Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz

About: Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz is a education organization based out in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Luminescence & Population. The organization has 1109 authors who have published 2923 publications receiving 19548 citations. The organization is also known as: Casimir the Great University & Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy.

Multimodality, translation and comics

Abstract: Although several noteworthy studies concerning the translation of comic books have been published to date (notably Kaindl, 1999; Zanettin, 2008), it still remains an under-investigated topic within Translation Studies. The present article adopts a multimodal perspective on the translation of comics, demonstrating how the relationship between the verbal and the visual modes may be exploited in the translation process. It focuses on the ways in which the two modes interact and contribute to the creation of meaning on a multimodal page, and on the transformations their relationship may undergo in translation. The article is illustrated with examples from a classic, Franco-Belgian comic book series, Thorgal, and the Polish translations of it. The multimodal approach to investigating translated comics may be another step towards a more complete understanding of the character of this still largely unexplored sphere of translation.

Absolute magnitudes of OB and Be stars based on Hipparcos parallaxes – III

Abstract: The absolute visual magnitudes, M v , of A-M stars are based on calculated Hipparcos trigonometric parallaxes. The sample used consists of 30986 unreddened and reddened A-M stars in luminosity classes Ia, Iab, Ib, II, III, IV and V. The colour excesses of the reddened stars were calculated using the mean colour indices, according to the SIMBAD data base and the intrinsic B - V values calibrated for the given spectral types and luminosity classes by Schmidt-Kaler. The values of the total-to-selective extinction, R v = A v /E(B-V), for all the reddened stars were calculated from previously published near-infrared photometric measurements. The calculated visual magnitudes, M v , of A-M stars compare with the earlier determinations of Schmidt-Kaler. The mean absolute magnitudes published by Schmidt-Kaler are generally brighter (except for the stars in luminosity classes V and IV) than those determined in this paper.