using a critical discourse analytic model of translation criticism, the present study attempts to explore the effect of ideology and idiosyncrasy on the lexical choices in translation studies. the study employed a descriptive approach to answer two research questions: is there any relationship between ideology and idiosyncratic features of translators' lexical choices? and if yes, can it be ana...

À l’université, on assiste à une révolution, c’est-à-dire un renversement des fins mêmes de l’éducation. Comme dans le roman d’anticipation Nineteen Eighty-Four (Orwell (1990 [1948])), cette révolution se fait la façon plus insidieuse et dès lors efficace : par langage. L’université révolutionnée parle écrit aujourd’hui jargon performance définie selon les critères lois l’économie marché. Ce es...

This article reports the results of an analysis of translation equivalents in six languages from different language families, extracted from an on-line parallel corpus of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. The goal is to determine sense distinctions that can be used to automatically sense-tag the data. Our results show that sense distinctions derived from crosslingual information correspond ...

One hundred and eighty four consecutive admissions to male psychiatric open and closed wards were examined for evidence of alcoholism. Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was used for this purpose. The present study shows a prevalence rate of alcohol users to be 41.3 per cent. Nineteen percent could be called alcoholic. MAST correlated well with Spitzer's RDG criteria for alcoholism. The ...

This research explores the portrayal of otherness and non-conformity in Western literature proves that modern phenomena such as “cancel culture” are giving contemporary authors a new relevance. Using William Faulkner’s Light August Joseph Conrad’s Heart Darkness my foundation, I intend to demonstrate lessons they provide on race, gender, extremism often ignored by Generation Z, yet applicable d...

George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four holds significant importance today partly because it remains relevant to contemporary society and warns the societies against totalitarianism. On other hand, Thomas Hobbes a contrary view in terms of political system he defends, shaped by circumstances his country was in. The present study aims examine portrayal totalitarianism dystopian masterpiece, explore...