Literal

Chapter one 1. Preliminaries 1.1 Introduction Translation is the act of rendering a written text from one language into another. It is the action of interpretation of the meaning of a text, and subsequent production of an equivalent text, also called a translation, that communicates the same message in another language, which is why the outcome has to be close to the original meaning. If the goal of the translation is to understand the culture, it is more useful to comprehend the meaning.…

In the excerpts from his book, Paul Frankl introduced the concepts of symbols of mean and symbols of form. Separated into two sections, Frankl establishes a difference between the two and explains the “three degrees” of symbolism within a cathedral:1) natural objects, 2) works of man, and 3) symbols. In his exploration of these two types of symbolism, Frankl takes a great care to address linguistics and point out specific word choices he is making to avoid confusion. Throughout these excerpts,…

Translation Essential: Six Reasons to Translate Into Chinese Your translation dollars only go so far and you need to maximize your return on investment. Why translate into Chinese? Consider these six arguments: 1. China is a market of 1.3 billion consumers. With the Internet, you have access to the vast majority of them. However, if you want the average Chinese consumer to open their wallet for you, you are going to need to approach them in their native language. This is true whether you…

The utterances of three characters in English subtitle of Kartini Movie will be analyzed used the table bellow : 1. Kartini’s politeness strategies. a. Negative politeness strategy Kartini have performed Negative politeness strategy for 22 times in this movie, the most frequent negative politeness strategy is question and hedge strategy with 13 times, second is impersonalize S and H, and minimize the imposition strategy with 3 times, third is be conventionally indirect strategy with 2 times,…

Are the seven days of creation literal or figurative? What is the meaning of “day” in Genesis? Hours or eons? On the first day, God created the entire universe. On the second day, God separated the waters above the earth from the waters on the surface of the earth. On the third day, God formed the land out of the seas. Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”, and it was so (Genesis 1:11)…

1. What are the literal and figurative meanings of the word “swerving” as used in the poem? The setting of the poem tells us that he is traveling on a mountainous road at night in a car. Where he found a dead doe in the middle of the road. who has been dead probably by hitting from another car? But now he is in a position that he must do something about it because it may cause another accident on the same road. So he sees the best option to put this doe into the canyon by swerving it. The…

DESCRIPTION: Literal Qualities ABOUT THE WORK: Marry Cassatt created the painting The Child’s Bath in 1893. The painting is oil on canvas and is currently in the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. FROM THE WORK: Immediately we see a woman who is wearing a stripped tunic with her hair tied in a bun holding a small child who is wearing a towel around her waist. The woman appears to be washing the small child’s feet in a china bowl containing water with a pitcher nearby. The woman…

In the story of King Lear, Shakespeare uses metaphorical and literal blindness to relay how Gloucester overcomes the burdensome power inflicted upon him by the younger generation and himself. Shakespeare accomplishes this by providing examples of Gloucester’s struggle to rid himself of power through his sons, his friends, and himself. Gloucester had to overcome the emotional blindness of the love he had for his sons to have who they really are come to light. He had to perceive his friends of the…

When reading “Seeing Eye to Body: The literal Objectification of Women” by Nathan A. Heflick, and Jamie L. Goldenberg. They were saying women and men being objectified. Women are being objectified more than men are but, women are being objectified daily while looking for a job while meeting people and many more instances. Women are being seen as objects and as tools to either attract customers or as advertisement. Men see the more revealing a woman is dressed the less educated she is. Women are…

In the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost, there is both a literal and figurative meaning of the poem. The poem consists of eight lines of rhyming couplets written in iambic trimeter. The author uses imagery, personification,and metaphors to explain the beauty of life and how life does not last forever. Poems can be taken literally and figuratively. Frost uses imagery to show the literal side of the poem. Written in the poem, is the line “Nothing gold can stay” meaning it can not always…