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- Arabic-Malay Translation; Lexical Analysis; Cultural Factors; Travel Literature; Translation Studies (1)
- Baba Translated Works; Chinese Peranakan Literature; Translation History; Malay Translation; Literary Heritage; Publishing History; Singapore; Malaysia. (1)
- Cultural Revolution; Chinese Literature; Literary Criticism; Characterisation; Satire (1)
- Translation Equivalence; Translation Strategies; Japanese-Malay Translation; Noun Translation; Translation Studies (1)
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Faktor Leksis Dan Budaya Dalam Terjemahan Arab-Melayu : Satu Analisis Karya Rihlah Ibn Battutah, Syed Nurul Akla Syed Abdullah
Faktor Leksis Dan Budaya Dalam Terjemahan Arab-Melayu : Satu Analisis Karya Rihlah Ibn Battutah, Syed Nurul Akla Syed Abdullah
Student Works (2000-2009)
This research presents an analysis of lexical and cultural factors in a contemporary Arabic-Malay translation in relation to the process of translating. The analysis is based on chapters 1 and 2 of Pengembaraan lbn Battutah (The Travels of Ibn Battuta), which is the translated version of the original text Rihlah lbn Battutah (1357). Cultural differences between Arabic and Malay cause problems and difficulties in translation, especially in the selection of appropriate lexis. The analysis aims to identify the extent in which lexical and cultural factors cause difficulties in the interpretation of the meaning of problematic lexical items. The translation was …
A Bibliographic Survey On Baba Literature Focus On Chinese Literary Translated Works Into Baba Malay, Suan Kui Yoong
A Bibliographic Survey On Baba Literature Focus On Chinese Literary Translated Works Into Baba Malay, Suan Kui Yoong
Student Works (2000-2009)
This study analyses the Baba translated works between 1889-1950, focusing on 68 unique titles identified from six libraries: University of Malaya Library, and the libraries at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, University Science of Malaysia, National Library of Singapore, National University of Singapore and the British Library. The Baba translated works indicated three periods of publication productivity between 1889-1909 (the embryonic period), which produced 18 publications, between 1910- 1929 (the stagnant period) with IO titles and between 1930-1939 (the revival period) with 39 titles. One title was published in 1950. The main focus of the study is on the translator. Between …
Padanan Terjemahan Kata Nama : Kes Daripada Dua Buah Novel Jepun, Sarinah Sharif
Padanan Terjemahan Kata Nama : Kes Daripada Dua Buah Novel Jepun, Sarinah Sharif
Student Works (2000-2009)
This research focuses on the approaches and strategies to be taken by any translator in the search for the closest natural equivalence for any given noun. However the approaches and strategies are only a suggestion based on the writer's extracted samplings from the two Japanese novels, namely Hatsukoi by Tatsuya Yoshimura and Hyaku lkkai Me no Puropousu by Shinji Yojima. In the writer's opinion, this research on translation equivalence is important as accuracy in any translation will fall greatly on the mastery and intelligence of a translator in finding the closest equivalence. We can no longer think that the translation …
Dunia Fiksyen Chen Ruoxi : Kajian Koleksi Cerpen Yin Xianzhang, Lai Mooi Lum
Dunia Fiksyen Chen Ruoxi : Kajian Koleksi Cerpen Yin Xianzhang, Lai Mooi Lum
Student Works (2000-2009)
Chen Ruoxi has been renowned Chinese fiction writer since the 1970s and Yin xianzhang (Mayor Yin), a collection of six short stories, is set to be her most representative works. The collection depicts the sufferings and hardship of the chinese people during China's Cultural Resolution (1966-1976), in particular the cadres and the intellectuals, who either returned to China from abroad or were locals. The work aroused great interest in the literary circle. Thus, Chen Ruoxi not only became a well-known author, but also was regarded as the pioneer of "The Literature of Hurts". The dissertation aim to study and analyse …