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RAF, DNA and CAPTCHA: English acronyms in German and Swedish translation
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In: Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies (BeLLS); Årg 11 Nr 1 (2021): CROSSING THE BORDERS: ANALYSING COMPLEX CONTRASTIVE DATA; 163-184 ; Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies; Vol 11 No 1 (2021): CROSSING THE BORDERS: ANALYSING COMPLEX CONTRASTIVE DATA; 163-184 ; 1892-2449 ; 10.15845/bells.v11i1 (2021)
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This study investigates acronyms in English originals and their translations into German and Swedish, comparing forms, functions and distributions across the languages. The material was collected from the Linnaeus English-German-Swedish corpus (LEGS) consisting of original and translated popular non-fiction. From a structural point of view, acronyms most often occur as independent noun heads (When IBM introduced […]) or as premodifiers in a noun phrase (PGP encryption). Due to morphosyntactic differences, English acronym premodifiers often merge into hyphenated compounds in German translations (UN-Klimakonvention), but less frequently so in Swedish. The study also discusses explicitation practices when introducing source-culture specific acronyms in the translations. German translators explain and elaborate more than Swedish translators and they do so in the German language. Swedish translators, however, use English to a greater extent, suggesting that Swedish readers are expected to have better knowledge of English than German readers.
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URL: https://bells.uib.no/index.php/bells/article/view/3443 https://doi.org/10.15845/bells.v11i1.3443
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On brackets in translation (or how to elaborate in brackets)
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In: Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies (BeLLS); Årg 11 Nr 1 (2021): CROSSING THE BORDERS: ANALYSING COMPLEX CONTRASTIVE DATA; 121-144 ; Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies; Vol 11 No 1 (2021): CROSSING THE BORDERS: ANALYSING COMPLEX CONTRASTIVE DATA; 121-144 ; 1892-2449 ; 10.15845/bells.v11i1 (2021)
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English supplementive ing-clauses and their German and Swedish correspondences
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In: Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies (BeLLS); Årg 9 Nr 1 (2018): Corpora et comparatio linguarum: Textual and contextual perspectives ; Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies; Vol 9 No 1 (2018): Corpora et comparatio linguarum: Textual and contextual perspectives ; 1892-2449 ; 10.15845/bells.v9i1 (2018)
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