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Blood

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by Mikhail Artsybashev ...

Translated by Erika Terragni ...

Guests arrived at the young landowners, the Vinogràdovs, who had only married last winter and had been living in the village all winter: two brothers, the Borìsovs, and the writer Gvózdev. The elder Borìsov was very slender, nearsighted, and a very kind person in his thirties. The hair on his head and in his beard was very light and thin. He was called Nikolài Andréevich. He was an associate ... Read more

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Guests arrived at the young landowners, the Vinogràdovs, who had only married last winter and had been living in the village all winter: two brothers, the Borìsovs, and the writer Gvózdev. The elder Borìsov was very slender, nearsighted, and a very kind person in his thirties. The hair on his head and in his beard was very light and thin. He was called Nikolài Andréevich. He was an associate
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Cognitive distortion, translation distortion, and poetic distortion as semiotic shifts

by Bruno Osimo, Sofia A. Osimo ...

Series Book 1 - Translation Studies
Both interlingual translation shifts and poetic production can be seen in a semiotic perspective in terms of mental filtering. The shared ground of the three processes – cognition translation versification – is to be found in a semiotic perspective: signs (prototext, reality, perception) are interpreted and worked through (mind, interpretants, cognition) and give as an output an object (metatext, ... Read more

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Both interlingual translation shifts and poetic production can be seen in a semiotic perspective in terms of mental filtering. The shared ground of the three processes – cognition translation versification – is to be found in a semiotic perspective: signs (prototext, reality, perception) are interpreted and worked through (mind, interpretants, cognition) and give as an output an object (metatext,
... Read more
On Psychological Aspects of Translation

by Bruno Osimo ...

Series Book 1 - Translation Studies
Translation science is going through a preliminary stage of self-definition. Jakobson’s essay “On linguistic aspects of translation”, whose title is re-echoed in the title of this article, despite the linguistic approach suggested, opened, in 1959, the study of translation to disciplines other than linguistics, semiotics to start with. Many developments in the semiotics of translation – ... Read more

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Translation science is going through a preliminary stage of self-definition. Jakobson’s essay “On linguistic aspects of translation”, whose title is re-echoed in the title of this article, despite the linguistic approach suggested, opened, in 1959, the study of translation to disciplines other than linguistics, semiotics to start with. Many developments in the semiotics of translation –
... Read more
Translating the Culturally Specific

A Guide to Realia and Culture-Bound Concepts

by Sergej Vlahov, Sider Florin ...

What happens when a word carries an entire culture within it?From national dishes and traditional clothing to historical institutions, currency, and local idioms, every language contains realia—culture-bound terms that lack a direct equivalent in other languages. How can a translator render both the precise meaning and the unique cultural sense of these terms without losing their original flavor ... Read more

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What happens when a word carries an entire culture within it?From national dishes and traditional clothing to historical institutions, currency, and local idioms, every language contains realia—culture-bound terms that lack a direct equivalent in other languages. How can a translator render both the precise meaning and the unique cultural sense of these terms without losing their original flavor
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Basic Notions of Translation Theory

Semiotics, linguistics, psychology, for B.A. students

by Bruno Osimo ...

Series Book 7 - Translation Studies
This book reflects my experience as a translation scholar, and a translation teacher, and a translator from Russian. The knowledge of the Russian language allowed me to read (and translate into Italian) crucial authors like Popovič, Lyudskanov, Torop, Revzin and Rozentsveyg. Since not many Western translation scholars know them, we get as a consequence a translation theory which is split between ... Read more

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This book reflects my experience as a translation scholar, and a translation teacher, and a translator from Russian. The knowledge of the Russian language allowed me to read (and translate into Italian) crucial authors like Popovič, Lyudskanov, Torop, Revzin and Rozentsveyg. Since not many Western translation scholars know them, we get as a consequence a translation theory which is split between
... Read more
The Translation of Culture

How a society is perceived by other societies

by Bruno Osimo ...

Series Book 11 - Translation Studies
A culture is a way of perceiving reality. Do not be misled by the verb “perceive”. Some might think that, if the objective reality of a culture is the same, its perception must also be unique for all individuals. But perception is a subjective phenomenon, and what is perceived is not the photograph of reality, but one of the many possible photographs. The individual’s experience also influences ... Read more

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A culture is a way of perceiving reality. Do not be misled by the verb “perceive”. Some might think that, if the objective reality of a culture is the same, its perception must also be unique for all individuals. But perception is a subjective phenomenon, and what is perceived is not the photograph of reality, but one of the many possible photographs. The individual’s experience also influences
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Handbook of Translation Studies

A reference volume for professional translators and M.A. students Second edition

by Bruno Osimo ...

Series Book 18 - Translation Studies
This Handbook of Translation Studies reflects my experience as a translation scholar, and a translation teacher, and a translator from Russian. The knowledge of the Russian language allowed me to read (and translate into Italian) crucial authors like Popovič, Lyudskanov, Torop, Revzin and Rozentsveyg. Since not many Western translation scholars know them, we get as a consequence a translation ... Read more

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This Handbook of Translation Studies reflects my experience as a translation scholar, and a translation teacher, and a translator from Russian. The knowledge of the Russian language allowed me to read (and translate into Italian) crucial authors like Popovič, Lyudskanov, Torop, Revzin and Rozentsveyg. Since not many Western translation scholars know them, we get as a consequence a translation
... Read more
History of Translation

Contributions to Translation Science in History: Authors, Ideas, Debate

by Bruno Osimo ...

Series Book 15 - Translation Studies
A guide to authors who have made a contribution to the theory of sense in history and, ultimately, to translation theory. The book is divided into 5 chapters: Signification, Communication, Mind, Culture, Criticism ... Read more

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A guide to authors who have made a contribution to the theory of sense in history and, ultimately, to translation theory. The book is divided into 5 chapters: Signification, Communication, Mind, Culture, Criticism
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Translation Studies. Contributions from Eastern Europe

by Bruno Osimo ...

Series Book 23 - Translation Studies
The main aim of this paper is to review some of the most useful Slavic and Estonian contributions to translation studies in the last century. ... Read more

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The main aim of this paper is to review some of the most useful Slavic and Estonian contributions to translation studies in the last century.
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Juri Lotman's Translation Handbook

What a translation handbook would look like if written by Lotman

by Bruno Osimo ...

Series Book 17 - Translation Studies
This book is based on the principle that it is possible to create a text using the writings of an author, focusing on a theme that was not necessarily considered as fundamental or central in the original author’s view. Lotman has never dealt with translation, meant as a professional practice. However, he has often used the word perevod [translation] and its derivatives to talk about semiotics. In ... Read more

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This book is based on the principle that it is possible to create a text using the writings of an author, focusing on a theme that was not necessarily considered as fundamental or central in the original author’s view. Lotman has never dealt with translation, meant as a professional practice. However, he has often used the word perevod [translation] and its derivatives to talk about semiotics. In
... Read more
Dictionary of Translation Studies

with terms of semiotics, textology, linguistics, stylistics

by Bruno Osimo ...

Series Book 16 - Translation Studies
A Dictionary of Translation Studies with 250 terms of semiotics, psychology textology, linguistics, stylistics. The most complete on the market, comprehensive of the terms of Peircean semiotics and the Tartu-Moscow school, of the Nitra school, and of the Israeli-Netherlandish school. Written originally in English by the students of the Civica Scuola Interpreti e Traduttori «Altiero Spinelli», ... Read more

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A Dictionary of Translation Studies with 250 terms of semiotics, psychology textology, linguistics, stylistics. The most complete on the market, comprehensive of the terms of Peircean semiotics and the Tartu-Moscow school, of the Nitra school, and of the Israeli-Netherlandish school. Written originally in English by the students of the Civica Scuola Interpreti e Traduttori «Altiero Spinelli»,
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Literary Translation and Terminological Precision

with examples from the stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by Bruno Osimo ...

Series Book 6 - Translation Studies
Vladimir Nabokov was a major translator and translation theorist. His idea of translation, which resembles his general view of reality, is extremely helpful when it comes to carry out a critical analysis of Chekhov’s short stories and an evaluation of the possible translation strategies to adopt. In order to explain the subjectivity of reality, in an interview Nabokov used the example of the lily. ... Read more

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Vladimir Nabokov was a major translator and translation theorist. His idea of translation, which resembles his general view of reality, is extremely helpful when it comes to carry out a critical analysis of Chekhov’s short stories and an evaluation of the possible translation strategies to adopt. In order to explain the subjectivity of reality, in an interview Nabokov used the example of the lily.
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