Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
comic book
Albanian translation:
libër serialësh vizatimorë/libër vizatimor
English term
comic book
Thanks in advance.
| 4 -1 | libër serialësh vizatimorë |
Ledja
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| 5 +4 | libër komik |
Eva T
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Mar 5, 2007 15:01: Marie-Hélène Hayles changed "Language pair" from "English" to "English to Albanian"
Mar 5, 2007 15:22: Monika Coulson changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Mar 26, 2012 21:20: Ledja changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/111445">Ledja's</a> old entry - "comic book"" to ""libër serialësh vizatimorë""
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Proposed translations
libër serialësh vizatimorë
You can read in more detail and for more comic book examples in the wesite below.
This genre has not been popular in Albania, while the superhero comics (Superman, Spiderman and so on) have been popular inteh western world for several decades.
My answer of "libër serialësh vizatimorë" is an explanation of the meaning, as I am sure "comic book" has nothing to do with the genre of comedy writing.
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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2007-03-07 14:16:20 GMT)
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(Answering to Yanchik notes)
Yanchik, for some reason I can not find a way to add anwers directly to your note (maybe someone can help me out here), so I am replying to your questions here.
As I mentioned, comics have not been a popular genre in Albania, so this will have to be a new added term to best suit the meaning. My suggestion of "libër serialësh vizatimorë", comes from the use of "filma vizatimorë" for "cartoons". As comics are normally the basis for a cartoon serial or viceversa, I thought this would ring a bell for those who run into this use of term for the first time. In any case, it's only a suggestion, not a confirmed term - there isn't one as such. The bottom line is, do I get enough Albanian speakers/professionals to suport it? I am surprised at the upfront objections, but I hope I have managed to persuade everybody that "libër komik" will simply imply the wrong thing here.
Hope this helps, and good luck in your work. It's good to know that even foreigners take a serious approach with Albanian translations.
| Ledja, thank you for your answer :) I think the English explanation you've given is quite correct. But what if a foreigner wanted to buy comics in Albania and asked for a "libër serialësh vizatimorë"? Would the shop assistant understand? :) |
| As for me, I agree with the description, it seems to be quite correct... But, Ledja, if a foreigner in Albania wanted to buy comics and asked for "libër serialësh vizatimorë", would it be clear for people? What I really need is a word one could use in a bookstore, for example... Thanks for your help:) |
| Oops, I didn't mean to post two identical notes. My Internet behaves strange sometimes :) Sorry. |
| disagree |
aneta_xh
: What youhave described has nothing to do with Comic Books. You are talking about Ilustrated Serial Books but not comic books. (Comic Book: a magazine with one or more comic strips.)
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Ok, it was just an idea for translation. As for the description, I pasted it from the shown website. Bear in mind that comic books have not circulated in Albania, thus there isn't a widely used term for them. Thanks for your comment.
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libër komik
| Hello, Eva, thank you for your help:) In fact, I work with many different languages. I'm a translation manager, and at the moment we're working over an Albanian language project. An Albanian translator made translations for us, but as he wasn't not quite sure about some words, I'm asking for help here. I would say, you're helping him, not me:) |
| As for my question, writing "comic book" I ment "comics" and not a book of funny stories. As I figure it, "comic book" is a magazine where some story is told in pictures; and text (to help understand pictures) is usually inserted in word balloons... Something like that. "Comic book", "comic magazine" and "comics" are synonyms in this case. |
| agree |
Monika Coulson
: Libër komik ose më shqip "Libër humoristik"
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| agree |
Will Matter
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Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni
: libër humoristik :)
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| agree |
Sherefedin MUSTAFA
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| neutral |
Ledja
: I have ran into this translation once, but as it was a word per word translation, I felt it strayed from the original meaning. This does not refer to the writing of a comic story or novel.
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