Scientific Translation and its Social Functions: a Descriptive-Functional Approach to Scientific Textbook Translation in China by Fan Xiangtao

“…Adopting the descriptive-functional methodology and with reference to statistical analysis, this paper describes and examines this translation phenomenon, including the historical-cultural context which affected and constrained the translation selections of such textbooks, the translating process, and their criticism and social functions. …”
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Peut-on parler d’une sociologie implicite du roman ? by David Ledent

“…The implicit sociology of the novel suggests a descriptive function and an analytical function both of which must be distinct from each other if we are to comprehend its possible uses by academic sociology. …”
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Identification of first and second order systems by reset control by S. Zaragoza, J. Sanchez, A. Baños

“…The FORE controller (First Order Reset Element) with fixed bandwidth has been chosen because it is the easiest reset driver that possesses all the inherent characteristics in this type of drivers and its descriptive function depends on the amplitude and frequency of its sinusoidal signal input. …”
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Artistic Interpretation of the Concept of WINE DRINKING in a Series of Detective Novels by Boris Akunin “The Adventures of Erast Fandorin” by O. A. Dimitrieva

“…It is noted that the introduction of elements of the wine drinking situation is used by Akunin as a means of reconstructing the background “picture” that performs a descriptive function, and as a plot-modeling component. In the Akunin model of a city street of the XIX century, the “classical” composition of the characters includes not only “a janitor”, “a tradeswoman”, “a cabman”, etc., but also a “drunken cornball”. …”
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« Méréomorphisme » et intertextualité dans La Route des Flandres : la description de la femme-centaure by Ilias Yocaris

“…In this paper we propose a detailed analysis of a quotation fragment inserted in The Flanders Road, the famous description of the centauress. This description functions as a mise en abyme : it reproduces « in miniature » the near total of the novel’s structure, and highlights the main characteristics of Simonian poetics. …”
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DISCURSIVE MEANS OF PRAGMATIC INFLUENCE IN THE SERIES OF GRAPHIC NOVELS "MAUS" BY ART SPIEGELMAN by Michael Kamensky

“…The authors focus on the results of analyzing the complex pragmatic context of the graphic novel that is based on the informational-descriptive, functional-dynamic, structural-compositional and dispositional-evaluative subcontexts. …”
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Topology Optimization considering Nonsmooth Structural Boundaries in the Intersection Areas of the Components by Ruichao Lian, Shikai Jing, Zefang Shi, Zhijun He, Guohua Song

“…The variability of components’ shape can be obtained by constructing the topology description function (TDF) with multiple thickness and length variables. …”
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The Development of [Patient-Subj V-Qilai AP] as a Middle Construction in Chinese by Fangqiong Zhan

“…Over time, these assemblies evolved, with shifts in subject roles, motion interpretation, and descriptive functions, resulting in the emergence of the MC. …”
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Civil Society Organizations as a Catalyst for Political Change in the Republic of Bulgaria by Віра Бурдяк

“…The article uses a neo-institutional methodological approach and a number of methods: comparative, analysis, descriptive, functional, etc. It is argued that all spheres of the country's internal life during this period were affected by creeping systemic crises that urgently required change. …”
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The role of the Internal Audit Charter in Reducing Cases of Financial and Administrative Corruption for Iraqi Economic Units by Laith Jawad Kadhim, Huda Al-Sahrawardee, Wasan Yahia Ahmad

“…The study offers a proposed model to implement the strategy of description functions. The internal audit charter provides a legal support for the department's work through identifying the objectives of the internal audit function, independence, granted authority and the responsibilities assigned it by determining the scope of work, as well as determining the professional standards followed and types of reports issued by them.In order to impede the fraud and corruption, the study recommends using this charter in order to draw up of strategic and tactical plans to acquire and provide infrastructure, as well as the preparation and evaluation of skills of auditors that help to create an ideal environment which contributes to ending of corruption cases.…”
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Study and Analysis of Body-Related Idioms in the Talysh Language of the Anbaran Region [In Persian] by Afshin Khanbabazadeh, Mahnaz Nezamianbaran

“…The findings indicate that body parts in these idioms serve not only descriptive functions but also convey cultural and identity-based meanings. …”
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