Translation Of Text Research Articles

An Analysis of the English Translation of Chinese External Propaganda Texts in the Ecological Translation Perspective: A Case Study of the Written Speech "Harmony in Unity, Jointly Facing Challenges, Composing a New Chapter of Asia-Pacific Cooperation"

An Analysis of the English Translation of Chinese External Propaganda Texts in the Ecological Translation Perspective: A Case Study of the Written Speech "Harmony in Unity, Jointly Facing Challenges, Composing a New Chapter of Asia-Pacific Cooperation"

CULTURALLY DISTINCTIVE FEATURES IN JOURNALISTIC TEXT: A CASE STUDY ON STUDENTS’ VS. AI-GENERATED TRANSLATIONS

The prevalence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in this modern era has been one of the major interests in translation studies. The ability of AI to produce human-like translations has become an ongoing discussion among scholars. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the utility of AI in providing alternatives for journalistic text translation results made by English Department students of Universitas Palangka Raya during a Translation Course. Given the communicative nature of journalistic texts, this study explores how culturally distinctive features, such as idioms, collocations, traditional language nuances, and organization names, are translated from Indonesian into English. By referring to translation strategies adapted from Newmark (1988), Hoed (2006), and Baker (2011), translation results made by students are compared with those generated by AI technology, i.e. DeepL and ChatGPT. Since creativity is one of the key characteristics of human translation, this study examines whether AI systems can be reliable tools for demonstrating the same creativity level. Translation creativity in this study refers to the ability to select the most effective strategies and wording to produce better translation versions of those culturally distinctive features. This study is expected to shed light on the evolving role of AI in the field of translation.

Short Sentences of Responsive Replies from Dialogues of ‘Hamlet’ in Russian Translations

The article explores dialogic units with responsive utterances containing brief narrative structures consisting of representing or substituting words, such as we do, it will, they are not, etc. The linguistic material is sourced from the text of Shakespeare’s play ‘Hamlet’ and its translations into Russian by N. Polev, A. Kroneberg in the 19th century, B. Pasternak, M. Lozinsky, A. Radlova in the 20th century, V. Ananyin, I. Peshkov in the 21st century. The lexical-grammatical and stylistic characteristics of concise English structures are discussed, along with the translators’ approaches to their interpretation. It is revealed that in the translation texts, representative sentences are reflected by repeating individual words of the initiating utterance (sledi [follow] — slezhu [I follow]), idiomatic expressions (chego net, togo net [what is not, that is not]), sentence-words (da, net, vernо [yes, no, correct]), combinations like (sovershenno vernо [absolutely correct], tochno tak [just like that]), imperative markers (ne somnevaytes’ [do not doubt]). The authors of Russian translations maintain the function of utterances with representative sentences in Shakespeare’s text: in terms of character interaction — as an informative or phatic speech element ensuring coherence in dialogues, in terms of audience impact — as a tool helping viewers better navigate the stage events.

Study on the C-E Translation of Government Work Reports from 2019 to 2023 from the Perspective of Eco-Translatology

Eco-translatology is a translation theory integrated with ecology. Publicity translation has a vital impact on making Chinese voices go global. Taking the C-E translation of Government Work Reports from 2019 to 2023 as an example, this paper analyzes their translation methods from the perspective of "three-dimensional" transformation, including linguistic dimension, cultural dimension and communicative dimension. At present, eco-translatology seldom focuses on the translation of publicity texts. According to the "three-dimensional" transformation, this paper aims to explore the translation rules of publicity texts with Government Work Reports as an example from the perspective of eco-translatology. Guided by eco-translatology, the translation of Government Work Reports can be further developed in the future.

Problems of translating ethnic markers in a prose text (based on the material of O. Bokeev's prose)

Relevance. The relevance of the research lies in the fact that since ancient times translation has been a source of necessary knowledge and the foundations of culture. The role of translation is to mediate between different cultures and languages. The value of translating a prose text is constantly increasing. This procedure, namely the translation into another language of what is contained in the source text, is undoubtedly a complex operation and requires appropriate skills. Purpose. The purpose of the study is to consider the role of ethnic aspects and problems in the translation of prose texts using the example of O. Bokeev's materials. This type of translation requires subject, language, and cultural competence. This procedure creates special difficulties associated with various translation features. Methodology. The methodological basis of the study consisted of the following approaches to this subject: cognitive, component-structural, anthropocentric. Results. The diverse material discussed and the considerable number of drafts illustrate the complexity involved in translating O. Bokeev's prose. This highlights the multifaceted challenges of conveying ethnic markers in translation. Cultural rapprochement through translation is not achieved with a single text; rather, it requires numerous translated works to gradually depict an image that encapsulates various national cultural characteristics. Conclusions. The process of departure from the perception of translation as an interlanguage system to culturally oriented aspects underlies the prosaic analysis of text translation. The absolute position of the source text as a transmitter of meanings extracted from the language should focus on equivalence. The structuralism of prose translation assumes that the main task is to determine the essence and conditions that generalise the behavioural characteristics of an ethnic group, the context of the use of terms of its representatives. Keywords: prose translation; ethnic markers; culture; text; prose writer; problems; ethnics; national markers

Translating Literary Texts Between Cultural Aspect and the Recipient’s Importance

This research paper is based on the translation of the literary text between the cultural dimension and the importance of the recipient. Since the history of translation studies has witnessed the three prominent turns, the cultural and social dimension has become the pillar of each translational activity, as the translator cannot proceed without returning to these two dimensions in order to obtain a translation that balances the basic elements of both the source text and the target text, including the linguistic and cultural elements. Through this intervention, we aim to highlight some of the concepts that are relevant to the field of our research, such as receiving translations in the target social culture and the difference between taking this element into account and ignoring it.That is why our study is divided as follows: The theoretical aspect of its concepts and everything related to it in order to avoid any form of wrong practice on the reality of the cultural and social dimension for the target recipient, especially since the translation of a literary text is one of the most difficult types of translation that requires the translator’s high skills. As for the practical aspect of the study, it relies on the comparative descriptive approach of literary texts translation reality under the sociological turn of translation studies. We will highlight the examples that we will extract from Mohamed Dib’s novel and analyze them to reach the results of this recent shift in the translation field and answer its main problem: What is the element of receiving translations in the target social culture? What are the difficulties of translating the literary text between the cultural dimension and the target recipient?

Adapted and Translated Texts for the Needs of Learning Bulgarian as a Foreign Language

When talking about the role of the text in foreign language learning, an important differentiation should be made between an authentic, adapted text for educational purposes, and a completely invented text. The adapted text goes through a variety of steps such as shortening, selecting parts, simplifying, co-contextualizing (giving learners the opportunity to activate the cognitive scheme through the use of pictures, illustrations, photographs accompanying the text body), creating a phrasebook. An essential element of foreign language training is working with texts for translation. Translation is not just transferring words and sentences from one language to another. Transmission is from one culture to another. Culture is very clearly manifested in the linguistic picture of the world. Translation aims to achieve effective intercultural communication. The article describes practical observations from the work with adapted and translated texts during the Bulgarian language classes for foreign students from the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

Literature in and through Translation: Literary Translation as a Pedagogical Resource

This article is the revised version of the paper that I presented at the 5th APTIS (Association of Programmes in Translation and Interpreting Studies) 2023 conference (“The teaching and learning that matter today”), whose proceedings were never published. As a result of globalisation, the number of books requiring translation considerably increased. Nevertheless, readers do not always acknowledge translations as such, and literary translators do not generally obtain the recognition they deserve. Academia may be partly responsible for that: on the one side, indeed, literary translation is not as discussed as other topics within the broader field of Translation Studies; on the other, whilst teaching texts in translation is becoming increasingly common, translated literature is not generally considered as an academic discipline on its own. To promote a wider circulation and appreciation of translated literature in and beyond academia, translated literary texts could be systematically introduced into the curricula of courses in literature and literary translation. This could be achieved through the compilation and use of parallel corpora, namely collections of source texts and respective translations. In this light, this paper has two main objectives: explaining how courses in literature and literary translation could be taught using parallel corpora; showcasing the pedagogical advantages that such an approach may have on different levels. As for courses in literature it would provide students with an understanding of the mechanisms behind the production of literary translations and their relevance within the broader literary system. On what concerns courses in literary translation, it may represent a compromise between theory and practice, and between the research-orientated environment of academic settings and the commercially-orientated publishing industry. The study was conducted through the review of pedagogical practices and contexts where literary texts are taught in translation. The paper concludes with the observation that this corpus-based teaching approach may have some positive repercussions outside academia: it would not only contribute to a broader appreciation of translated literary texts among the general public but also foster a broader recognition of the role of the literary translator in shaping and constructing foreign literature.

New Literature from the Paris Disputation against the Talmud

Abstract In 1239, the convert Nicholas Donin submitted thirty-five articles against the Talmud to Pope Gregory IX. As a result, Christendom became aware of how Jews observed an oral law that was allegedly plagued with folly, blasphemy, and heresy. This triggered the infamous trial against the Talmud and resulted in the production of several Latin translations of rabbinical texts, including the compilation of the Extractiones de Talmud (1245). The present article mainly focusses on a short text taken from the manuscript Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 822 (folios 204ra–205ra), which includes a series of Talmudic passages that derive from texts which emerged from the Paris Disputation against the Talmud (1240–1245). From it, we are able to infer new information regarding the genesis of subsequent anti-Jewish works, including the Errores Iudaeorum by Thibaud de Sézanne and Passau Anonymous anti-Jewish sections. Additionally, we also provide the edition and translation of the text of the Vatican manuscript at the end of the article.

Exploring a New Paradigm of Translation Criticism: Analysis of Spanish Translations of Jin Ping Mei's Homosexual Texts

Exploring a New Paradigm of Translation Criticism: Analysis of Spanish Translations of Jin Ping Mei's Homosexual Texts

Philosophy

This year, Aristotle readers could purchase something old and something new for their libraries. The old thing is Diana Quarantotto's edited volume on Aristotle's Physics I, published in 2018 but now finally available in paperback at an affordable price. People will remember that this book includes excellent commentaries on each chapter of Physics, like those by Andrea Falcon, Timothy Clarke, Laura M. Castelli, Lindsay Judson, David Charles, and Isván Bodnár, to name a few. The volume also contains a preface, an illuminating methodological introduction, and a collaborative translation of Aristotle's text. The main takeaway is a balanced appraisal of the importance of Physics I and its introductory role within Aristotle's physical project.

Manuscript Copy of “The Jewish War” by Josephus Flavius “Rukaniskania” of Prince Dmitry Vasilievich Romodanovsky

The article is devoted to the study of a manuscript book of the middle of the 17th century, kept in the collection of E.E. Egorov in the Manuscripts Department of the Russian State Library and containing the text of the Slavonic translation of Josephus Flavius’ “The Jewish War”. This copy, which remained unaccounted for in the domestic historiography of the monument, is accompanied by additional articles, one of which, dating back to the “Tale of the Princes of Vladimir”, which remained unknown until now, is introduced into the scientific turnover. The owner of the book, judging by the entry in its margins, was Prince Dmitry Vasilyevich Romodanovsky, exiled in 1660 to the Solovetsky Monastery.On the basis of a review of manuscripts belonging to the family of D.V. Romodanovsky and a comparison with one written by him himself, it is proved that the prince also produced the manuscript of Egorov. It is assumed that it was written by D.V. Romodanovsky still at home, before his exile to the Solovetsky monastery. It was possible to read in ultraviolet rays the erased record on the protective sheet, which testifies to the fact that the manuscript was put up for sale in the 17th century. An attempt is made to find the antigraph of additional articles of the book, particularly in the libraries of the Solovetsky Monastery and the Romodanovskys. It is concluded that it is necessary to introduce the manuscript under study into a wide scientific circulation as an important historical source.

ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATE XI JINPING’S SPEECH AT THE 20TH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA INTO RUSSIAN (BY USING TRANSLATION-ORIENTED METHOD)

Object. The purpose of the article is to study translation solutions in the Russian translation of Xi Jinping’s speech at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Methods. The analysis of translation decisions in Chinese leader’s speech Russian translation is carried out using the translation-oriented method, which allows us to study the main processes occurring in the translator’s language consciousness when choosing a translation solution by translation text’s analysis. In addition, the study used general scientific methods, incl. descriptive analysis, deduction and induction, and generalization. Using a random sample, we selected speech utterances in text of the Chinese leader Xi Jinping report at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. At first, we searched ideologemes, set expressions, idioms, political terms etc. in original Xi Jinping’s speech. After that we were subsequently extracted from the translation text and compared them. The translation method analysis chosen by the translator was carried out, the assessment of the correctness of the translation solution in accordance with the requirements for the quality of the translation, as equivalence and adequacy. Findings. As a result, it was found that translation decisions in the transfer of the speech of the political leader of China most often come down to direct translation, especially in cases of interpreting metaphors, ideologies and political terms with Chinese characteristics. In some cases, the direct transmission of such vocabulary does not make it possible to make the translation adequate and understandable for the Russian-speaking recipient, and therefore casts doubt on the correctness of the translation decision made and poses a threat to effective international political communication between the two countries. Conclusions. Improving the skills of choosing translation decisions will improve the quality of translation of the speeches of Chinese political leaders into Russian, which requires a deeper study of cognitive decision-making mechanisms in Chinese-Russian political speech’s translation.

LINGUISTICS OF COLOR AS A KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE FIGURATIVE STRUCTURE OF A LITERARY TEXT

The article is devoted to the linguistics of color as an urgent general method of linguistic research into color and as instruments of translation of texts containing terms of color (words with a color component). The problems of such translation are presented in the article against the background of theoretic aspects of linguistics of color as a sphere of contemporary linguistic studies. The linguistics of color is represented as a widely elaborated sphere of linguistic knowledge which has its worked-out notable directions, research institutions and a range of investigating problems. The basic concepts of the linguistics of color are analyzed from the perspective of pragmatics and are embodied into the practice of translation. Linguistics of color’s critical apparatus is considered on the basis of linguistic colorimetry as a collection of particular methods contributing to understanding and translation of texts with color terms. The comprehension of color terms and possibilities of their translation depend on determining their role in the lexical systems of both the source and target languages and their place in the linguistic worldviews. Results. The experience of color terms research concentrated in the linguistics of color and embodied in the linguistic colorimetry’s critical apparatus creates possibilities (on the basis of linguistic colorimetry methods and methods of contrastive analysis) for working out different ways of translating this lexical class. The results of the research consist in disclosure of complicated moments of texts with terms of color, the describing of translation’s problems, the compiling of recommendations as to how to deal with the terms of color and eliminate the translation problems and create a natural linguistic environment in the translated text. Conclusions. The elimination of translation problems can be reached by using critical apparatus of linguistic colorimetry. This apparatus of disclosure of ethnic color priorities and ethnic color inclinations was created in the linguistics of color and concentrated in the linguistic colorimetry. The linguistic colorimetry based on linguistics of color is a useful collection of methods and recommendations. It is an effective mechanism contributing to the practice of understanding and translation of the figurative structure of lexical units with color components.

RUSSIAN-CHINESE INACCURATE TRANSLATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE REPRESENTATIVENESS OF TRANSLATION AT THE MICROLEVEL

Representativeness of translation is a concept proposed by the famous modern Russian translation theorist S.V. Tyulenev. The translation text must correctly reflect the main theme and purpose of the source text at the macro level, correctly convey the tone of the author’s narrative and his attitude to the described realities, and in order to achieve representativeness at the macrolevel, the translator must achieve representativeness in the details that make up the whole, i. e. to realize representativeness at the microlevel. Object: in this work, the monumental creation of Leo N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” and its Chinese translation are taken as an example for study. The author alternately analyzes translation examples from the point of view of representativeness at the phonetic level, the level of word-formation models, as well as at the grammatical, lexical and syntactic levels, from different points of view investigating the causes of errors in Russian-Chinese translation. Methods: comparative analysis, generalization, correction and systematization. Findings: achieving the representativeness of a translation at the microlevel does not affect its representativeness at the macrolevel, but errors in translations that have not reached representativeness at the macrolevel can manifest themselves at any of the microlevels. Conclusions: in their professional practice, translators should strive for representativeness of translation not only at the macrolevel, but also make every effort to achieve representativeness at the microlevels described above. This will allow them to carry out the translation closest to the source text and reproduce as accurately as possible the ideological content that the author of the source text wanted to convey to the reader.

«Размером подлинника»: «этнографические» поиски и находки русского переводного стиха Серебряного века и их осмысление на страницах периодической печати

The article presents a wide range of phenomena of national rhythmic culture that appeared on the pages of periodicals (newspapers, magazines, almanacs) of the early twentieth century, primarily in the translation of foreign language poetic texts, for most of which there are still no adequate analogues in Russian versification. However, thanks to the persistent desire of the authors of that time, such analogues are either found among related phenomena or are reinvented. Moreover, this happens in publications of a wide variety of types: from the elite St. Petersburg “Vesi” to the mass “Samara Mustard Man”. Quite in keeping with the spirit of the times, the emerging free verse turns out to be an analogue of the complex ancient Greek logaedas, ancient Egyptian and Akkadian cult poetry, and European and American free verse itself. And to convey traditional Japanese poetry, Balmont uses syllabic-tonic metric, to depict the Persian stanza Vyach. Ivanov turns to its imitation, and S. Sviridenko develops his own version of alliterative verse, designed to convey the general structure of the ancient Germanic versification. It is especially important that Russian poets and theorists place on the pages of periodicals not only works created according to models from different cultures, but also theoretical discussions and explanations designed to help the mass reader understand the original rhythmic innovations, which ultimately contributed to expanding the capabilities of Russian verse.

Perception of Andrei Bely's works in China

The paper examines the history of Chinese translations and studies of the artistic creativity and theoretical research of Andrei Bely, as well as comparative analysis of the works of Chinese literary scholars specializing in the study of poetry, prose, as well as the critical heritage of the Russian symbolist. The purpose of the work is to give a complete picture of the state of translations and the degree of knowledge of Bely’s heritage in China, as well as to summarize this existing material, which seems important for subsequent research in this area. In addition, the article traces the stages of development of the study of the works of Andrei Bely, special attention is paid to the perception of the novel Petersburg and its literary criticism by Chinese scholars. An attempt is being made to identify gaps in Chinese literary studies and thus highlight promising lines of development in this area of literary criticism. The work uses comparative historical method, which allows us to determine the influence of Russian modernism, represented by Bely, on the modern literary process in China. Translations of Bely's works into Chinese are not yet a fully studied problem in science, which determines the novelty of the research. It is shown how the approach to the translation of symbolist text has changed and improved, three groups of translations have been identified and considered (translations of poetry, theory and novels), with special attention paid to the translation of novels. As for research, despite the sufficient number of works on Bely in Chinese science, they cannot be considered exhaustive. Our work attempts to highlight both problem areas and achievements of Chinese Bely studies, consider various scientific approaches to understanding Bely’s prose, and concludes that it is necessary to expand scientific tools for a deeper understanding of Bely’s heritage.

Artificial intelligence and human translation: A contrastive study based on legal texts

Artificial intelligence has advanced significantly in recent years, affecting multiple aspects of life. In particular, this has had an impact on the machine translation of texts, reducing or removing human interaction. Artificial intelligence (AI)-based translation software models have thus become widely available, and these now include Google Translate, Bing, Microsoft Translator, DeepL, Reverso, Systran Translate, and Amazon Translate. Several computer-aided translation (CAT) tools such as Memoq, Trados, Smartcat, Lokalise, Smartling, Crowdin, TextUnited, and Memsource are also available. More recently, artificial intelligence has been applied in the development of applications such as ChatGPT, ChatSonic, GPT-3 Playground, Chat GPT 4 and YouChat, which simulate conversational responses to researchers' inquiries, mimicking human interactions more directly. This study thus aimed to examine any remaining contrasts between human and AI translation in the legal field to investigate the potential hypothesis that there is now no difference between human and AI translation. The paper thus also examined concerns about whether the need for human translators will decline in the face of AI development, as well as beginning to assess whether it will ever be possible for those in the legal field to depend only on machine translation. To achieve this, a collection of legal texts from various contracts was chosen, and these pieces were both allocated to legal translators and subjected to AI translation systems. Using a contrastive methodology, the study thus examined the differences between AI and human translation, examining the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches and discussing the situations in which each approach might be most effective.

Hyperkinetic Dysarthria voice abnormalities: a neural network solution for text translation

Hyperkinetic Dysarthria voice abnormalities: a neural network solution for text translation

Enhancing sentiment and emotion translation of review text through MLM knowledge integration in NMT

Enhancing sentiment and emotion translation of review text through MLM knowledge integration in NMT