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Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Translating and interpreting"

Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Translating and interpreting"

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  • Comparative translation analysis (English, Arabic): case study “love letters between Gibran Kahlil Gibran and May Ziadeh” 
    Khoury, Calina (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022)
    The 19th Century witnessed a new era in Arabic Literature. After a long period of mental stagnation, a great desire for learning emerged. The West started to gain interest in Eastern Literature, which triggered closer relations between the Arab countries and other European nations. This approach paved the way for the Renaissance, which intended to achieve a drastic positive change. The East also started to appreciate Western Literature; this led to a reform in hope to limit ignorance. This openness to other civilizations sparked authors’ desires to bridge the gap between East and West. Gibran ...
  • The foreignization of Khirbet Masood and the domestication of Masood's Ruin in translation challenges 
    Richa, Nicole (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2014)
    The research paper aims to translate the first three chapters of the novel entitled Khirbet Masood and written by the contemporary novelist, Professor Mansour Eid (1944-2013), from Arabic to English. The translation process attempts to bridge both the Arabic and the English versions by rendering typically the same meaning knowing that the writer’s writing style is the “apparent ease” “السهل الممتنع” which is clear and flowing; nevertheless, it is inimitable. Moreover, this paper tackles the various difficulties the translator encountered during the translation process; these difficulties include ...
  • Reconstructing the neutrality and objectivity tenet in community interpretation : the case of Syrian refugees Lebanon 
    Hobeika, Myriam (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022)
    During and after the war in Syria which erupted in 2011, the Syrian mobility has seen a rapid, large-scale outflow into neighboring countries with Lebanon being on the list of countries to host the largest numbers of Syrian refugees (SR). Many among them ended up living in refugee camps where conditions were and still are dire; consequently, they seek migration through refugees’ human agencies and foreign embassies in Lebanon. In light of this situation, community interpreting services have become increasingly required and immigration agencies subsequently have reached out to the Community ...
  • The translation of jokes and puns from English to Arabic 
    Yazbeck, Rita (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022-11-08)
    This thesis will discuss the difficulties related to the translation of jokes from English to Arabic, the cultural elements of the two languages, and how translators translate jokes from English into Arabic. I will also discuss the cultural aspects, with a study on translation theory. It also talks about literary translation, the translation of English jokes into Arabic, epic translation fails, and the Arabic culture. Moreover, this thesis explains the challenges of translating jokes, the cultural aspects of translating jokes, the cultural component of joke translation, and the difficulty of ...

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