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Critical and Cultural Studies

Purdue University

2011

translation studies

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Intermediality And Human Vs. Machine Translation, Harry J. Huang Sep 2011

Intermediality And Human Vs. Machine Translation, Harry J. Huang

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In his article "Intermediality and Human vs. Machine Translation" Harry J. Huang analyzes translation as a process of transferring meaning and/or information. The process and the translated text represent a new medium. When machine translation originating from human translation is integrated into the world wide web, it becomes part of global media. Accordingly, machine translation may best be studied within the context of intermediality, especially its quality vs. that of human translation. Based upon data generated from an international survey of 300 translators, writers, editors, and translation scholars, Huang analyses the participants' expectations and their acceptance of imperfection in the …


Marjory Scott Wardrop And Early Twentieth-Century Georgian History, Shorena Stoyer Mar 2011

Marjory Scott Wardrop And Early Twentieth-Century Georgian History, Shorena Stoyer

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In her article "Marjory Scott Wardrop and Early Twentieth-century Georgian History" Shorena Stoyer presents documents and translations of Marjory Scott Wardrop (1869-1909), of hitherto unpublished manuscripts archived in the Wardrop Collection of the Oxford Bodleian Library. The manuscripts attest to Wardrop's role as an outside observer of matters Russian and Georgian in the early twentieth century and show her commitment to support the aspirations towards freedom by the Georgian people against tzarist invasion. Wardrop's manuscripts reveal valuable information about Russian and Georgian history, as well as Wardrop's views from a British angle. Thus, the Wardrop manuscripts are important for the …


Translating Enlightenment: A Review Article Of New Books By Stockhorst, Vidal Claramonte, And Tortosa, Mónica Bolufer Mar 2011

Translating Enlightenment: A Review Article Of New Books By Stockhorst, Vidal Claramonte, And Tortosa, Mónica Bolufer

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