technologia: Realia (translation)

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In translation, realia (plural noun) are words and expressions for culture-specific material elements. The word realia comes from medieval Latin, in which it originally meant "the real things", i.e. material things, as opposed to abstract ones. The Bulgarian translators Vlahov and Florin, who were the first to carry out an in-depth study of realia, coined the modern sense of the word. They indicate that since realia carry a very local overtone, they often pose a challenge for translation. Realia must not be confused with terminology: the latter is primarily used in scientific literature to designate things that pertain to the scientific sphere, and usually only appears in other kinds of tex…

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Transformation methods used in translation of realia. This paper aims to examine how foreign and domestic translators solve problems encountered in literary translation of realia, words or phrases which denote something that is specifically unique and local, that have no equivalents in other languages. For this purpose, Russian and English translation of nine short stories, out of many of works by D.Natsagdorj, one of the founders of Mongolia’s contemporary literature, have been selected. By comparing the English, Russian translation of these stories, we examined the types of transformation used in translation of realia, accuracy of translation, distinction among translations by foreign and…

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The First Bulgarian Female Translators (1850 – 1878)

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A study on translation of culture-specific realia in Mongolian novel. This study analyzes how the culture-specific items (words and phrases) of the Mongolian language have been translated into English based on literary examples. The translation of the culture-specific word is unique and difficult for foreigners to understand because it is inextricably linked with the language, culture, and customs and reflects the national characteristics. As a result of this research, the author has analyzed the literary translation of culture-specific words (realia), especially how culture-specific words in literature were translated from Mongolian into English. The study was done based on the selected Mo…

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Vlahov and Florin , who were the first to carry out an in-depth study of realia , coined the modern sense of the word. They indicate that since realia carry