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    different meaning from ST to TT. The word “places” in English is translated as “tempat” can not be accepted by TT. * Adjective becomes verb Adjectives are words that modify a noun; they either name an inherent attribute of a thing. (Verspoor, 2000: 92). Adjective in English usually is located before noun to modify it. In translation world, adjective in ST becomes verb in TT is a normal phenomenon.

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    The study I will be talking about is "Speaking Volumes": a longitudinal study of lexical and grammatical growth between 17 and 42 months by F. Labrell (2014). The study focuses on growth rates of vocabulary components such as nouns, verbs and grammatical words, such as prepositions, in 34 French children aged 17 months to 42 months, and how the growth rate of these variables correlates with the growth rates of other variables. There are four goals of the study: the first is to investigate the dynamics

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    establish a nation. When George Washington decided to step down at the end of his second term in 1796, he published letter across the country to let nation see his last words. Formal and intimate level of language, homey metaphors, directive active verbs, repetitions, and sentence length combine to create Washington’s concern for the people of America about preserving the liberties necessary for the government to survive, and his position in the government. Firstly,

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    pat yourself down to avoid drip marks, then turn to get your back. Got it?” Speaker one gives Mr.Geller instructions that gives the reader more context on why they are conversing. The verbs “spraying, counting, and patting and turning” describe how Mr.Geller is going to get tanned. They are descriptive exophoric verbs that are going to help Mr.Geller achieve an end result. In line five, Mr.Geller then responds with “Spray, count, pat and turn,” which is the premise of what speaker one instructs but

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    Study on Nephesh Young Hoon (John) Kim The Hebrew word Nephesh occurs 754x throughout the Old Testament, Psalms use 144x, three times of verb form (to exhale), and the plural form of Nephesh occurs fifty tiems. Though, KJV translates the term as life 280x, personality 220x, throat thirty-three times, and neck four times, the standard gloss is soul/life. A verb form of Nephesh “to exhale” (Exod. 23:12; 31:17; 2 Kings 16:14) shows that this word is closely related to “living-being.” Moreover, the

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    from her belief in romanticism, which idealises the working class life, to imply to the reader that family is more important than wealth. Additionally, Shelley descries Agatha and Felix as being "rewarded" by De Lacey's "benevolent smiles" using a verb usually used to describe the act of presenting someone with an object of monetary value to describe a "smile" which communicates to the reader Shelley's belief in the value of a good family relationship. Shelley mourns her relationship with her father

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    I. Private Disability Insurance Is Vitally Important In Ensuring that Employees From All Parts of Society Who Become Disabled Can Maintain Their Quality of Life Through Protecting Their Income. Private disability insurance pays employees a part of their income on a monthly basis if they become disabled and cannot maintain their prior earning capacity. Like Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”), workers’ compensation, or pension plans, private disability policies are an investment made by

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    In general, Translation is “an operation on languages: a process of substituting a text in one language for a text in another”. Documentary translation is regarded as an act of communication which tackles legal translation. Legal translation is a special type of an act of communication which takes place “in the mechanism of the law”. Only professional translators specialize in legal translation because legal translation is the foundations of social relationship as marriage, contract, agreements and

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    Robert Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall”, the repairing of the wall is understood as both a verb (action) as well as in the form of an adjective (abstract). Looking at the word “mend/mending”, it is a lot easier to interpret with respect to the action with regard to the “Mending [of a] Wall” as opposed to something which is more abstract and a lot more challenging to attain. When looking at the word “mending” as a verb in connection to the poem, the physical aspects come into play than that of abstract

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    Classic texts often conform to the conventions of a specific genre through characters. Bloody Blanche (1792) is a gothic short story written by Marcel Schwob, a French writer who narrates the fate of its characters after the ruthless nobleman Guillaume de Flavy marries ten-year-old Blanche d’Ovrebreus in feudal France, whilst exploring themes of power, ambition, and gender roles in patriarchal Medieval France. Through the construction of Blanche as a disempowered woman, Blanche’s parents as weak

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