24 Nisan 2011 Pazar

Trans Book Reviews And Reviewers

By Brittney Tucker


Trans book reviews can be said to be more challenging than ordinary book reviews. This is due to the fact that other than just looking at the contents of the literature and how it relates to the theme, attempts must be made to ensure that original meaning is not lost in the process of rewriting the work from one language to another or one form to another.

A reviewer needs to be someone who is widely read and should go through the relevant literature several times to comprehend its contents sufficiently. It would even be better if the reviewer understands the original version from the translation is being done to be able to tell whether the meanings intended in the initial version have been carried forward in their right contexts or if these have been altered.

Some of the limitations one may encounter in the process of translating one document from a language to another is the lack of appropriate equivalent terminology which would bring the intended meaning in the exact impression and expression. Languages reflect a lot of what we do and where we live and are in most instances closely related to geographical location.

People who practice pastoral lifestyles will tend to have a language which is rich in terminologies relating to their culture and lifestyle while fishing communities may less vocabulary in this field but have wider vocabulary in matters water and fishing. Likewise those engaged in crop farming will be able to identify a lot of plants when hunters would have their language leaning towards their main economic activities.

If you have to assess whether Trans book reviews are effective or not then you would need to do some comparison between the languages and lifestyles. A joke that causes amusement in one language or among a certain people may not produce a similar effect in another language. This may be the case even if there were exact translations or words with exact meaning.

Political satire provides a good example of how words, lifestyles and familiarity with situations may cause differences in meaning. The mimicking of speech style may cause excitement or amusement to people who are familiar with the person being emulated while those not familiar with the character will not find anything amusing.

To be better placed for a good Trans book review one needs to look for something similar on the same subject that could have been done in the original language so he or she can do some comparison. This would provide a better ground for determining whether any meanings have been lost when importing the contents of some literature from one language to another or not.

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