OBJECTIVE This study examined the competence and accuracy of ad hoc interpreters in interpreting key psychiatric terms at a South African psychiatric hospital METHODS Nine individuals were asked to translate key psychiatric terms from English to Xhosa. These translations were then back-translated by independent translators, who do not have knowledge of psychiatric terminology. These back-tran...

The article is trying to highlight the major skills of a presentday translator, without which failure is assured. Although we start with general (classical) requirements, particular ones will be discussed, such as the gradual shift from PRAT (paper-and-rubber-assisted translation) to CAT (computer-assisted translation). We argue that professional translators in the 21st century must make use of...

To illustrate the problem, see Figure 1, where a short Chinese sentence was translated into English by ten different human translators. Each came up with a different translation. This is a very typical example. Given any sentence of non-trivial length, a group of ten translators will come up with ten different translations. In fact, if presented with the same sentence the next day, they will co...

studying translations during the time of conflict has gained currency in the recent decade in translation studies. one of the cases in which conflict manifests itself is in the way different countries choose to name an event or a geographical location, for example. this study set out to understand how translation of rival names and labeling was carried out in iranian state-run news agencies. to...

Abstract Translation of literary texts, especially poetry, is one of the most difficult tasks; it requires mastery and knowledge of the language system and culture, and lack of this might lead to wrong translation. This study aimed to examine the loss and gain of the sociocultural implicit meanings in the English translations of the Mu’allaqat, and assess whether the translators of the Mu’allaq...

Motivations for volunteering have rarely been studied in the context of professional literary translators. Instead, studies mainly focused on amateur translators areas such as charities, fansubbing, TED, Wikipedia, Skype and Facebook. This paper explores this under-researched topic ¡Hjckrrh!, a non-profit publisher led by who self-publish translations e-book format. As March 2018, ¡Hjckrrh! had...

  Abstract Critical Discourse Analysis as an interdisciplinary approach aims at making transparent the connections between discourse practices and social practices and provides ways of looking into translations from a critical standpoint.Farahzad is among the scholars who presented her specific CDA model inspired by Fairclough’s approach. The present Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)-based s...