... and translate in foreign literature is the associated meaning (image), which has special sentiment and atmosphere with it, and is so profound and subtle that we cannot find it in dictionary but extremely important for literature. If we are not familiar with the human relationship, customs, culture, and history background of particular nation, we will be all at sea before ... Chinese vocabulary. Xu proposed translating it literally plus meaning or explanation. But it took a long time for people to accept the "skeleton" image. In the English-Chinese Dictionary (unabridged), the standard d...

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... . It would take a certain kind of creativity and intelligence to come up with some of these radical ideas; genius if you will. One definition of the term "genius" that Websters Dictionary provides is "A person who has an exceptionally high intelligence quotient, typically above 140." However, Simone de Beauvoir once said, ""One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius." Indeed, it is ... crazy. It is just some of these things that make me feel confident that there can be no problem we cannot solve with a lot of dedication coupled with inspiration. Webster's Dictionary provides over eig...

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... . Other abundant forms of written communication include pictographs and ideographs (lecture 11th March, 2004). A pictograph can be defined as any picture or symbol representing a word, idea, or numerical figure (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pictograph). An ideograph is also a pictorial form of expression, representing an idea or object, but without expressing the pronunciation of a particular word; as would phonographic script (http ... ://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ideogram). Aboriginals were using pictographs and ideographs to convey information long before any foreig...

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... terms and compare these observations with the emergence of "cyberculture". Culture n. 1. the appreciation and understanding of literature, arts, music, etc. 2. the customs and civilization of a particular people or group. (Oxford Dictionary definition) My understanding of culture is closer to the second definition as I see the first as a more select group. The increased use of the Internet and subsequent internationalisation of business ... have been discussed on a website called Copy Cult that addresses the nature of copyright laws in relation to the Internet. However, I believe the In...

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... with both opportunities and threats for the non-English speaking countries. Culture is defined as "a particular state or stage of civilization, as in the case of certain nation period" (Macquarie Dictionary). Every nationality has their own culture, which includes language, customs, life habits and so on. Using English as an international language can help people from different cultural backgrounds understand each ... English. They have not only enriched English language, but also enriched their own language. For example, there are 1189 English words that have evolved from Chinese words...

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... my opinion, losing nationality is different from losing national identity. An individual may lose her or his national identity, but they will not lose their nationality. According to Concise Oxford Dictionary (11th Edition) nationality is the status of belonging to a particular nation. Therefore, an individual who is contaminated by other culture is still in his or her nationality. "I know you don ... ...

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... . There were just several long numbers and chemical formulas included within the writing that made it difficult to read. The vocabulary used was also very technical, so I had to use a dictionary to help me fully understand the results and methods used. However, in regards to the experiment itself, I was confused as to why one of the cultures would have a controlled amount ... ...

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The topic of Ecofeminism is a unique one with many different perspectives. In the book Environmental Ethics, they define ecofeminism differently than you would find in a dictionary, or on a website. The book's definition applies the word oppression to compare women and nature. Therefore we must compare the prolonged cruel and unjust treatment of nature versus that of ... ...

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According Meridian-Webster Dictionary, acculturation is "cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture; also: a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact." ... ...

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... , the most difficult thing to understand and translate is the associate meaning- "It has special atmosphere of sense, and it is profound and delicate. We cannot find them in the dictionary, but it is so important to the literature. If we are not familiar with the custom and the history background of a country, we will be blind to the meaning of ... ...

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... examples are going naked in public places, taking care of aging parents and standing when the national anthem is being played. CUSTOM AND LAW According to the Living Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary: Custom: A long-established practice which has acquired the force of law. Law: The body of rules or principles, prescribed by authority or established by custom, which a state, community, society or ... ...

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Sexuality in Advertisements Sexuality is all of the sexual attitudes, feelings, and behaviors associated with being human. What are "cultural" and "sexual" scripts? When I looked in the dictionary, I kind of figured the meaning wasn't the literal definition of script that I found. I personally think that "cultural" scripts are how different cultures around the world are expected to act, and ... ...

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Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines sociology as a systematic study of the development, structure, interaction, and collective behavior of organized groups of human beings. The most important structures that tie together these groups are economics, ... ...

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Relativism vs. Universalism There are many disputes in the world that date back from creation until today between relativism and universalism. Webster's College Dictionary defines relativism as, "a theory that knowledge is relative to the limited nature of the mind and the conditions of knowing and also as a view that ethical truths depend on the ... ...

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... concept that stuck out the most. Hierarchy is defined as " an authoritative body or group of things or persons arranged in successive order; a ranked series of persons or things" (Webster's dictionary, 170). I chose this concept after hearing one of the presenters talk about the way her three pets have formed a hierarchy amongst themselves. She talked about having a cat and two dogs ... ...

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... if the mass media are going to continue to influence us, the populace must be able to identify its own cultural qualities and values through its representations. Industry The Macquarie Dictionary defines 'Industry' in three ways: 1. "A particular branch of trade or manufacture". The media's print, broadcast and telecommunications sectors fill this prerequisite. 2. "Any large scale business activity". In 1994 the Australian ... ...

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... has been around for many years, spreading to different cultures, with variant meanings, yet when brought all together, tattooing shows remnants of a very diverse history. By the Merriam Webster's Intermediate Dictionary tattoos are defined as marks or figures fixed upon the body using a needle to put ink under the skin, but to many cultures and civilizations of the world, they mean ... ...

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... part of the body. According to some scholars in the field, the body language vocabulary totals over 700,000 items. It is bigger than the vocabulary that the largest English dictionary has ever recorded. Observe carefully and you will be able to appreciate the most interesting behavior codes in everyday life. We send information on attitude toward person (facing or leaning ... ...

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... art, beliefs, behavior, ideas or activities relating to literature, art, and music of a particular society or group of people. However, that is only the simply definition that appears in the dictionary. I chose two different stories to clearly identify and understand the meaning of culture, such as, "A Country Boy Withdraws from School," by Lao Hsiang, and "Living in Two Worlds," by Marcus ... ...

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A civilization can be defined as many things. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary a civilization is a relatively high level of cultural and technological development. However, it could also be stated that a civilization is the stage of cultural development at which writing and the keeping ... ...

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... essay. Popular If want to define what is popular culture we need to define the term popular first. "Popular" is a quit popular word in English language, when we check the dictionary, there are at list 20 meanings about it. But the most common and useful meaning is Accepted by or prevalent among the people in general and liked by acquaintances; sought ... ...

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... word culture, what comes to mind? Is it the way you talk, the way you dress, the actions that go on in you house on daily basis? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary's definition of culture is "The integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon man's capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations" (www.Webster.com).  ... ...

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... and computerization which will be the topic for the final part of this essay. Technology is a loose term that people apply to any modern advancement. According to the Thorndike-Barnhart dictionary, technology is defined as: "The science of industrial arts". This indicates that technology is basically the science of fabricating goods and materials. These goods and materials have facilitated the lives ... ...

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... used more widely to include all cultural organizations. According to the Frankfurt School, the culture industries serve an ideological function, ensuring capitalist hegemony, providing a bland and undemanding popular culture. Penguin Dictionary of Sociology The culture industry is integrated into capitalism, The goal of the culture industry is the production of goods that are as cheap as possible to make and there ... ...

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... levels intellectually. Before going into further detail about Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, we have to look at the word itself, intelligence. It is defined in the Webster's Pocket Pal Dictionary as, "the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria" (90). Knowing that, Gardner took it one step further and said ... ...

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