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Translating Translations: A study of Ngā Rūpaiaha o Oma Kaiama, a Māori translation of the English version of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
No full textOmar Khayyám, a Persian poet who died in 1131, wrote a number of quatrains in Farsi which are regarded by some as representing the very summit of Sufism (that is, of the mystical dimension of Islamic thought) and by others as being essentially agnostic and hedonistic in nature. Those who are of the latter view are often strongly influenced by the ‘translation’ into English of some of these quatrains by Edward Fitzgerald, a British poet and writer whose first edition of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám appeared in 1859, at the height of the Victorian era. Although there have been several other translations of Khayyám’s quatrains, none has been as popular or, perhaps, as highly regarded as an artistic work as that of Fitzgerald. It has rarely, however, been regarded as a work that is faithful to the intent of the original. In deciding to translate into Māori Fitzgerald’s rendering into English of some of Khayyám’s Farsi quatrains (5th version), Pei Jones was faced with a peculiarly complex set of problems (linguistic, literary, cultural and religious). Pei Jones’ translation, a translation of a translation, is generally regarded as being faithful to Fitzgerald’s version of the Rubáiyát. It would appear, therefore, that he decided to treat Fitzgeralds’s text, in spite of the reference in its title to the original text, as his source text. This gives rise to a number of questions, including questions about what it means for a translator to be faithful or unfaithful to a source text. With particular reference to Pei Jones’ translation of Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, this thesis explores the concept of ‘fidelity’, a concept that, it is argued here (see Chapter 3), is often treated in the literature on translation in a way that belies its extremely complex nature. The thesis proposes a new approach to the concept of fidelity, one that is based on nine fidelity types: grammatical, lexical, informational, metrical, imagistic, rhetorical, historical, didactic and functional fidelity. In terms of this nonagonal analytical model, twenty-five of Pei Jones’ quatrains are analysed in relation to the equivalent quatrains in Fitzgerald’s version (Chapter 4). The analysis indicates that Pei Jones’ translation has neither metrical fidelity (a consequence of the very different nature of the source and target languages) nor functional fidelity (a consequence of the very different expectations and sensibilities that a Māori audience has in relation to the verbal arts). Metre and function are both, however, fundamental to the enduring appeal of Fitzgerald’s quatrains. The overall conclusion is that since it is often impossible to achieve all nine types of fidelity, translators need to carefully consider what their primary aim is in undertaking the translation of artistic works and be prepared to sacrifice certain types of fidelity (e.g. historical and informational fidelity) in order to create a work that fulfils the aesthetic expectations of the target audience. Pei Jones was undeniably successful in achieving those types of fidelity that were possible. However, the work may have had more widespread appeal if he had sacrificed some of them in order to create a work that was more closely aligned with the aesthetic expectations of Māori readers
The motives behind the Spanish invasion of North Africa (Early sixteenth century)
Get PDFهذه المقالة توفر دراسة تحليلية للدوافع التي اتخذتها الإدارة الإسبانية ذريعةً لاحتلال المغرب وشمال أفريقيا أواخر العصور الوسطى. تبرز هذه الدراسة المبررات السياسية والدينية والاقتصادية المستمدة من وجهة النظر الإسبانية؛ وذلك بهدف توضيح الأساليب التي اتخذتها الدول الاستعمارية من أجل إضفاء الشرعية على أعمالها العسكرية في المنطقة خلال تلك الفترة.This study offers a critical analysis of the motivations used by the Spanish government in the late Middle Ages as justification for their conquest of al-Maghreb and North Africa. This study emphasizes the political, theological, and economic arguments derived from the Spanish point of view, with the purpose of elucidating the strategies used by the colonial governments to justify their armed actions in the region at the time
Raccontare la Puglia. Parola di scrittore - Omar Di Monopoli, Cosimo Argentina, Gabriella Genisi, Livio Romano
No full textIl volume raccoglie gli interventi di Omar Di Monopoli, Cosimo Argentina, Gabriella Genisi e Livio Romano tenuti durante il ciclo di seminari "Raccontare la Puglia. Parola di scrittore" ideato e moderato dalla curatrice. Ogni scrittore ha raccontato le proprie esperienze autoriali e ha spiegato le motivazioni dell'ambientazione pugliese delle proprie opere, entrando nel vivo delle dinamiche della resa del localismo e svelando i segreti del proprio laboratorio di scrittura
La "rivendicazione" di Salgari : un carteggio del figlio Omar
No full textIl contributo pubblica per la prima volta e commenta scrupolosamente il carteggio fra Omar Salgari, figlio di Emilio, e il giornalista Paolo Camassa, che all’opera salgariana dedicò diversi articoli.
Il carteggio consta di 50 pezzi, perlopiù di Omar, e copre un periodo che va dal 1939 al 1946. Le lettere sono molto interessanti perché permettono di ricostruire vicende personali di Emilio Salgari (molti i ricordi famigliari) e soprattutto dinamiche editoriali (pseudonimi, collaborazioni, plagi, contratti, controversie legali): da ques’ultimo punto di vista il carteggio conferma pienamente la vulgata di un Salgari sfruttato e vampirizzato dall’editoria non solo in vita ma anche in morte. Peraltro il carteggio documenta anche il tentativo di connotare l’opera dello scrittore in chiave fascista: in questo senso, insieme ai due corrispondenti, si adoperarono le maggiori firme del regime, da Lucio d’Ambra a Gherardo Casini ad Alessandro Pavolini, con ipotesi di mostre, manifestazioni, monumenti ed edizioni nazionali
Identification of author profiles through social networks
Get PDFThe aim of this paper is to compile dictionaries of slang words, abbreviations, contractions, and emoticons to help the pre-processing of texts published in social networks. The use of these dictionaries is intended to improve the results of the tasks related to data obtained from these platforms. Therefore, a hypothesis was evaluated in the task of identifying author profiles (author profiling).Silva, JesúsMaria Santodomingo, Nicolas EliasRomero, LigiaJorge, MarisolHerrera, MaritzaPineda Lezama, Omar Bonerg
Cyrtohymena seorakensis Omar & Jung 2020, sp. n.
No full textComparison of <i>Cyrtohymena seorakensis</i> sp. n. with its congeners <p>(Table 2)</p> <p> Up to date, the genus <i>Cyrtohymena</i> contains ten species including <i>C. seorakensis</i> <b>sp. n.</b> Based on the body size, the color of cortical granules, and morphometric data, our new species is closely related to <i>C. citrina</i> and <i>C. primicirrata</i>.</p> <p> <i>Cyrtohymena citrina</i> can be distinguished from <i>C. seorakensis</i> <b>sp. n.</b> mainly by the number of transverse cirri (5 vs. 4), the number of the adoral membranelles (34 vs. 28 on average), and the arrangement of cortical granules (around dorsal bristles and cirri vs. randomly scattered). Other minor differences include the body shape (both ends</p> <p> broadly rounded vs. posterior end narrower than anterior) and the total number of dorsal bristles (~73 as calculated from the hand drawing of Berger & Foissner 1987 vs. 53–73). The Indian population of <i>C. citrina</i> described by Singh & Kamra (2015) is slightly smaller than <i>C. seorakensis</i> <b>sp. n.</b>, has higher number of dorsal bristles (81–111 vs. 53–73), and, interestingly, a larger cyst size (~ 40 μm vs. 18–20 μm). In terms of their higher genetic similarity (i.e., 1 nt difference), our data supports that the SSU rRNA gene is insufficient to discriminate closely related species; we can find species differs in a single nucleotide from its congener (for <i>Pleurotricha</i> see Park <i>et al</i>., 2017, for <i>Stylonychia</i> see Schmidt <i>et al</i>., 2006a, 2006b).</p> <p> <i>Cyrtohymena primicirrata</i> is also similar to <i>C. seorakensis</i> <b>sp. n.</b>, i.e., in the body size, the number of the marginal cirri, and the color of the cortical granules. However, they differ mainly in the number (5 vs. 4) and location (displaced anteriad vs. posteriad) of transverse cirri, the arrangement (around cirri and dorsal bristles vs. randomly scattered) of cortical granules, the number of dorsal bristles (~86 vs. ~62), and the length of the dorsal kinety 4 (long vs. distinctly shortened anteriorly) (Foissner, 1984).</p> <p> The type species <i>C. muscorum</i> is unique in having red cortical granules and thus can be easily distinguished from <i>C. seorakensis</i> <b>sp. n.</b> The other six <i>Cyrtohymena</i> spp. are very poorly known and lack detailed description, and thus possibly some of them are synonyms or belong to different genera as noted by Berger (1999). However, all of them are similar to <i>C. seorakensis</i> <b>sp. n.</b> in the body size, but four of them, namely <i>C. aestuarii</i> (Margalef López, 1945) Berger, 1999, <i>C. torrenticola</i> (Ŝrámek-Huŝek, 1957) Foissner, 1989, <i>C. sapropelica</i> (Kahl, 1932) Foissner, 1989, and <i>C. granulata</i> (Kahl, 1932) Foissner, 1989, lack cortical granules. Further, <i>C. marina</i> (Kahl, 1932) Foissner, 1989 has inconspicuous cortical granules and marine habitat, and <i>C. gracilis</i> (Kahl, 1932) Foissner, 1989 has brownish cortical granules. Moreover, all of these species, except <i>C. aestuarii</i>, have five transverse cirri (Table 2).</p>Published as part of <i>Omar, Atef & Jung, Jae-Ho, 2020, Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of the Soil Ciliate Cyrtohymena seorakensis sp. n. (Ciliophora, Hypotricha, Oxytrichidae), pp. 561-572 in Zootaxa 4758 (3)</i> on pages 567-568, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.3.8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3734771">http://zenodo.org/record/3734771</a>
Speculu[m] exemploru[m] ex diuersis libris in vnu[m] laboriose collectu[m].
No full textEerste blad (blanco) ontbreektThe author is probably Johannes Busch (CIBN)Titel uit incipit. Drukker en datum uit colofonBMC: Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum I 226bGesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke ; M42951Machiels, J. Catalogus van de boeken gedrukt vóór 1600 ; S 488Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimé au 15e siècle ... ; 3574Europeana-GoogleBook
L’Inde et la Chine
No full textAnalyse du phénomène militaire en Inde et en Chine entre le IIIe et le VIe siècle de notre ère
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