The role of visual context for stylistic differences in students' translations of user interface

Bogdanov, Stanislav G. (2016) The role of visual context for stylistic differences in students' translations of user interface. Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences, 9 (12). pp. 2913-2916. ISSN 1997-1370

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Abstract

This paper reports on a case study aimed to investigate the role of visual context for stylistic differences in students' UI translations. Data from the two groups revealed stylistic differences and a tendency for a more consistent use of already conventionalized vocabulary on UI elements by the experimental group.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:audio-visual translation, user interface translation, visual context, localization
Subjects:Education > Higher education
Language. Linguistics. Literature > Applied linguistics
Language. Linguistics. Literature > Foreign language studying
Translation studies
ID Code:3378
Deposited By: Mr Stanislav Bogdanov
Deposited On:02 Aug 2017 07:55
Last Modified:02 Aug 2017 07:55

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