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Low Value Translations and Retellings from Intermediate Languages of Andersen’s Fairy Tale “Thumbelina”

Ieva Šelekaitė, Robertas Kudirka • Vertimo Studijos (2022)

Hans Christian Andersen is one of the most famous Danish writers whose fairy tales have been read by almost every child. The first book of Andersen’s fairy tales appeared in Lithuanian in 1895 and their popularity has not faded ever since. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15388/VertStud.2022.5

Łacińskie lōrum w świetle etymologii

Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak • LingVaria (2017)

Latin lōrum in the Light of Etymology The traditional etymology of Lat. lōrum n. ‘strap, girdle, rein’, according to which it is related to Arm. lar ‘strick, rope, band’ and Greek (Homeric) εὔληρα, Doric αὔληρα n. pl. ‘reins’, should be rej...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12797/LV.12.2017.24.12

Uses, benefits, comparisons

Adam F. Kola, Marcin Wołk • Litteraria Copernicana (2015)

In this introduction to the volume “Benefits from comparison”, its editors, starting with the etymological meaning of ‘culture’ as ‘cultivation’, the apicultural metaphors of bee pastures and hive products, and both legal and everyday meani...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12775/LC.2015.014

The Theme of Gender-Violence in Zinaida Tulub’s Novel “Man-hunters”

Ganna Pletnyova • Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна. Серія Філологія. Vìsnik Harkìvsʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu ìmenì V.N. Karazìna. Serìâ Fìlologìâ. (2024)

The article suggest to identify the principal types of descriptions of gender violence and their role in shaping the female characters of the historical novel «Man eaters» by the Ukrainian writer Zinaida Tulub, as well as to trace the influ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.26565/2227-1864-2024-95-07

Getting Competitive Advantages for High-Tech Companies: Model Formation

A. M. Levina • Стратегические решения и риск-менеджмент (2017)

Research objective — to create model of obtaining competitive advantages the hi-tech companies. The method of the qualitative and comparative analysis which allows to receive a set of successful and unsuccessful configurations – combination...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17747/2078-8886-2017-4-5-88-97

NEED ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH FOR TOUR AND TRAVEL DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BENGKULU CITY

Rahamdina Salisna, Alamsyah Harahap, Dedi Sofyan • Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature (2019)

This research aimed to investigate the English needs of Tour and Travel Department at Vocational High School Negeri 1 and Vocational High School Negeri 7 in Bengkulu City. The research used mixed method and convergent parallel design. The s...

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METABOLIC HEALTHY OBESITY, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT IT?

N. I. Volkova, L. A. Ganenko, M. I. Porksheyan • Медицинский вестник Юга России (2017)

The prevalence of obesity is growing all over the world. Obesity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes. However, not all obese patients have an unfavorable cardio-metabolic profile. Recently, much attentio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21886/2219-8075-2017-8-3-6-16

Eugenics and Reproductive Technologies in Primo Levi’s Science Fiction: The Importance of the British Interwar Debate

Eleonora Lima • Enthymema (2023)

This article examines Levi’s treatment of eugenics in “I sintetici” and “Procacciatori d’affari” from Vizio di forma. The study builds upon Francesco Cassata’s analysis, which established that Levi held complex and conflicting views on the ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.54103/2037-2426/19961

Use of the DoctorVox Device for Basic Vocal Exercises Contribution to Performance

Seta Kürkçüoğlu, Nesibe Özgül Turgay, M. Akif Kılıç, M. Güney Özelkan • Konservatoryum (2023)

In this study, a preliminary comparative study was conducted for the first time using the DoctorVox device by instructor–performer participants using two different formant patterns in Turkish and Western music. The participants used the Doc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.26650/CONS2023-1365545

Back translation as a documentation tool

Jiyoung Son • Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research (2018)

Using back translation as a quality assessment tool in multilingual survey research is now deemed obsolete or on its way to becoming so, although it is still widely practiced. This paper will argue that back translation may be still useful ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12807/ti.110202.2018.a07