Appropriateness In The Translation Of News Items In Radio-media

Title Page

Approval page

Certification page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Abbreviations and their meanings

Abstract

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1  Background to the study

1.2  Statement of the problem

1.3  Purpose of the study

1.4  Research questions

1.5  Scope of the study

1.6  Significance of the study

1.7 Limitation of study

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1   Conceptual framework

2.1.1 Translation

2.1.2 News and News casting

2.1.3 Principles of translation

2.1.3.1 Direct translation techniques

2.1.3.1.1 Borrowing

2.1.3.1.2 Calque

2.1.3.1.4 Literal translation

2.1.3.2 Oblique translation techniques

2.1.3.2.1 Transposition

2.1.3.2.2 Modulation

2.1.3.2.3 Reformulation or equivalence

2.1.3.2.4 Adaptation

2.1.3.2.5 Compensation

2.1.4 Appropriateness of news translation

2.2  Theoretical Review

2.2.1 Roman Jackobson’s theory of meaning and equivalence

2.2.2 Skopos theory

2.2.3 Vinay and Darbelnet translation principles

2.2.4 Nida and Taber’s formal and dynamic equivalence

2.2.5 Newmark’s Semantic and communicative translation

2.2.5 John Dryden translation principles

2.3  Empirical review

2.4  Implication of Literature review

CHAPTER THERE: RESEARCH MEHTODOLOGY

3.1  Area of study

3.2  Research design

3.3  Research population

3.4  Sampling and sampling techniques

3.5  Research instruments

3.6  Validation of instrument

3.7  Method of data collection

3.8  Method of data analysis

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

4.1       Analysis of tables and questionnaire items

4.1.1 Table 4a Characteristics of the respondents

4.1.1.2 Interpretation of table 4a

4.1.2 Table 4b: Q1: What level of professional training do the translators possess?

4.1.2.1 Interpretation of table 4b

4.1.2.2 Discussion of Findings on table 4b

4.1.3 Table 4c: Q2: to what extent does the writer’s style of the source language affect translation?

4.1.3.1 Interpretation of table 4c

4.1.3.2 Discussion of findings on table4c

4.1.4    Table 4d: Q3: to what extent are the principles of translation appropriately applied?

4.1.4.1 Interpretations table 4d

4.14.2 Discussion of Findings

4.1.5    To what extent do civilization and technical terms affect the target language translation?

4.1.5.1 Interpretation of table 4e

4.1.5.2 Discussion of findings on table 4e

4.2   Discussion on instrument 2: Bulletin analysis

4.2.1 Mistranslations/Translation Errors

4.21.1 Semantic Misrepresentation

4.2.1.2 Grammar-Based Mistranslation

4.2.1.3 Error in Writing System/Spelling Rule

4.2.1.4 Wrong Application of Na (and)

4.2.1.5 Phoneticisation/Igbonization error

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

5.1 Summary

5.2  Conclusion

5.3  Recommendations

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