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JNST 000M: Lost in Translation? - Fall 2010

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Additional optional materials that some may find helpful.

Short Articles Online
Translating proper names:
What's in a Name: Juliet's Question Revisited
Does Juliet's Rose, by Any Other Name, Smell as Sweet?

Translating subtitles:
Translating Culture-Bound Elements in Subtitling
Translating Humor for Subtitling

Translational difficulties, language-specific:
Translating Poetry: The Works of Arthur Rimbaud from French to English (French)
Linguistic and Cultural Issues in Literary Translation (Arabic)
Translating Pronouns and Proper Names: Indonesian Versus English (Indonesian)

Miscellaneous:
The Role of Bilingualism in Translation Activity
Philosophy, Anthropology, and Linguistics in Translation
On Idioms, Intertextuality, Pudding, and Quantum Physics
Bridging the Online Language Barrier: Translating the Internet 

Truly Miscellaneous
Bad Translator takes sentences and sends them through Google Translator a bunch of times. Purely for fun.
Traduco Canzoni  is a blog that translates popular English songs into Italian.
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Welcome to the blog for the Johnston Fall 2010 seminar Lost in Translation?: The Theory and Practice of Translation [JNST 000M]. A writing requirement will be addressed here, as well as providing a platform for additional discussion and questions.

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  • ▼  2010 (25)
    • ▼  December (3)
      • Reflection on Creating a Communicative Dialogue
      • Story called the Translator
      • An Ineffable Paper
    • ►  November (7)
    • ►  October (12)
    • ►  September (3)