A History of Foreign Words in English

Kerns, J. Alexander; Serjeantson, Mary S.

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“…Intriguingly, many words have reached English indirectly, passing through multiple languages before becoming part of the English lexicon. Serjeantson (1935) highlights that certain words have entered the English language not directly from their source language but through an intermediary language. For example, many early Italian loans reached English through French, while words from the East made their way through Latin, often having passed through Greek before reaching Latin.…”

Section: "English For Specific Purposes" Translationmentioning

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Difficulties and Suggestions for Medical English Translation: Insights from Experience

2024

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In specialized translation, particularly in areas involving languages for special purposes (LSPs), acquiring expertise is crucial and requires a deep understanding of the specific field, known as domain knowledge. Medical translation holds significant importance in the field of translation, given the extensive volume of texts requiring translation. As a result, this domain commands a substantial portion of the market. The insights shared here stem from our teaching experience and aim to outline practical objectives and helpful tools in the context of medical translation. These reflections serve as a guide for the training of individuals aspiring to become proficient medical translators.

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Section: "English For Specific Purposes" Translationmentioning

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Difficulties and Suggestions for Medical English Translation: Insights from Experience

2024

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“…One of the most comprehensive and important earliest lists of Latin-origin borrowings in OE was Serjeantson's (1935), with more than 520 borrowings. As Durkin (2014: 100) rightly points out, some are rather dubious, and there are some omissions in Serjeantson's Appendix, as well as of material mentioned in the body of her text.…”

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Old English-Origin Words in a Set Of Medieval Latin Accounts

Roig‐Marín

2022

J. engl. stud. (Logroño, internet)

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For a long time, texts in Medieval Latin were poorly regarded for their linguistic hybridity: alongside Classical/post-Classical Latin lexemes, there were many words coming from the vernaculars (in the case of late medieval England, Anglo-French and Middle English) embedded in them. This traditional and restrictive view was superseded by a more nuanced conception of multilingualism, which appreciates the value of this kind of written evidence for our understanding of the multilingual dynamics of medieval texts. The present investigation uses a case study, the Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham [1278-1538] (Fowler 1898-1901; henceforth, Durham Account Rolls), one of the largest edited and published collections of accounts in Medieval Latin, to discuss broader issues such as how to classify the vernacular lexical items present in medieval multilingual texts (are they borrowings, code-switches, or something else?) and to what extent this vocabulary can be deemed to be integrated/unintegrated into Medieval Latin. Since there are multiple underlying languages in the vernacular vocabulary of the Durham Account Rolls, this article will concentrate on the Old English-origin lexis in these accounts and its relation to Latin and French. An overview of 263 simplex (one-element) Old English-origin forms in the Durham Account Rolls proved to be a source of both basic-level terms and more specialised terminology. Finally, some examples from the most representative semantic domains (equipment, farming, animals, and materials) will be given.

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“…Being manifestations of language contact, borrowings in the history of English have attracted a good deal of scholarly attention. 2 Suffice it to say that they came to be discussed in individual studies (e.g., Ackerman 1958;Benson 1962;Cannon 1988Cannon , 1998Algeo 1996;Wade 1997;Durkin 2020); monographs (e.g., Serjeantson 1935;Chan & Kwok 1985;Hughes 2000;Pinnavaia 2001;Bator 2010;Schultz 2013Schultz , 2016Schultz , 2018Durkin 2014);edited volumes (e.g., Rodríguez Gonzáles 1996;Schreier & Hundt 2013;Wright 2020); and etymological and historical dictionaries, of which the Oxford English Dictionary (henceforth, the OED) deserves pride of place. Apart from etymologizing, which consists in tracing borrowings to etyma in the donor languages, lexicographers and researchers alike go to great lengths to collect textual attestations.…”

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Revising the History of Nitchevo with Text Archives

Podhajecka

2023

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This article focuses on the way nitchevo, a nineteenth-century Russian borrowing, was adopted into the English language. In order to investigate the history of the word, six digital text archives were considered. The results of the research are promising: not only do they allow one to trace antedatings for both senses, which updates the treatment of nitchevo in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), but they also shed light on its semantic development, spelling variation, and route of transmission. Tellingly, albeit unsurprisingly, the evidence suggests that the press is responsible for boosting the recognition of the word on both sides of the Atlantic. All this indicates that the potential of modern research tools, including British and American newspaper archives, remains to be fully explored.

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A History of Foreign Words in English

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Difficulties and Suggestions for Medical English Translation: Insights from Experience

Difficulties and Suggestions for Medical English Translation: Insights from Experience

Old English-Origin Words in a Set Of Medieval Latin Accounts

Revising the History of Nitchevo with Text Archives

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