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The Potential Impact of Drama Text Translation on Audiovisual Translation 戏剧文本翻译对音像翻译的潜在影响

British Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-30 DOI: 10.54848/bjtll.v3i4.71

Ahmad Khuddro, Areeg Ibrahim

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(Im)Politeness in Dialogues between some Prophets and the Polytheists in the Noble Qur'an: 尊贵的古兰经》中一些先知与多神教徒对话中的(不)礼貌：

British Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-30 DOI: 10.54848/bjtll.v3i4.72

Islam Sorour, Maha Zaghloul, Amany Youssef

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Allusion: A Functional Evaluation of Peter Theroux’s Translation Dongola: A Novel of Nubia with Reference to Idris Ali’s Original Novel Dunqulah: Riwayah Nubiyah 典故：彼得-特鲁译本《东戈拉》的功能评估：参考伊德里斯-阿里原著的努比亚小说《敦古拉》：里瓦亚-努比亚

British Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-30 DOI: 10.54848/bjtll.v3i4.73

Hanaa Ibrahim, Amany Youssef, Nahla A. Surour

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Presupposition in the Discourse of Political Reconciliation The Case of Obama's Speech to the Islamic World from Cairo University 政治和解话语中的预设奥巴马在开罗大学向伊斯兰世界发表演讲的案例

British Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature Pub Date : 2023-12-30 DOI: 10.54848/bjtll.v3i4.70

Hala Nasreddeen

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Uncovering the Underlying Messages in National Political Songs under the Nasery Regime 揭露纳瑟里政权下民族政治歌曲的潜在信息

British Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature Pub Date : 2023-06-26 DOI: 10.54848/bjtll.v3i2.61

A. Eldaly

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The Semiotics of Textual Space in the Discourse of Al-A'sha and Abu Nuwwaas: A Case Study of Liquor Dimensions Symbolism 阿沙与阿布努瓦斯话语中的文本空间符号学——以酒的维度象征主义为例

British Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature Pub Date : 2023-06-26 DOI: 10.54848/bjtll.v3i2.63

Ehab Abdelaal Ibrahim

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Strategies for Translating Idioms and Proverbs from English into Arabic 英语习语和谚语翻译成阿拉伯语的策略

British Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature Pub Date : 2023-06-26 DOI: 10.54848/bjtll.v3i2.59

Tounssi Mounadil

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Home and Counter-home in André Aciman’s Out of Egypt 安德列·艾西曼《出埃及记》中的家与反家

British Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature Pub Date : 2023-06-26 DOI: 10.54848/bjtll.v3i2.62

Doaa Ibrahim

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Image Schema as Means of Persuasion: Analysis of American Drama Movie Trailers 作为说服手段的意象图式:美国戏剧电影预告片分析

British Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature Pub Date : 2023-06-26 DOI: 10.54848/bjtll.v3i2.56

Noha Omaya Shabana, Mona Mona Attia, Nahwat Al Arousy

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Orientalism and Periods of Translating the Qur’an: Types and History of Oriental Translations 古兰经翻译的东方主义与时代:东方翻译的类型与历史

British Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature Pub Date : 2023-03-20 DOI: 10.54848/bjtll.v3i1.54

Ashwaq Ahmed Abd El-Mageed

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