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<EDITORIAL    

Editorial

Gabriela Saldanha and Marion Winters

[Editorial text]

<ARTICLES

Applying Translation Theory in Teaching

María Calzada Pérez
Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, SPAIN

Responding to the Enigmatic Address of the Other: A Psychoanalytical Approach to the Translator’s Labour

Elena Basile
York University, CANADA

The Limits of the Play Text: Translating Comedy

Cristina Marinetti
University of Warwick, UK

Gender-related Issues in the English Translations of Esther Tusquets and Rosa Montero: Discrepancies between Critical and Translational Figurations

Helena Miguélez Carballeira
University of Wales, Bangor, UK

Punctuation Strategies in the Textualization of Femininity: Virginia Woolf Translated into Italian

Elena Minelli
Bath University, UK

<THESES ABSTRACTS

(This section contains abstracts of recently submitted PhD theses.)

In Other Words. Coming to Terms with Irish Identities through Translation: Readings of the Twelve Plays Produced by the Field Day Theatre Company, 1980-1991

Aiden O’Malley
European University Institute, Florence, ITALY

[Abstract]

Investigating Lexical Patterning in Translated Brazilian Portuguese: A Corpus-based Study

Carmen Dayrell
University of Manchester, UK

[Abstract]

Translation as Social Action: A Study of Academic Documents (Spanish–English)

Catherine Way
Universidad de Granada, SPAIN

[Abstract]

Translation and Narration: A Corpus-based Study of French Translations of Two Novels by Virginia Woolf

Charlotte Bosseaux
University of Edinburgh, UK

[Abstract]

Language and Translation in International Transfer – The Formation of Turkish Patent Specifications as a Text Type

Elif Daldeniz
Okan University, Istanbul, TURKEY

[Abstract]

The Translation of Matrimonial Crisis Dossiers in Spain and Ireland: A Study on Legal Translation

Guadalupe Soriano Barabino
Universidad de Granada, SPAIN

[Abstract]

Renewing Old Aquaintances: The Conflation of Critical and Translational Paths in the Anglo-American Reception of Mercè Rodoreda, Esther Tusquets, and Rosa Montero

Helena Miguélez Carballeira
University of Wales, Bangor, UK

[Abstract]

Synonymity and Translated Finnish. A Corpus-based View of Contextuality of Synonymous Expressions and Lexical Features Specific to Translated Language

Jarmo Harri Jantunen
University of Joensuu, FINLAND

[Abstract]

The Translation of Disney Comics in the Arab World: A Pragmatic Perspective

Jehan Ibrahim Zitawi
Abu Dhabi University, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

[Abstract]

Textual Cognetics and the Role of Iconic Linkage in Software User Guides

Jody Byrne
University of Sheffield, UK

[Abstract]

Brazilian Practices of Translating names in Children’s Fantasy Literature: A Corpus-based Study

Lincoln P. Fernandes
Faculdades Barddal, BRAZIL

[Abstract]

Comparative Translation Assessment: Quantifying Quality

Ljuba Tarvi
University of Helsinki, FINLAND

[Abstract]

The use of electronic dictionaries and other Internet resources as training tools for translators (English–Spanish)

María del Mar Sánchez Ramos
Dublin City University, IRELAND

[Abstract]

A Critical Study of (C–E/E–C) Text-based Translation Testing for Translation Teaching: Towards Constructing a Fuzzy Synthetic Marking Model

Mu Lei
Guandong University of Foreign Studies, CHINA

[Abstract]

Shun the Pun, Rescue the Rhyme? The Dubbing and Subtitling of Language-Play in Film

Thorsten Schröter
Karlstad University, SWEDEN

[Abstract]