Translation Quality Assessment on Medan City Tourism Official Web Pages

Putri, None Riska Septiana; Sofyan, Rudy; Nasution, Ely Hayati

doi:10.32734/lingpoet.v3i1.6500

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“…In the same year, Pratama et al (2021) also used Nababan et al 's (2012) model as a foundation and discovered that translating tourism promotional texts' cultural references was challenging. Similarly, Putri et al (2022) investigated the translation of the Medan City Tourism website pages under the TAQ Nababan et al (2012) developed. Overall, the examined earlier research demonstrated the impact of semantic meanings on the quality of translation.…”

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Culturally based semantic losses in Lonely Planet’s travel guides translations for Beijing, Shanghai, and Sichuan

Chen,

Zhou

2024

Front. Commun.

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Translating cultural references in tourism materials is pivotal in bridging cultural gaps and facilitating cross-cultural communication. Despite the escalating demand for accurate translation, no research exists to address the losses in cultural connotations and their impact on semantic accuracy in Chinese-English cultural reference translation within Lonely Planet’s travel guides. This research seeks to fill this gap, specifically focusing on Beijing, Shanghai, and Sichuan destinations. The objectives are as follows: 1) to identify the types of cultural connotation losses in the English translation of Chinese cultural references; 2) to examine cultural-related semantic losses, considering instances where cultural connotation losses lead to partial or complete semantic losses; and 3) to elucidate the translation decisions (both macro and micro levels) implications on the culturally based semantic losses. A qualitative-descriptive approach forms the foundation of this research. The findings revealed seven types of cultural connotation losses, with partial semantic losses predominant. Applying Venuti’s domestication and foreignization, the results also uncovered a strong inclination toward foreignization, emphasizing the strangeness inherent in the source culture is intensified. These findings contribute to a nuanced understanding of the complexities of translating cultural connotations and maintaining semantic accuracy, offering a comprehensive typology that can guide future translation practices and serve as a springboard for further research in the field. Lastly, this study underscores the significance of maintaining cultural connotations in translation, thereby contributing to the ongoing development of cross-cultural communication.

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Culturally based semantic losses in Lonely Planet’s travel guides translations for Beijing, Shanghai, and Sichuan

Chen,

Zhou

2024

Front. Commun.

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“…That model has been widely used in several studies in assessing translation products. Some of the latest studies are conducted by Sofie & Ayuningtias (2023) on website articles of the Indonesia Embassy in Beijing, Fatariska (2023) on an article about Batik, Putri et al (2022) on city tourism official web page articles, and Naratama (2017) on journalistic text. Specifically for literary texts such as novels, the model was also used in studies conducted by H. Nugraha (2019), Ningsih et al (2020), and (Syah et al, 2023).…”

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Idiom Translation Quality Assessment on “Landline” Novel by Rainbow Rowell

Nugraha

2023

EBONY

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This study aimed at assessing the quality of idiom translation in a novel entitled “Landline” by Rainbow Rowell. By referring to Nababan’s Translation Quality Assessment model (2012), this study assessed the idioms’ translation according to the degree of accuracy, acceptability, and readability. The data analyzed in this study include the idioms and Indonesian translations, as well as the assessment result made by three expert assessors. Those idioms were identified and grouped based on the classification adapted from Palmer (1981). There are 37 idioms found, which consist of 2 idioms that can undergo syntactic changes, 10 idioms with syntactic limitation, 10 frozen idioms, 5 partial idioms, and 10 phrasal verbs. The findings show that the Indonesian translation of those idioms generally has a high-quality level, especially those which were translated into equivalent idioms in the target language. Paraphrasing also plays a major role as a translation strategy used by the translator. However, this strategy may sometimes lead to distortion of the original message in the target language.

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Translation Quality Assessment on Medan City Tourism Official Web Pages

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Culturally based semantic losses in Lonely Planet’s travel guides translations for Beijing, Shanghai, and Sichuan

Culturally based semantic losses in Lonely Planet’s travel guides translations for Beijing, Shanghai, and Sichuan

Idiom Translation Quality Assessment on “Landline” Novel by Rainbow Rowell

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