Hazlina Abdul Halim
Biographic Data
| ID | 4973180 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hazlina Abdul Halim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hazlina Abdul |
| FAMILY NAME | Halim |
| SIGNATURE | HALIM H A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3599-9195 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Author–Translator Collaboration in the Translation of Religious Culture-Loaded Word Jinjin Fengqing, WufuTaishang Laojun and Ecological Culture-Loaded Word Huangmao Shu in Xuemo’s White Tiger Pass
This study examines a collaborative translation involving Chinese author Xuemo(XM) and translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin (G&L) of culture-loaded words (CLWs) in XM’s work White Tiger Pass(WTP). Goldblatt highlights the challenge of conveying Gansu Province’s cultural context in English. The collaboration addresses the challenges faced by G&L. Initial email exchanges in The Dialects Puzzle of Xuemo’s Books offer insights into the…
Cognitive map construction in the English translation of Ge Sa-er Wang
This article proposes a solution to compensate for the lost readability as a result of lexical foreignness in English-translated texts. This research draws on the concept of cognitive map to investigate the lexico-contextual features that facilitate the readability of foreignized or exotic items. A cognitive map refers to the mental representation of a location through processing spatial structures, relations, and other information. The more effe…
The Metaphor of Traditional Chinese Medicine in TCM Classic Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is extensive and profound, characterized by well-developed and abstract theoretical framework. The first preserved medical canon in China, Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine, records the advancements in Chinese medicine. The knowledge system and theoretical foundations can be learned through the analysis of TCM classics. It can be found that the classic applies many metaphors to construct the semantics of the te…
Evaluating Machine Translation of the Shan Hai Jing
Culturally dense classical texts pose persistent challenges for machine translation, particularly in reconstructing compressed semantic hierarchies and culture-specific references. Although Neural Machine Translation (NMT) and Large Language Models (LLMs) have substantially improved fluency and contextual coherence, previous studies have given limited attention to the evaluation of their performance on culturally embedded classical texts using MQ…
A comparison of Mall listening input modes for immersive self-learning among EFL learners in China
This study seeks to explore how differed MALL listening input modes would affect immersive self-learning among English learners in China. A combination of qualitative and quantitative research method is used among 30 first-year university students with a major of English. Through quasi-experimental design and structured interview as well as Mean (x), standard deviation (S.D.), t-test dependable, and content analysis, critical findings are drawn. …
Beyond communicative competence
Willingness to Communicate (WTC) plays a central role in second language acquisition. However, it remains underdeveloped in exam-driven English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts, such as China, where classroom instruction prioritizes linguistic competence over communicative readiness. Drawing on Control-Value Theory (CVT), this study examines the relationship between two learner-related factors—grit and classroom enjoyment (CRE)—and students' …
Reconstructing the Fictional Character of Fourteenth Daughter Xin (Xin Shisi Niang) in the English Translation of Liaozhai Zhiyi
Fourteenth Daughter Xin (Xin Shisi Niang) is one of the unusual tales in the anthology Liaozhai Zhiyi by Chinese novelist Pu Songling. The characterization of Fourteenth Daughter Xin, crafted to portray both the character development of the memorable female protagonist and the story’s structure, contains numerous Chinese literary and cultural elements that present challenges in English translation. This study, based on a systematic examination of…
(De)legitimation on Twitter
The 2019 Presidential Elections in Nigeria saw unprecedented intensity of campaign on Twitter, particularly between President Buhari and his challenger, Atiku Abubakar, the most dominant candidates of the two major parties, APC and PDP. The intense rhetoric was markedly amplified by Buhari's controversial decisions of suspending the Chief Justice of Nigeria and postponing Presidential and National Assembly Elections. The President tried to justif…
Unravelling Yu Guangzhong’s Identity Through His Poetic Reflections
This study examines Yu Guangzhong’s identity presented in his self-translated poetry collection, The Night Watchman. It employs corpus linguistic methodologies and utilizes the corpus linguistic tool AntConc for analysis. This study highlights Yu Guangzhong’s identity, which is presented in different categories and topics of poems. It is found that Yu Guangzhong’s identity is ever-changing, varying at different times, and occasionally conflicting…
Building a Parallel Corpus for Chinese Folk Songs Translation Studies
Folk songs, collaboratively created by the public and transmitted orally, have gained widespread popularity. The translation of folk songs primarily centers on lyrics translation, a subset of literary translation. Recent advancements in corpus technology have highlighted the significance of corpus-based research approaches for the analysis of literary translation. The corpus method, now employed as a hybrid research approach, enables the generati…
Systematic Literature Review of Ecological Discourse Analysis From 2014 to 2023
One of the crucial foci of contemporary linguistics is upon the complex human-nature relationship within the Anthropocene. An essential methodology of eco-linguistics is Ecological Discourse Analysis (EDA), a field which combines linguistics and ecology. The philosophical underpinning of EDA is rooted in an ecological thematic framework, emphasising the significance of biodiversity and sustainability in the natural world. Despite gaining attentio…
Translating Social Items From the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” Into English
The Ge Sa-er (also known as Gesar) saga has been handed down for above 1000 years by Tibetan Chinese, Mongolian Chinese, the Tu and the Naxi, describing a heroic story in present-day Kangba Tibetan area. This article analyse the English translation of social discourse in the Ge Sa-er version retold by Alai (2009). Due to different knowledge shared by source and target readers, it is difficult to represent the source social meaning in the English …
The relationality of parts for narrative identity constitution in the corporate profile translations of China’s multinational corporations
The corporate profile translations of multinational corporations (MNCs) in emerging economies such as China possess rich information for narrative analysis. Nevertheless, how the parts of a corporate profile translation form a whole narrative remains undertheorized. This study, therefore, examines the relationality of parts in the corporate profile translations of China’s MNCs by integrating William Labov’s narrative structure with Margaret Somer…
Students’ Beliefs on Translation Strategy in Learning German Language
The growing number of research studies on the application of translation in language learning has shown that this topic is getting popular among education research groups. It is a challenging task for a non-native speaker to learn a foreign language, especially if the grammar of the student’s dominant language is different from the grammar of the foreign language. Among the many methods employed in foreign language learning, the translation metho…
Penggunaan Manga dan Anime sebagai Media Pembelajaran dalam Kalangan Pelajar Bahasa Jepun di Universiti Awam Malaysia (Manga and Anime Consumption as A Learning Media Among Japanese Learners in Malays…
Manga (komik Jepun) dan anime (animasi Jepun) bukanlah sesuatu yang baharu di Malaysia. Anime kerapkali ditonton oleh kanak-kanak dan remaja Malaysia tanpa mengira kaum. Kreativiti lakaran dan plot yang menarik membuatkan peminat tidak sabar menonton anime pada episod seterusnya. Belum ada kajian yang dijalankan terhadap penggunaan manga dan anime dalam kalangan pelajar Universiti serta sejauh mana pengaruh budaya popular Jepun ini mempengaruhi k…
Kesalahaan Pemilihan dan Pembentukan Kata dalam Terjemahan Bahasa Perancis
Kajian ini bertujuan menganalisis kesalahan pemilihan dan pembentukan kata dalam terjemahan pelajar yang mempelajari bahasa Perancis sebagai bahasa asing di peringkat lanjutan. Sampel kajian ini terdiri daripada 20 terjemahan karangan cerita dongeng sepanjang 250 – 400 perkataan. Analisis kajian ini dilakukan secara kuantitatif dan kualitatif, dengan mengaplikasikan definisi kesilapan pembentukan kata oleh James (1998) dan kesilapan pemilihan ole…
Penggunaan Manga dan Anime sebagai Media Pembelajaran dalam Kalangan Pelajar Bahasa Jepun di Universiti Awam Malaysia (Manga and Anime Consumption as A Learning Media Among Japanese Learners in Malays…
Manga (komik Jepun) dan anime (animasi Jepun) bukanlah sesuatu yang baharu di Malaysia. Anime kerapkali ditonton oleh kanak-kanak dan remaja Malaysia tanpa mengira kaum. Kreativiti lakaran dan plot yang menarik membuatkan peminat tidak sabar menonton anime pada episod seterusnya. Belum ada kajian yang dijalankan terhadap penggunaan manga dan anime dalam kalangan pelajar Universiti serta sejauh mana pengaruh budaya popular Jepun ini mempengaruhi k…
Kesalahaan Pemilihan dan Pembentukan Kata dalam Terjemahan Bahasa Perancis
Kajian ini bertujuan menganalisis kesalahan pemilihan dan pembentukan kata dalam terjemahan pelajar yang mempelajari bahasa Perancis sebagai bahasa asing di peringkat lanjutan. Sampel kajian ini terdiri daripada 20 terjemahan karangan cerita dongeng sepanjang 250 – 400 perkataan. Analisis kajian ini dilakukan secara kuantitatif dan kualitatif, dengan mengaplikasikan definisi kesilapan pembentukan kata oleh James (1998) dan kesilapan pemilihan ole…
Students’ Beliefs on Translation Strategy in Learning German Language
The growing number of research studies on the application of translation in language learning has shown that this topic is getting popular among education research groups. It is a challenging task for a non-native speaker to learn a foreign language, especially if the grammar of the student’s dominant language is different from the grammar of the foreign language. Among the many methods employed in foreign language learning, the translation metho…
Penggunaan Manga dan Anime sebagai Media Pembelajaran dalam Kalangan Pelajar Bahasa Jepun di Universiti Awam Malaysia (Manga and Anime Consumption as A Learning Media Among Japanese Learners in Malays…
Manga (komik Jepun) dan anime (animasi Jepun) bukanlah sesuatu yang baharu di Malaysia. Anime kerapkali ditonton oleh kanak-kanak dan remaja Malaysia tanpa mengira kaum. Kreativiti lakaran dan plot yang menarik membuatkan peminat tidak sabar menonton anime pada episod seterusnya. Belum ada kajian yang dijalankan terhadap penggunaan manga dan anime dalam kalangan pelajar Universiti serta sejauh mana pengaruh budaya popular Jepun ini mempengaruhi k…
The relationality of parts for narrative identity constitution in the corporate profile translations of China’s multinational corporations
The corporate profile translations of multinational corporations (MNCs) in emerging economies such as China possess rich information for narrative analysis. Nevertheless, how the parts of a corporate profile translation form a whole narrative remains undertheorized. This study, therefore, examines the relationality of parts in the corporate profile translations of China’s MNCs by integrating William Labov’s narrative structure with Margaret Somer…
Unravelling Yu Guangzhong’s Identity Through His Poetic Reflections
This study examines Yu Guangzhong’s identity presented in his self-translated poetry collection, The Night Watchman. It employs corpus linguistic methodologies and utilizes the corpus linguistic tool AntConc for analysis. This study highlights Yu Guangzhong’s identity, which is presented in different categories and topics of poems. It is found that Yu Guangzhong’s identity is ever-changing, varying at different times, and occasionally conflicting…
Building a Parallel Corpus for Chinese Folk Songs Translation Studies
Folk songs, collaboratively created by the public and transmitted orally, have gained widespread popularity. The translation of folk songs primarily centers on lyrics translation, a subset of literary translation. Recent advancements in corpus technology have highlighted the significance of corpus-based research approaches for the analysis of literary translation. The corpus method, now employed as a hybrid research approach, enables the generati…
Systematic Literature Review of Ecological Discourse Analysis From 2014 to 2023
One of the crucial foci of contemporary linguistics is upon the complex human-nature relationship within the Anthropocene. An essential methodology of eco-linguistics is Ecological Discourse Analysis (EDA), a field which combines linguistics and ecology. The philosophical underpinning of EDA is rooted in an ecological thematic framework, emphasising the significance of biodiversity and sustainability in the natural world. Despite gaining attentio…
Translating Social Items From the Tibetan Epic “King Gesar” Into English
The Ge Sa-er (also known as Gesar) saga has been handed down for above 1000 years by Tibetan Chinese, Mongolian Chinese, the Tu and the Naxi, describing a heroic story in present-day Kangba Tibetan area. This article analyse the English translation of social discourse in the Ge Sa-er version retold by Alai (2009). Due to different knowledge shared by source and target readers, it is difficult to represent the source social meaning in the English …
A comparison of Mall listening input modes for immersive self-learning among EFL learners in China
This study seeks to explore how differed MALL listening input modes would affect immersive self-learning among English learners in China. A combination of qualitative and quantitative research method is used among 30 first-year university students with a major of English. Through quasi-experimental design and structured interview as well as Mean (x), standard deviation (S.D.), t-test dependable, and content analysis, critical findings are drawn. …
Beyond communicative competence
Willingness to Communicate (WTC) plays a central role in second language acquisition. However, it remains underdeveloped in exam-driven English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts, such as China, where classroom instruction prioritizes linguistic competence over communicative readiness. Drawing on Control-Value Theory (CVT), this study examines the relationship between two learner-related factors—grit and classroom enjoyment (CRE)—and students' …
Reconstructing the Fictional Character of Fourteenth Daughter Xin (Xin Shisi Niang) in the English Translation of Liaozhai Zhiyi
Fourteenth Daughter Xin (Xin Shisi Niang) is one of the unusual tales in the anthology Liaozhai Zhiyi by Chinese novelist Pu Songling. The characterization of Fourteenth Daughter Xin, crafted to portray both the character development of the memorable female protagonist and the story’s structure, contains numerous Chinese literary and cultural elements that present challenges in English translation. This study, based on a systematic examination of…
(De)legitimation on Twitter
The 2019 Presidential Elections in Nigeria saw unprecedented intensity of campaign on Twitter, particularly between President Buhari and his challenger, Atiku Abubakar, the most dominant candidates of the two major parties, APC and PDP. The intense rhetoric was markedly amplified by Buhari's controversial decisions of suspending the Chief Justice of Nigeria and postponing Presidential and National Assembly Elections. The President tried to justif…
The Author–Translator Collaboration in the Translation of Religious Culture-Loaded Word Jinjin Fengqing, WufuTaishang Laojun and Ecological Culture-Loaded Word Huangmao Shu in Xuemo’s White Tiger Pass
This study examines a collaborative translation involving Chinese author Xuemo(XM) and translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin (G&L) of culture-loaded words (CLWs) in XM’s work White Tiger Pass(WTP). Goldblatt highlights the challenge of conveying Gansu Province’s cultural context in English. The collaboration addresses the challenges faced by G&L. Initial email exchanges in The Dialects Puzzle of Xuemo’s Books offer insights into the…
Cognitive map construction in the English translation of Ge Sa-er Wang
This article proposes a solution to compensate for the lost readability as a result of lexical foreignness in English-translated texts. This research draws on the concept of cognitive map to investigate the lexico-contextual features that facilitate the readability of foreignized or exotic items. A cognitive map refers to the mental representation of a location through processing spatial structures, relations, and other information. The more effe…
The Metaphor of Traditional Chinese Medicine in TCM Classic Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is extensive and profound, characterized by well-developed and abstract theoretical framework. The first preserved medical canon in China, Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine, records the advancements in Chinese medicine. The knowledge system and theoretical foundations can be learned through the analysis of TCM classics. It can be found that the classic applies many metaphors to construct the semantics of the te…
Evaluating Machine Translation of the Shan Hai Jing
Culturally dense classical texts pose persistent challenges for machine translation, particularly in reconstructing compressed semantic hierarchies and culture-specific references. Although Neural Machine Translation (NMT) and Large Language Models (LLMs) have substantially improved fluency and contextual coherence, previous studies have given limited attention to the evaluation of their performance on culturally embedded classical texts using MQ…
Linguistics (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · China (3 works)