In this paper, we propose an augmented dependency-to-string model to combine the merits of both the head-dependents relations at handling long distance reordering and the fixed and floating structures at handling local reordering. For this purpose, we first compactly represent both the head-dependent relation and the fixed and floating structures into translation rules; second, in decoding we b...

Literature and Language Learning in the EFL Classroomconsists of nineteenchapters. The chapters of the book have been arranged into two parts: Part I, current issues and suggestions for new approaches (Chapters 1-6) and Part II, empirical and case studies (Chapters 7-19). The book takes multiple approaches to examine how literary texts can be incorporated into teaching practices inan EFLclassro...

This study investigated the effect of self-assessment and peer-assessment on the quality of students’ transla- tion. Participants of the study were 60 male and female students. They were selected from the senior stu- dents studying English Translation and divided into two groups: self-assessment and peer-assessment. The study adopted a pretest-posttest design, and students’ translation quality ...

Apologies are sources of problems in the process of Persian-English subtitling as they are performed with variant forms and functions in these two languages and cultures. ‘Ta’ārof apologies’-Persian apologies which are extended to show politeness-creates more serious obstacles for the subtitlers. These difficulties root in the culture-specific contexts in which they are used as well as the cult...

This study aimed to assess the quality of Persian translation of Orwell's (1949) Nineteen Eighty-Four by Balooch (2004) based on House's (1997) model of translation quality assessment. To do so, 23 pages (about 10 percent) of the source text were randomly selected. The profile of the source text register was produced and the genre was realized. The source text profile was compared to t...