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Samhandling med japanere: Sentrale kulturelle begreper
(Journal article, 2002)Seen from Norway, Japanese behavior will often appear strange and difficult to understand. Knowledge is the essential key to improve our perception of the Japanese culture and pave the way for increased interaction between ... -
Semantiske endringer i spansk fagspråk og terminologi
(Journal article, 2001)Det er ikke uvanlig at det gjennom tidene skjer endringer i ordenes form og betydning. I denne artikkelen ska! vi se nrermere pa hvordan ord og uttrykks betydning kan endres som fulge av ekonomiske eller sosiale forandringer ... -
Specialized Translation in the Framework of Multilingual and Multimedia Document Management
(Journal article, 2008)Translation studies is a large discipline, and the question may at times arise, whether it really covers the craft of specialized translation with its many peculiarities. I therefore try in this study to inventory the ... -
Stars, problem children, dogs and cash cows: evocative terminology in multilingual business communication
(Journal article, 2011)Terminology, the vocabulary of specialized knowledge domains, exists and evolves in the ongoing negotiation process of societal dynamics. The dynamics of a domain can be traced in its textual archives by keeping track of ... -
Tekniske krav til oppdrettsanlegg – vurdering av terminologien i Norsk Standard NS 9415
(Journal article, 2006)Next to the petroleum industry, fish farming is by far the fastest growing industry in Norway. It began as small units up and down the country, based on local experience, but is now emerging as a technically advanced industry. ... -
Tekniske oversettelser - translatørens mareritt eller en helt normal utfordring?
(Journal article, 2007)It is a fact that many translators are reluctant to take on technical translations. At the same time, it is also the case that very many translation assignments involve varying degrees of technical content, even in cases ... -
Teksting af fakta-programmer
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Teori og praksis for statsautoriserte translatører: perspektiver på vitenskap og virkelighet
(Journal article, 2007)The primary argument in this paper is that theory and practice in the field of translation need not be as mutually excluding as has traditionally been the case. Norway is taken as an illustration of a cultural context in ... -
Terminologi og fagspråk - teori og praksis
(Journal article, 2006)The Norwegian Language Council in January 2005 appointed a group with external members which is to work in the field of terminology and language for special purposes (LSP). I attempt to give a brief account of the achievements ... -
Terminologi og samarbeidsformer mellom næringsliv og UoH-sektoren
(Journal article, 2006)In this paper I present cultural, political, financial and pedagogical arguments for developing terminology in Norwegian. I argue in favour of the establishment of a national centre for terminology and technical ... -
Terminological equivalence in technical translation: A problematic concept?
(Journal article, 2007)A St. Jerome’s Day lecture provides a welcome chance to make one of those satisfyingly unexpected links: between Bible and technical translation. The Bible is not generally thought of as a technical text but some of the ... -
Terms as dynamic entities: problems and solutions in translation
(Journal article, 2003)It is a common assumption that technical terms and their meanings can be more easily matched across special languages than in general language. While there may be some truth in this assumption for a subset of terms, the ... -
Text oder die Spitze des Eisbergs
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The concept of the interpersonal in translation
(Journal article, 2009)Analysis from the perspective of Hallidayan (systemic functional) linguistics became popular in translation studies in the 1990s, though most work concentrated on the textual function and, to a lesser degree, the ideational ... -
The concepts of revenue and expenditure and their accounting effects
(Journal article, 2010)The aim of this contribution is to problematise the way the concepts of revenue and expenditure are used in the domain of accounting without taking into account their different accounting effects depending on whether the ... -
The Contribution of pragmatics to the stydy of journalistic prose
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The Critical Element of Critical Discourse Analysis
(Journal article, 2013)This paper is a discussion and presentation of the critical element of critical discourse analysis. To denote something as ‘critical’ can be seen as a desire to indicate that certain linguistic/discursive studies are ... -
The formation of legal terms: a case study
(Journal article, 2011)In recent years, the focus in terminology research has shifted from normative and descriptive studies to more explanatory studies, dealing with how and why new terms are formed. The present study falls within this trend. ... -
The interdisciplinary concept of translational intertextuality, illustrated on the basis of LSP text networks
(Journal article, 2013)Since the late 1980s, a tendency towards interdisciplinary analysis strategies in the field of linguistics in general, and more particularly in the field of LSP research, has become apparent. Depending on the subject matter ... -
The Object is a Unit of Knowledge
(Journal article, 2008)After an introduction containing definitions of the terminological entity ‘object’ from national and international standards, a classification of types of objects is suggested followed by a brief statement of the nature ...