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Item L'Economie du Gabon: Une Economie a la Remorque de son Petrole(University of Ghana, 2014-06) Sandison, A.; Kuto, E.K.; Yennah, R.People cannot co-exist without communication. In the situation where people speaking different languages need to communicate, translation becomes imperative. It is for this reason that many theorists have taken keen interest in the subject of translation. The objective of this dissertation is to underscore some of the difficulties translators encounter in the translation activity and to promote an appreciation of translation techniques that may help translators to provide accurate translations for any source language text. This dissertation is made up of an introduction, an internship report, an original document, an analysis of the problems faced when translating the document, a conclusion and a glossary. The introduction addresses the concept of translation and factors that influence it. It examines some factors that influence translation such as equivalence, text function, linguistic knowledge and social knowledge. Chapter one presents a report on the three month internship undertaken at the end of the MA translation program - place of internship, experience gained as well as challenges encountered. The original document is presented in chapter two and the translated version follows in chapter three. Chapter four analyzes the problems faced when translating the document and the techniques used to resolve them. The conclusion sums up the entire dissertation.Item A Study of Collocations in French and English Translation: A Translation Of “Education ET Insertion Sur Le Marche Du Travail a Abidjan: Une Analyse Du Genre”(University Of Ghana, 2015-10) Ofei, C.A.; Kuto, E.K.; University Of Ghana, College of Humanities, School of Languages, Department of FrenchEvery translation comes with its peculiar challenges as such no translation is without problems. Regardless of how gifted, skilled and experienced a translator may be he /she might still be faced with translation challenges. The purpose of this study is to examine some of the problems translators face in the course of their work. Specifically, the work examines the phenomenon of collocations and their place in translation. A text translated from French into English serves as corpus for examining the various types of collocations. The analysis is done from two perspectives, namely, a linguistic perspective using the work of Gledhill (2000) and Firth (1957) and other linguists. It is also done from a translation perspective using the works of Baker (1992, 1998) and Larson (1984) among others thereby presenting a hybrid theoretical framework. Using a main corpus and three control corpora, the study demonstrates the centrality of the phenomenon of collocation in translation and concludes that inadequate mastery of collocations constitutes a major flaw or a weakness for any translator. The study follows up with a recommendation that collocations must be taught early on the educational ladder to all language students and especially translators and communicators.Item A Translation from french into English of the Document 'Communication en Conseil des Ministres Relative a L'Execution du Budget a la Fin Juin 2010'(University of Ghana, 2012-12) Baffour-Amuah, A.A.; Kuto, E.K.Translation is a form of communication which requires the transfer of information across languages. Its main purpose is none other than to establish equivalence between the source language and the target language. The objective of the dissertation is to bring to light some of the challenges a translator might face in the course of the translation activity and to foster an appreciation of the procedures which can help any translator to accurately render any source language text into a another target language. The dissertation is made up of an introduction, followed by four chapters, a conclusion, a bibliography and glossary. The introduction is a report on a three month internship undertaken at the end of the MA translation program. Emphasis is given to the working environment, responsibilities, challenges and experience acquired. In chapter one, which is titled „what is translation?’ the notion of equivalence, its nature and types, based on theorists‟ perspectives on the subject is discussed. It also examines the procedures used in resolving translation challenges and difficulties. The second chapter is a presentation of the original text in French. Chapter three presents the translated version of the original text in English. The final chapter is an analysis of the problems faced in the course of translating the original text and the translation procedures used to resolve these problems. This is followed by a conclusion of the dissertation.