Attila Imre
Biographic Data
| ID | 6872123 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Attila Imre |
| GIVEN NAMES | Attila |
| FAMILY NAME | Imre |
| SIGNATURE | IMRE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3886-7091 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Grammar Practices in the Digital World
Teaching and protecting Hungarian language and cultural values have become more and more challenging due to the fast spread of uncontrollable digital platforms. In their text-based digital products (e-mail, chat, blog, etc.), youngsters prefer elliptical expressions (digital slang) to grammatically correct sentences. Schools, course books offer a wide variety of opportunities to practise grammar, but students find these exercises rather boring an…
Translating Culture-Specific Terms. The Case of Peaky Blinders
The purpose of this paper is to delve into a few intriguing aspects of rendering culture-specific terms in audiovisual translation. With the mass consumption of media, the rise of binge watching and historical dramas filled with cultural richness, it might be interesting to look at the translation choices in Season 1 of Peaky Blinders. The paper aims to present specific categories such as names, idioms, and slang terms while comparing the origina…
Frequency of prototypical acronyms in American TV series
This article aims at studying acronyms found in captions of six American TV series, as most scholarly articles only discuss abbreviations and acronyms in specialized texts, including their titles and abstracts as well. Hence, in the introductory part, we present reasons to use shortened forms (both abbreviations and acronyms), and then we offer a very brief summary of major types of shortenings, differentiating shorter forms originating from one-…
Categorizing and translating abbreviations and acronyms
The popularity of various types of abbreviations makes it necessary to rediscuss their categorization and possible disambiguation. We rely on categorization types applied in cognitive linguistics, also confronting definitions and forms stemming from both linguistic and software-based approaches. A major distinction is observed between abbreviations resulting from one-word and multi-word sequences, leading to various subtypes with prototypical, le…
Translating acronyms of “Designated Survivor” into Romanian
The present article is based on research focusing on acronyms, including their forms, spelling and punctuation in English, also discussing various, often contradictory, or ambiguous definitions for so-called “minor” word-formation options. We try to argue for a more lenient definition of abbreviations, acronyms, initialisms and alphabetisms, directing our attention towards certain technical features of acronyms (uppercase letters, with or without…
The American 'House of Cards' – A View from a Cultural, Political and Translation-Related Perspective
The present article offers an introduction to the relationship between the entertainment and translation industry, arguing that dubbings and subtitles are by-products of the entertainment industry, directly contributing to the success of the show. It also deals with the translator’s competence, offering examples of translation challenges from the (in)famous American TV show, House of Cards, connected to terms and expressions pertaining to general…
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The American 'House of Cards' – A View from a Cultural, Political and Translation-Related Perspective
The present article offers an introduction to the relationship between the entertainment and translation industry, arguing that dubbings and subtitles are by-products of the entertainment industry, directly contributing to the success of the show. It also deals with the translator’s competence, offering examples of translation challenges from the (in)famous American TV show, House of Cards, connected to terms and expressions pertaining to general…
Categorizing and translating abbreviations and acronyms
The popularity of various types of abbreviations makes it necessary to rediscuss their categorization and possible disambiguation. We rely on categorization types applied in cognitive linguistics, also confronting definitions and forms stemming from both linguistic and software-based approaches. A major distinction is observed between abbreviations resulting from one-word and multi-word sequences, leading to various subtypes with prototypical, le…
Translating acronyms of “Designated Survivor” into Romanian
The present article is based on research focusing on acronyms, including their forms, spelling and punctuation in English, also discussing various, often contradictory, or ambiguous definitions for so-called “minor” word-formation options. We try to argue for a more lenient definition of abbreviations, acronyms, initialisms and alphabetisms, directing our attention towards certain technical features of acronyms (uppercase letters, with or without…
Frequency of prototypical acronyms in American TV series
This article aims at studying acronyms found in captions of six American TV series, as most scholarly articles only discuss abbreviations and acronyms in specialized texts, including their titles and abstracts as well. Hence, in the introductory part, we present reasons to use shortened forms (both abbreviations and acronyms), and then we offer a very brief summary of major types of shortenings, differentiating shorter forms originating from one-…
Grammar Practices in the Digital World
Teaching and protecting Hungarian language and cultural values have become more and more challenging due to the fast spread of uncontrollable digital platforms. In their text-based digital products (e-mail, chat, blog, etc.), youngsters prefer elliptical expressions (digital slang) to grammatically correct sentences. Schools, course books offer a wide variety of opportunities to practise grammar, but students find these exercises rather boring an…
Translating Culture-Specific Terms. The Case of Peaky Blinders
The purpose of this paper is to delve into a few intriguing aspects of rendering culture-specific terms in audiovisual translation. With the mass consumption of media, the rise of binge watching and historical dramas filled with cultural richness, it might be interesting to look at the translation choices in Season 1 of Peaky Blinders. The paper aims to present specific categories such as names, idioms, and slang terms while comparing the origina…
Linguistics (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (3 works) · History (2 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (2 works) · linguistics and terminology studies (2 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (2 works) · Natural language processing (2 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (2 works)