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Integrating interview-based approaches into corpus-based translation studies and literary translation studies 将基于访谈的方法纳入基于语料库的翻译研究和文学翻译研究

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0265

Titela Vîlceanu

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Cuteness modulates size sound symbolism at its extremes 可爱在极端情况下调节声音大小的象征意义

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0257

Dominic Schmitz, Defne Cicek, Anh Kim Nguyen, Daniel Rottleb

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Impact of gender on frequency of code-switching in Snapchat advertisements 性别对 Snapchat 广告中代码转换频率的影响

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-16 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0270

Mohammad Almoaily

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Frequency of prototypical acronyms in American TV series 美国电视剧中原型缩略词的出现频率

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-16 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0264

Attila Imre

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Training easy-to-read validators for a linguistically inclusive society 培训易读的验证员，建设语言包容的社会

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-16 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0263

Simona Șimon, Daniel Dejica-Carțiș, Marcela Alina Fărcașiu, Annamaria Kilyeni

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Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and the borders of Romanian translations 玛格丽特-阿特伍德的《女仆的故事》与罗马尼亚语翻译的边界

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-14 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0260

Mihaela Gavrilă

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The quest for the ideal business translator profile in the Romanian context 在罗马尼亚背景下寻求理想的商务译员形象

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-13 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0267

Oana Adriana Duță, Cecilia Mihaela Popescu

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Surprise questions in English and French 惊喜问题（英语和法语

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-13 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0261

Agnès Celle

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On general extenders in literary translation and all that stuff 关于文学翻译中的一般扩展和其他问题

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-13 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0262

Nadina Vișan

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Transnational audiovisual remakes: Suits in Arabic as a case study 跨国音像翻拍：阿拉伯语西装》案例研究

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-09 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0256

Ibrahim Moh’d Darwish, Sara Al-Yasin

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