This study discusses the proverbs in the tale “O Burrinho Pedrês” from the book Sagarana by João Guimarães Rosa. It also analyses the translations of these proverbs in the French version “Le petit âne jaspe” from Sagarana, translated by Jacques Thiériot. The study shows that the proverbs are recurrent in the characters dialogues in the analysed tal...
Examining references to proverbs in African political discourses in light of Integrational semiology and Southern Theory, we find not fossils of ancient wisdom but the creative construction of desired futures that may grow out of the present situation in light of what has been learned from the past. Proverbial discourse, always speaking to the pres...
In its genesis, Rhetoric was used as an analytical tool for the study of the persuasive-argumentative specificities of public discourses (especially in the political and judicial spheres). Facing the evolution of communication media, it has expanded its limits of analysis to discourses that go beyond verbal expression. In this article, we seek to d...
This study seeks to perform the analysis of a document entitled “Practical Guide of endogenous mechanisms for the prevention, management, resolution of conflicts in West Africa”, through an international research conducted by the creation of a Community of Practice (CoP) online. As such, it reflects the sayings brought in the document as well as it...
Provérbios e expressões idiomáticas (EIs) são lexias complexas que têm em comum características como indecomponibilidade, cristalização na língua e sentido conotativo. O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar a questão da tradução de provérbios e EIs, buscando reunir estratégias possíveis para lidar com esses fraseologismos no ato tradutório. Primeir...
The third part of the Hebrew canon, called the Writings/Ketubim, has a tendency to be under-studied and under-valued. This is especially so for books which belong to the Wisdom traditions. One of the reasons is Wisdom theology, centered on Creation theology. The present essay proposes to give special attention precisely to the Wisdom books, precise...
Esta dissertação aborda a questão da traduzibilidade de provérbios do inglês para o português. Dentre as diferentes abordagens sobre tradução, a teoria de equivalência formal e dinâmica de Eugene A. Nida foi escolhida como a mais adequada, visto que ela explica a traduzibilidade com base nos universais de linguagem de cultura. Os provérbios são ana...
