Lost in translation : why song titles differ in meaning in English and Chinese
This paper investigated the titles of Mandarin pop (Mandopop) songs released in the last two years, as well as their corresponding English titles in order to identify the plausible naming patterns in the process of translation. These song titles created the database instrumental to this study, which...
Main Author: | Goh, Diana Wei Ling |
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Other Authors: | Francesco Perono Cacciafoco |
Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
Language: | English |
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2019
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76530 |
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