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...

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...

A journalist, Vatanen, rescues an injured hare that his car hits in the outback of Finland. This seemingly random act of kindness triggers a lifechanging experience and Vatanen sets out on an increasingly farcical adventure leaving behind his job, his wife and worldly possessions. A liberating and popular European novella confirming Finns have a well-developed sense of humour. NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR

One thousand university students were e-mailed a survey about relationships they had established on the Internet. Of the 248 who returned the survey, eighty-eight (36%) indicated they had formed a friendship with another individual in an on-line setting. Nineteen (22%) described it as a close romantic relationship. These respondents were e

The relationship between English Literature and Politics has, historically, been understated underexplored in academia. This article recognises the value of this relationship, significantly contributing to field through original research which explores political appropriation literature. Using politicians’ references George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four parliamentary debate as a precedent, show...

In this paper we discuss the usage of corpora in the validation of WordNets and we present the exploitation of the Greek version of George Orwell ́s Nineteen Eighty-Four for the construction and validation of the Greek WordNet, which is currently under development in the framework of the BalkaNet project. In particular, we focus on the description of tools that were developed and used for the al...