627 research outputs found
Performability and translation : a case study of the production and reception of Ying Ruochengâs translations
The active scholarly contribution made by practitioners of theatre translation in the past decades has turned the research area into what is now considered a burgeoning field. Despite recent developments, it seems that performability, a long-discussed yet controversial concept in the study of theatre translation, would remain part of the practitionersâ discourse. Based on a historical survey of the production and reception of the translations of Anglo-American plays by Chinese actor-director Ying Ruocheng (1929-2003) in and around the 1980s, this study explores how the performability, or theatrical potential, of a translated playtext is constructed through the negotiation between/among the norms mainly operating on three levelsâthe textual, the theatrical and the socio-culturalâand the agency of the individuals involved.
This thesis chooses to focus on Ying because he not only was one of the most successful theatre translators in contemporary Mainland China, but also seems to be an âimpossibleâ ideal, considering his accomplishments in translating, acting, directing and as culture diplomat. Acknowledging that performability, which is essentially fluid and constructed, this descriptive-analytical survey will cover a whole range of possible activities involved in the production and reception of a translated playtext, and put the translatorâs seemingly ideal status into perspective. The broadening of the scope of investigation is crucial to the outcome of this thesis, and recommendable to future researchers of theatre translation studies.
In this study, translated playtexts and their stage productions are treated as the products of the receiving linguistic, theatrical and socio-cultural systems. The investigation begins with an evaluation of Yingâs practice against his stated translation principles to identify the textual and extra-textual factors that might have governed his work as a translator in reality. The discussion emphasises that performability cannot be realised through the textual medium only, before moving on to the exploration of the performersâ attempts to negotiate with his texts for theatrical enactment. The investigation, which examines the actions taken by the theatrical institution and individual actors in two separate chapters, draws attention to the roles of the translational, theatrical and socio-cultural norms and the power dynamics between the translator and his theatrical collaborators in their efforts to âensureâ or create performability. The discussion is followed by an analysis concentrating on Yingâs role as a mediator within the production process and between the productions and the target environment, which is crucial to the achievement of both the immediate success of the productions and the transfer of repertoire. The study concludes that while a theatre translator and his or her theatrical collaborators are subject to various systemic constraints, the translator can find more power in his or her mediatory role as a bilingualist and biculturalist and promote the performability of the text
Slip and Jump Coefficients for General Gas-Surface Interactions According to the Moment Method
We develop a moment method based on the Hermite series of arbitrary order to
calculate viscous-slip, thermal-slip, and temperature-jump coefficients for
general gas-surface scattering kernels. Under some usual assumptions of
scattering kernels, the solvability is obtained by showing the positive
definiteness of the symmetric coefficient matrix in the boundary conditions.
For gas flows with the Cercignani-Lampis gas-surface interaction and
inverse-power-law intermolecular potentials, the model can capture the slip and
jump coefficients accurately with elegant analytic expressions. On the one
hand, the proposed method can apply to the cases of arbitrary order moments
with increasing accuracy. On the other hand, the explicit formulae for
low-order situations are simpler and more accurate than some existing results
in references. Therefore, one may apply these formulae in slip and jump
conditions to improve the accuracy of macroscopic fluid dynamic models for gas
flows
Emergence of Locally Suboptimal Behavior in Finitely Repeated Games
We study the emergence of locally suboptimal behavior in finitely repeated
games. Locally suboptimal behavior refers to players play suboptimally in some
rounds of the repeated game (i.e., not maximizing their payoffs in those
rounds) while maximizing their total payoffs in the whole repeated game. The
central research question we aim to answer is when locally suboptimal behavior
can arise from rational play in finitely repeated games. In this research, we
focus on the emergence of locally suboptimal behavior in subgame-perfect
equilibria (SPE) of finitely repeated games with complete information. We prove
the first sufficient and necessary condition on the stage game G that ensure
that, for all T and all subgame-perfect equilibria of the repeated game G(T),
the strategy profile at every round of G(T) forms a Nash equilibrium of the
stage game G. We prove the sufficient and necessary conditions for three cases:
1) only pure strategies are allowed, 2) the general case where mixed strategies
are allowed, and 3) one player can only use pure strategies and the other
player can use mixed strategies. Based on these results, we obtain complete
characterizations on when allowing players to play mixed strategies will change
whether local suboptimality can ever occur in some repeated game. Furthermore,
we present an algorithm for the computational problem of, given an arbitrary
stage game, deciding if locally suboptimal behavior can arise in the
corresponding finitely repeated games. This addresses the practical side of the
research question
Generalized Damping Torque Analysis of Ultra-Low Frequency Oscillation in the Jerk Space
Ultra low frequency oscillation (ULFO) is significantly threatening the power
system stability. Its unstable mechanism is mostly studied via generalized
damping torque analysis method (GDTA). However, the analysis still adopts the
framework established for low frequency oscillation. Hence, this letter
proposes a GDTA approach in the jerk space for ULFO. A multi-information
variable is constructed to transform the system into a new state space, where
it is found that the jerk dynamics of the turbine-generator cascaded system is
a second-order differential equation. Benefiting from this characteristic, we
propose a new form for GDTA using jerk dynamics, which is established in the
frequency-frequency acceleration phase space. Then, analytical expressions of
all damping torque are provided. Finally, test results verified the proposed
theoretical results. The negative damping mechanism is revealed, and parameter
adjustment measures are concluded
RegĂȘncia verbal e mudança semĂąntica: os casos de dar, ficar, passar e acabar
A regĂȘncia verbal estuda as relaçÔes entre os verbos e os seus complementos. Em portuguĂȘs, os verbos transitivos indiretos implicam o uso de uma preposição a reger um complemento. Nesses casos de regĂȘncia verbal indireta, apenas algumas preposiçÔes podem ligar o regente ao regido e esse uso especĂfico dĂĄ origem a mudanças de significado, o que causa vĂĄrios problemas a nĂvel interpretativo para os alunos chineses. Este trabalho visa compreender e analisar as dificuldades sentidas por alunos chineses na mudança de sentido provocada pelas diferentes regĂȘncias dos verbos dar, ficar, passar e acabar. A aplicação de um inquĂ©rito a estudantes chineses da Universidade de Aveiro permitiu concluir que, por exemplo, hĂĄ desconhecimento da totalidade das regĂȘncias dos verbos e respetivos significados, e aplicação insuficiente das regĂȘncias em contexto de aula e no quotidiano. Em virtude dos resultados, tecem-se, no final, algumas consideraçÔes para a melhoria do processo de ensino-aprendizagem.Verbal regency studies the relationships between verbs and their complements. In Portuguese, indirect transitive verbs use a preposition to introduce a complement. In these cases of indirect verbal regency, only a few prepositions can bind the regent to the governed and this specific use gives rise to the changes of meaning, which causes several interpretive problems for Chinese students. This dissertation aims to understand and analyze difficulties of Chinese students due to the change of meaning caused by different regencies of the verbs (dar, ficar, passar and acabar). With the application of questionnaires to Chinese students at University of Aveiro, we concluded that students donât know all the regencies and meanings of these verbs and donât apply them sufficiently during classes and in their daily life. Due to the results, we present some considerations regarding the improvement of teaching and learning methodologies.Mestrado em PortuguĂȘs LĂngua Estrangeira/LĂngua Segund
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