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Connotation
About: Connotation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2096 publications have been published within this topic receiving 8265 citations.
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TL;DR: The authors explored the subjectivity of a translator and explored its connotation and its performance in an attempt to further the research on translation subjectivity, and found that subjectivity is correlated with translation performance.
Abstract: With the "cultural turn" in translation studies,proper and increasing attention has been paid to the subjectivity of translation. Based on the research on translation subjectivity,this paper addresses the subjectivity of translator and explores its connotation and its performance in an attempt to further the research on translation subjectivity.
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TL;DR: Based on the development trajectory of human society, the authors presents a concept of ecological civilization, which is a civilization pattern that can provide and ensure sustainable welfare for people while maintaining and improving ecosystem services.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that the semiotic technique applied is useful in predicting future problems with understanding the use of metaphor at the interface and with designing appropriate signification for human-computer interaction.
Abstract: This paper presents a semiotic technique as a means of exploring meaning and understanding in interface design and use. This is examined through a study of the interaction between the 'file' metaphor and 'save as' command metaphor. The behaviour of these (from a functional or computational basis) do not exactly match, or map onto, the meaning of the metaphor. We examine both the denotation of a term to the user, i.e. its literal meaning to that person, and the term's connotations, i.e. any other meanings associated with the term. We suggest that the technique applied is useful in predicting future problems with understanding the use of metaphor at the interface and with designing appropriate signification for human-computer interaction. Variation in connotation was expected but a more fundamental difference in denotation was also uncovered. Moreover, the results clearly demonstrate that consistency in the denotation of a term is critical in achieving a good user understanding of the command.
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