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Journal des traducteurs
Translators' Journal

Volume 35, Number 4, décembre 1990

Table of contents (24 articles)

  1. Cultural Assertion in the African Autobiography

    Tony E. Afejuku

    pp. 389–700

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  2. Pour une méthode générale de traduction : traduire par l’interprétation du texte

    Jean-Claude Gémar

    pp. 657–668

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  3. La recherche documentaire en traduction technique : conditions nécessaires et suffisantes

    Christine Durieux

    pp. 669–675

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  4. Traduction de textes de vulgarisation et de textes didactiques : approche pédagogique

    Monique C. Cormier

    pp. 676–688

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  5. Sense and Nonsense: The Literary Significance of Semantic Contradictions and Tautology in Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Lawino

    Ogo A. Ofuani

    pp. 701–709

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    Abstract

    EN:

    A knowledge of the collocational principles governing the cooccurrence of words aids the linguistic analyses of eccentric poetic usages such as oxymoron, paradox, and tuatology. These forms can be more formally linguistically analysed and insights gained complement the literary critic's efforts. This paper shows how these semantically deviant constructions contribute to "meaning" in Okot p'Bitek's Song of Lawino. Lawino exploited them for satire. Tautology is vacuous, empty, meaningless; but she used it to communicate her disgust and dissatisfaction at her husband's unsociable behaviour. Her use of oxymoron and paradox is linked to her tendency to exaggerate; but these exaggerations are to shock her erring husband to realization. He had shriked his marital and parental responsabilities and needed to be reminded. Their literary significance hinge on their situational meaningfulness. The critic must develop the ability to understand, explain and interpret such usages; and thus make literary sense of semantic nonsense.

  6. A Different Approach to Machine Translation

    Karla Déjean Le Féal

    pp. 710–719

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  7. Punctuation in English & Portuguese Translations: When Every Point Counts

    Cecil L. de Ataide Melo

    pp. 720–731

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    Abstract

    EN:

    This is an investigate study on the frequency of punctuation use in Brazilian Portuguese and American English translations. Six textual pairs were selected, each representing a particular genre of translation. Punctuation was divided into two contrasting categories. Under terminal punctuation were placed marks which came at the end of sentences and caused the next word to be capitalized. Under internal punctuation were included marks which appeared within the sentence limits. 1692 marks in 622 sentences were carefully tabulated and constituted the corpus of this project. Results indicated that Portuguese texts were considerably more populated by various punctuation marks than their English counterparts. Frequent rhetorical pauses, tolerance towards longer and more complex sentences, and occasional use of double punctuation invited a higher ratio of marks per sentece in the Portuguese texts. In the last part of the paper, a number of conventions governing punctuation usage in the two languages are discussed, providing a direct application to the training of translators and students of foreign language composition and rhetoric.

  8. Critique of Aspects of Translation of the Poetry of Pre-Islamic Poets and also of “Wormhoudt’s” Translation of al-Mutanabbi

    Salah Salim Ali

    pp. 732–741

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    Abstract

    EN:

    Errors arise in the translation of poetic literature as a result of gaps in the translator's knowledge of the historical, social, and cultural context in which the poem was written. However, it is not enough for the translator to have knowledge of this sort, he must also know about the kind of idiomatic expressions in vogue which the poet tends to use and the contemporary allusions intended in his choice of words, metaphors..., etc. A further source of error stems from a misunderstanding of grammatical, or stylistic features of the poetry. All poets manipulate the grammar of their language in their own characteristic way. Unless the translator is well acquainted with these features, he may not faithfully represent their semantic effect in the target language. This paper deals with some cultural and linguistic aspects of some translations of the pre-Islamic poets and also of "Wormhoudt's" translation of al-"Mutanabbi" with examples of errors arising from cultural and linguistic misunderstanding.

  9. Making Translations More « Native »: The Use of Feminine Pronoun for Inanimate Things

    Lorraine Neufeld

    pp. 742–747

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Études terminologiques et linguistiques

  1. Terminologie français-anglais des systèmes experts et des sujets connexes

    Jacques Lethuillier and Monique C. Cormier

    pp. 748–758

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  2. Quelques aspects du métier de terminologue

    Gabriel Otman

    pp. 759–768

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  3. Quelques problèmes d’interférence

    Geneviève Quillard

    pp. 769–774

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Documentation

  1. Bibliographie

    Monique C. Cormier

    pp. 775–778

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  2. GINGUAY, M. (1990) : Dictionnaire anglais-français d’informatique, 10e édition, Paris, Masson, 260 p.

    Bao Pham

    pp. 778–779

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  3. GINGUAY, M. et LAURET, A. (1990) : Dictionnaire d’informatique, 4e édition, Paris, Masson, 353 p.

    Gilles Bélanger

    pp. 779–781

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  4. GRAN, Laura and John DODDS (Eds.) (1989) : The Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Teaching Conference Interpretation, Udine, Campanotto Editore, 278 p.

    Daniel Gile

    pp. 782–783

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  5. VEYRON, Michel (1989) : Dictionnaire canadien des noms propres, Larousse Canada, 757 p.

    Jean-Paul Brunet and André Clas

    p. 784

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  6. GIRAUD, Robert (1989) : L’Argot du bistrot, Paris, Marval, 157 p. [53,95$]

    Jean-Paul Brunet and André Clas

    pp. 784–786

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  7. HUIDOBRO, Vicente (1988) : Altazor or A Voyage in a Parachute. Translated by Eliot Weinberger. Graywolf Press, A Palabra Sur Book. [8,50 $ US]

    José Quiroga

    pp. 789–791

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Bloc-notes

  1. Le traducteur arabe est-il prêt à relever le défi?

    Henri Van Hoof and Samia Barrada

    p. 795

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  2. Traduction biblique et genèse linguistique

    Henri Van Hoof and Samia Barrada

    pp. 795–798

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  3. Entre traduction et normalisation terminologique

    Pierre Lerat

    pp. 798–801

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  4. Dictionnaire universel des traducteurs

    Henri Van Hoof

    pp. 801–806

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  5. Index

    pp. 806–815

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