premises: exploration of Siberia and Far Orient by Russian people. In relation to these processes there was requirement to learn languages and cultures of people in these regions, including Chinese. With first Russian translators from Chinese and Manchu, there are first Russian translations of Chinese historical and philosophical texts appeared in Russia. These texts were used by researchers to write their scientific works. Another important aspect of foundation of Russian-Chinese cultural relations was in translation of Chinese Confucianistic philosophical books by Russian intellectuals of the XVIII century. Purpose of these translations was in spreading and popularization of Chinese traditional view of ideal person and policy. Thus, foundation of Russian-Chinese cultural relations had historical dependence, and in early period China made largest influence into Russia, this influence was realized through textual culture.

From the Red Keep to Winterfell: Translating Toponyms in High Fantasy Literature from English into Arabic

: The recent popularity of the fantasy genre in the Arabic world has seen increased translation activity into Arabic (De Blasio 2019). Despite this interest, scholars have focused their attention on low fantasy, with little attention to high fantasy. This study investigates book five of George R.R Martin’s novel series “A Dance with Dragons (2011), and its Arabic translation رقصة مع التنانين raqsa mc ?ltanani:n (2020) with a specific focus on Toponyms. The study uses textual analysis of the translation of book five of the novel series to determine the translation procedures used, and interviews with the official translator to understand the factors behind the translation choices in the series. The study adopts Aixelá’s 1996 model of culture-specific items (CSI) for the classification of the translation procedures. The results indicate the prevalence of two main translation procedures; conservation and substitution. The two procedures are used to strike a balance between the readability of the text, readers’ expectations, and maintaining the fantasy of the secondary world in which the narrative takes place.

Impact of Book Translations from Chinese to Sinhala for Intercultural Communication: Special Reference to Sri Lanka

Impact of Book Translations from Chinese to Sinhala for Intercultural Communication: Special Reference to Sri Lanka

On C-E Translation of Chinese Picture Books on COVID-19 for Children from the Perspective of Skopos Theory—Taking Agan Will Win as An Example

On C-E Translation of Chinese Picture Books on COVID-19 for Children from the Perspective of Skopos Theory—Taking Agan Will Win as An Example

Local Genre – Universal Reception? Polish Literary Reportage from the First Two Decades of the 20th Century Read by a French-Speaking Audience

The article examines the reception of Polish contemporary authors associated with the genre of “literary reportage” among the readers of their French translations. The analysis starts with the assumption taken from the thoughts of Tzvetan Todorov, who claimed that genre – shaping both the author’s writing model and the reader’s horizon of expectations – can be an important mechanism of mediation driving the literary communication. The analysis includes translations of books by Wojciech Tochman, Jacek Hugo- Bader, Mariusz Wilk and Mariusz Szczygieł. In the first part, the publishing peritext is examined, through which French publishers create the perception of Polish authors and the literary genre they can be associated with. The second part of the analysis is devoted to the reception of translations of the above-mentioned authors – both among professional critics and amateur reviewers or readers – with particular emphasis put on the genre classification made by the audience. The summary attempts to determine whether French-speaking readers perceive Polish authors in accordance with the specific rules of “literary reportage” and what role the publishing peritext may play in this process. The issue of marketing potential of the literary genre as an important tool in creating the publisher’s offer is also discussed.

Sex Education and Translation of Books for Children and Young Adults – Ideologies, Characteristics, Controversies

This article discusses sex education books for children and young adults published in Poland between 1945 and 2018. After defining the ideological profile of 111 examined publications as either conservative, moderately conservative, neutral, moderately liberal or liberal, the authors compare the whole set of translated books (translations) with the whole set of books by Polish authors (non-translations), taking into account the date of publication and the age of the intended reader. The analysis shows that translations differ from texts written originally in Polish, because they promote other values. Polish books, especially those published before 1989, are usually neutral or moderately conservative, while translations mostly propagate moderately liberal or liberal ideologies. There is also a close correlation between those ideological categories and the age of the reader: books for the youngest audience are ideologically charged to only a small degree, and the ideological content increases with the age of the reader. This seems to be related to the larger number of translations in the older age groups. Translations, which usually reflect a liberal ideology, fill a gap in Polish culture by complementing or replacing the conservative sex education available in Polish schools, and by encouraging Polish authors to write sex education books expressing similar views.

Berne's first translation in soviet Russia

The article tells about the first translations of Eric Berne's books in the USSR and the role of the mathematician, philosopher and publicist Abram Ilyich Fet in this. There are a memoirs of his wife Lyudmila Pavlovna.

Słoweńskie tłumaczenia literatury polskiej w latach 2019 i 2020

The article provides an overview of Slovenian translations of Polish literature in the 2019’s and 2020’s and reviewers’ responses to these works. A total of 23 translations of books were published in 2019, including five literary works (three collections of poetry and two novels). Among the 13 published translations of the following year there were eight literary works (one drama, a collection of short stories, three novels and three collections of poetry). The publishing of e-books also increased significantly in 2020. The published translations give Slovenian readers access to familiar, mostly world-renowned authors such as O. Tokarczuk, Z. Herbert, W. Szymborska, C. Miłosz, I. Karpowicz, while works by I. Ostachowicz, B. Nowicka, A. Kulisiewicz, J. Małecki, R. Franczak, and K. Dąbrowska were translated into Slovenian for the first time. With the exception of J. Kochanowski’s drama, all of the literary works translated were from the second half of the 20th century or the 21st century.

The Kazakh Concept of Soul in Abai Kunanbaev’s <i>Book of Words</i>


 
 
 This study explores conceptualisations of ??? ([jan] soul) in the Kazakh language from the perspective of cultural linguistics and its literary representation in the English translation of Book of Words by Abai Kunanbaev, a prominent Kazakh philosopher and writer. The concept of ??? (jan) was analysed from the viewpoint of philosophical and image features and their roles in the formation of the national worldview. A comparative study showed discrepancies in its realisation by Abai Kunanbaev and the English translation even though some variations in the translation cannot be complete equivalents. There is a lack of semantic and cultural identity, and the results indicate that the literal English translation of ??? (jan) does not transmit its whole cultural implications. The article also focuses on determining how different methods of translation reproduce the semantics of the analysed concept. The analysis concludes with the necessity of using structural and semantic shifts to better represent the target concept and culture.
 
 

Problemas de traducción homérica Las partículas ἄρα y δή

The aim of this article is to analyse the translation of the particles ἄρα and δή in five contemporary translations of Book 1 of the Iliad, in order to verify the ways in which they are translated and the consistency between and within translations. The first section is a general introduction to the problem of particle translation in ancient Greek, particularly in Homeric Greek. The second section includes preliminary methodological considerations regarding the selected corpus and the linguistic interpretation of the particles analysed. The analysis of the translations is presented in the third section; the results demonstrate a general (but not total) tendency to place the translation of the analyzed particles in a very low level of priority.

Biography of the Mufti Sultanate in West Kalimantan: H. Muhammad Basiuni Imran (1885-1976 AD) and H. Ismail Mundu (1870-1957 AD)

H. Muhammad Basiuni Imran and H. Ismail Mundu are mufti or charismatic clerics who are popular now in the West Kalimantan area. Both lived contemporaneously, and their work in various scientific, social, and political fields has brought them to a level of popularity that is not only in the Malay Archipelago world but also in the Islamic world. Therefore, it is essential to study their biographies, starting with their family background, education, academic career, environment, and work. The method used is the historical method and comparative research. The results of this study are as follows 1) both mufti comes from religious family backgrounds, as seen from the childhood of H. Muhammad Basiuni Imran studied religion from his father, H. Muhammad Imran, while H. Ismail Mundu studied theology with his uncle, H. Muhammad bin H. Ali; 2) the two mufti used the Middle East as their intellectual space. It was seen that H. Muhammad Basiuni Imran performed the hajj and studied simultaneously in Mecca and Egypt, while H. Ismail Mundu performed the hajj three times and only studied in Mecca; 3) both multitasked with explaining to the public religious issues when H. Muhammad Basiuni Imran, as mufti in the Sultanate of Sambas, wrote Tafsir Tujuh Surah and Ayat as-Siyam as a response to the problems faced by the Malay community. Meanwhile, H. Ismail Mundu held the position of mufti in the Kubu Sultanate, writing Bugis translation of the holy book of the Qur’an as a response problem faced by the Bugis people.

Mapping the Circulation of a Less-Translated Literature: Georgian Books Abroad Since 1991

ABSTRACT This article maps the circulation of Georgian books abroad, through translation, from 1991 to 2019 (since Georgia’s independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] to Georgian culture’s internationalization after the guest-of-honorship at the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair). The analysis demonstrates that interperipheral relations do not necessarily depend on mediation from the centers, as the world system of translations has tended to assume. Although the main locus of translation of Georgian books after 1991 was Western Europe, a “translation zone” distinct from the global centers of consecration situated in the Caucasus-Black Sea region has also emerged, while the shared history of twentieth-century socialism and its translational network may have left some traces in the post-Soviet space in terms of cultural transfers. Equally, the role of cultural mediators has proved crucial in the process of circulation. The article also argues for the use of alternative sources in order to analyze translation flows with the goal of adding nuance to the core-periphery model in light of the limitations of the Index Translationum.

05. Gul e Naghma (Geetanjali) By Abdul Aziz Khalid - An Analysis

Geetanjali, a collection of 103 songs, is among those spiritual works of Rabindranath Tagore on which he has been awarded with Nobel Prize in 1913 by London Society. When this book was published in 1912 by the name of “Song Offerings” in English, many people translated it in different languages. It is also translated many times in Urdu. Abdul Aziz Khalid was the first Urdu composer and translator of Rabindranath Tagore's "Geetanjali ". At the time of translating “Geetanjali", Khalid didn't have any authentic translation of the same book so that he might be at least guided and would adopted in translation. Khalid as a versatile and challenging writer had selected a new way which was completely new and strange but particularly its charm and eloquence could not be denied.

Translator attribution for Arabic using machine learning

AbstractGiven a set of target language documents and their translators, the translator attribution task aims at identifying which translator translated which documents. The attribution and the identification of the translator’s style could contribute to fields including translation studies, digital humanities, and forensic linguistics. To conduct this investigation, firstly, we develop a new corpus containing the translations of world-famous books into Arabic. We then pre-process the books in our corpus which mainly involves cleaning irrelevant material, morphological segmentation analysis of words, and devocalization. After pre-processing the books, we propose to use 100 most frequent words and/or morphologically segmented function words as writing style markers of the translators (i.e. stylometric features) to differentiate between translations of different translators. After the completion of features extraction process, we applied several supervised and unsupervised machine-learning algorithms along with our novel cluster-to-author index to perform this task. We found that the translators are not invisible, and morphological analysis may not be more useful than just using the 100 most frequent words as features. The support vector machine linear kernel algorithm reported 99% classification accuracy. Similar findings were reported by the unsupervised machine-learning methods, namely, K-mean clustering and hierarchical clustering.

The ideology behind the translation of an Islamic moral ethic book: A case study of Al-Ḥikam’s aphorisms

This research investigated the ideology behind the translation of an Islamic moral ethic book, i.e. Al-Hikam, from Arabic into English. Such ideology can be examined through a textual equivalence analysis, which focuses on the cultural form and information structure. In this regard, one of the subjects of focus is themes (old information) and rhemes (new information). However, previous studies on the information structure in Islamic religious texts are limited and they do not investigate the ideological aspects of the translation. Thus, this study focuses on three research questions: 1) What are the forms of the themes and rhemes in Al-Hikam’s Arabic-English aphorisms; 2) How are the translation techniques applied in such aphorisms; and 3) What is the relationship between the method and ideology behind the translation of such aphorisms? The data was collected using observations and focus group discussions with a professional translator. The findings, based on Spradley’s change theory and componential analysis, showed that there is a close relationship between the translation ideology, the translation method and the translation technique in this book. The results can be useful for developing an investigative model of ideology and cultural aspects based on the study of Islamic Sufism texts.

The 1636 Ruthenian Translation of the Czech Lucidarius (*Olomouc, 1622): Interpolations in an Ukrainian Manuscript Copy of the Early 19th Century

The article focuses on the textual history of the Ruthenian translation of the Czech book entitled Lucidář (Lucidarius), a medieval encyclopedic treatise consisting of the student’s questions and the teacher’s answers, which was most widespread in the Cyrillic manuscript tradition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland). This translation was made in 1636 from a non-extant edition (*Olomouc, 1622) and is represented by at least nine manuscript copies: five of them have been published and other four still remain practically unknown (kept at St. Petersburg and Yaroslavl). The latest manuscript copy of the early 19th century, which is of Ukrainian origin and is now kept in the collection of T. V. Kibalchich (St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Main Collection of the Manuscript Books (f. 550), Q.I.910, 21 f.), contains interpolations from three printed sources: Ioannikiy Galyatovsky’s Ključ razuměnija (Kyiv, 1659 or Lviv, 1663 or 1665), Cyril Tranquillion-Stavrovetsky’s Zercalo bogoslovija (Pochaiv, 1618 or Univ, 1692), andthe Chronicle by Dimitry of Rostov (Moscow, 1799–1800). These interpolations testify to the textual development of the Ruthenian translation of the Czech Lucidarius at the very end of its manuscript tradition. In the manuscript, the sources of these interpolations are explicitaly named without indicating the year and place of publication. The present article aims to establish the methods applied by an anonymous scribe to his printed sources and to identify the editions used by the compiler.

Translating picture books: towards a multimodal approach

Children's picture books are complex multimodal texts. Meaning is created when modes interplay with each other. As a multimodal text, the author and the illustrator play a role in the utilization of semiotic resources, whether verbal or visual. The study of multimodality in translation studies acknowledges this. Yet, current translational practices remain inadequate for the description and analysis of translated children's picture books. Despite that, a call for interdisciplinary research in both fields has been established. This call expands the scope of translation by examining past and current practices and describing them. This paper aims to consolidate the translation of children's picture books from a multimodal perspective dedicated to children's picture books. Furthermore, it calls for an integration of multimodality into translation studies as translation is the transfer of meaning contained in semiotic modes.

Translator’s Introduction: The Wild Orchid and Christendom in the Novels of Sigrid Undset (1930) by Ida Coudenhove (Görres)

Translator’s IntroductionThe Wild Orchid and Christendom in the Novels of Sigrid Undset (1930) by Ida Coudenhove (Görres) Jennifer Sue Bryson (bio) Keywords Ida Frederika Görres, Ida Coudenhove, Sigrid Undset, The Wild Orchid, Gymnadenia, Die Schildgenossen, Kristin Lavransdatter, The Master of Hestviken What follows is a translation of Ida Coudenhove. “‘Gymnadenia und das Christentum in den Dichtungen der Sigrid Undset.” Die Schild genossen 10 (1930): 461–468. It is published with permission from the estate of Ida Friederike Görres. During her lifetime, Ida Coudenhove (1901–1971) was a prominent Catholic writer in German-speaking Europe. She is most well known by her married name, Görres.1 She usually went by Ida Friederike Coudenhove and then later Ida Friederike Görres. Die Schildgenossen was a German-language Catholic journal affiliated with the Catholic Youth Movement in Germany. The Catholic Youth Movement was closely associated with Fr. Romano Guardini, [End Page 140] who was a copublisher of Die Schildgenossen from 1924 to 1941.2 Heinz Kuehn, a scholar of Guardini translates the title Die Schildgenossen as “Comrades of the Shield,” and describes it as “a national Catholic periodical devoted to theological, liturgical and cultural subjects.”3 The Nazi government shut down Die Schildgenossen in 1941. Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) was a Norwegian novelist, Catholic convert, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. The German edition of this article in Die Schildgenossen contained no citations (other than one parenthetical mention of a page number, apparently in an Undset novel, with no further information). For this English edition, I have added citations. To the extent possible, I have identified the sources of the quotations in this article, and I have quoted them from established English translations. Where there is no citation for a quotation, it is either Coudenhove giving voice to what she has heard from others or I was unable to find the source, and the quotation is thus my translation from the German text. In this article, Coudenhove discusses how the novel The Wild Orchid by Undset (first published in German as Gymnadenia in 1929) relates to the following works by Undset, listed here with the translators (tr.) of the English editions and the date of the first edition in English. (For the bibliographical details of these works, please see the citations.) 1911 Jenny, tr. W. Emmé, 1921 and tr. by Tiina Nunnally, 2001. 1917 Images in a Mirror, tr. Arthur G. Chater, 1938. 1920–1922 Kristin Lavansdatter: A Trilogy, tr. Charles Archer and J.S. Scott, 1922–1925 and Tiina Nunnally, 1997–2000. 1925–1927 The Master of Hestviken: A Tetralogy, tr. Arthur G. Chater, 1928–1930. 1931 The Wild Orchid, tr. Arthur G. Chater, 1931. 1932 The Burning Bush, tr. Arthur G. Chater, 1932. [End Page 141] Jennifer Sue Bryson Jennifer Sue Bryson has a PhD in Near Eastern languages and civilizations and an MA in history from Yale University, and a BA in political science from Stanford University. She has worked for the Department of Defense and several think tanks. She learned German while she was in high school in Austria and while studying Marxism-Leninism at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig in the former German Democratic Republic during college. She developed an interest in translation theory during graduate school at Yale. Bryson is a visiting researcher at Hochschule Heiligenkreuz in Austria. She is currently preparing her translations of several books by Ida Friederike Görres for publication. Copyright © 2022 The University of St. Thomas

Analysis of Translation strategies of Culture Compensation in the English Version of the Analects of Confucius by Ku Hungming

In the context of implementing “Chinese Culture Exporting” strategy, it is difficult for Chinese translators of national classics to completely break down cultural barriers. For example, some high cultural context concepts such as “Li” (礼) cannot match the Western context, and classic translations are difficult to spread more widely. Ku's translation of ancient books is quite in line with the taste of the Western public, and is still widely spread. The translation strategies chosen to highlight the Chinese national culture have certain research value in the translation of Chinese classics and are of great help to the dissemination of Chinese culture. From the perspective of culture compensation, this paper classifies and analyzes the cross-cultural analogies in the Analects of Confucius translated by Ku, so as to extract the translator’s implicit translation strategies and good translator’s literacy, hoping to provide a solution to the problem of “culture barriers” in the translation of Chinese classical books.

A Comparison of Persian Translations of the Picture Book of "The Giving Tree": From the Perspective of the Interaction of Non-Verbal Elements

«درخت بخشنده» کتابی تصویری از سیلورستاین، نویسندۀ آمریکایی داستان‌های کودک، است. این کتاب به بسیاری از زبان‌ها ترجمه شده و مورد خوانش و تفاسیر متعددی نیز قرار گرفته است. با توجه به کثرت ترجمه‌های فارسی و خوانش‌های گوناگون مفسرانِ آن، اثر مذکور برای موضوع ترجمه‌شناسیِ این مقاله اختیار شده است. پژوهش پیش‌ِرو با روش تحلیلی‌ـ توصیفی در پی پاسخ به چگونگی برهم‌کنش سازه‌های غیرکلامی (تصاویر، ریزنقش‌ها، صفحه‌بندی، تایپوگرافی و رنگ فونت) در ترجمه‌های فارسی اثر مذکور است. سازه‌های پیرازبانی (سبک، لحن و امثالهم) و پیرامتن‌ها (طرح جلد، عنوان و امثالهم)، اگرچه می‌توانند سازه‌هایی غیرکلامی به شمار آیند، در دامنۀ این پژوهش قرار ندارند. اسکات و نیکولایوا کتاب‌های تصویری کودک را مورد واکاوی قرار داده‌اند و انواع برهم‌کنش متن و تصویر را به پنج دسته تقسیم کرده‌اند. این مقاله دسته‌بندی پنج‌گانۀ اسکات‌ـ نیکولایوا را نه‌تنها برای سازۀ غیرکلامیِ تصویر؛ بلکه برای برهم‌کنش تمام سازه‌های غیرکلامی دیگر نیز کارآمد می‌داند. از همین رو نتیجۀ پژوهش نشان می‌دهد که اولا، عناصر غیرکلامی به پنج روش (تقارنی، تکمیلی، توسیعی، ترکیبی و تناقضی) با یکدیگر (و با متن) ایجاد برهم‌کنش می‌کنند؛ ثانیا، ترجمه لزوماً نسبت‌به برهم‌کنش‌های غیرکلامیِ متنِ زبان‌اصلی وفادار نمی‌ماند. فاصلۀ فرهنگی متن زبان‌اصلی و متنِ ترجمه‌شده و نیز جایگاه برجستۀ تصویر، صفحه‌بندی، تایپوگرافی در صنعت نشر کتاب کودک ضرورت این پژوهش را ایجاب می‌نماید.