Rotation,Translation and Scale Invariant Sign Word Recognition Using Deep Learning

Communication between people with disabilities and people who do not understand sign language is a growing social need and can be a tedious task.One of the main functions of sign language is to communicate with each other through hand gestures.Recognition of hand gestures has become an important challenge for the recognition of sign language.There are many existing models that can produce a good accuracy,but if the model test with rotated or translated images,they may face some difficulties to make good performance accuracy.To resolve these challenges of hand gesture recognition,we proposed a Rotation,Translation and Scale-invariant sign word recognition system using a convolu-tional neural network(CNN).We have followed three steps in our work:rotated,translated and scaled(RTS)version dataset generation,gesture segmentation,and sign word classification.Firstly,we have enlarged a benchmark dataset of 20 sign words by making different amounts of Rotation,Translation and Scale of the ori-ginal images to create the RTS version dataset.Then we have applied the gesture segmentation technique.The segmentation consists of three levels,i)Otsu Thresholding with YCbCr,ii)Morphological analysis:dilation through opening morphology and iii)Watershed algorithm.Finally,our designed CNN model has been trained to classify the hand gesture as well as the sign word.Our model has been evaluated using the twenty sign word dataset,five sign word dataset and the RTS version of these datasets.We achieved 99.30%accuracy from the twenty sign word dataset evaluation,99.10%accuracy from the RTS version of the twenty sign word evolution,100%accuracy from thefive sign word dataset evaluation,and 98.00%accuracy from the RTS versionfive sign word dataset evolution.Furthermore,the influence of our model exists in competitive results with state-of-the-art methods in sign word recognition.

The Translation Strategies of Chinese Reduplicated Words From a Skopos Theory Perspective

This paper explores the translation strategies for Chinese reduplication to English from the perspective of Skopos theory. Drawing on previous research on the semantic functions of reduplication, the paper analyzes the three main types of semantic changes in Chinese reduplicated words: intensification of meaning, moderation of meaning, and addition of meaning. The paper then proposes different translation strategies for Chinese reduplication, including same-word repetition, near-synonym repetition, “have a try” form, “noun(pl.) + of” form, and “all”, “each”, and “every” pattern. Finally, the paper emphasizes the importance of understanding the intended communicative function of the reduplicated words and the need for flexible handling in order to achieve a natural translation with better readability.

A Study on German Translation Strategies of Culture-Loaded Words in Documentary Hexi Corridor(Expert)by Adaptation Theory

This paper deals with the translation strategies of Chinese Culture-Loaded Words from the perspective of adaptation theory.It is based on the translation text of the sixth episode“Silk Road”and the seventh episode“Dunhuang”of the documentary Hexi Corridor.Many words with Chinese cultural connotations appear in the subtitles of this documentary.This paper will be divided into four parts.The first part and the second part deal with the basic theories,i.e.,definition of Chinese Culture-Loaded Words and of adaptation theory.The original text is analysed in the third part.This part deals with the background and specifics of the language of the documentary film Hexi Corridor.The fourth part deals with the difficulties encountered by the author in translation practice and the corresponding solutions adopted by the author.The translation difficulties are solved by five translation methods,namely transliteration,loan translation,substitution,interpretation,and adaptation.

Comments on Nigel Wiseman s A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine(Ⅰ)——On the“Word-for-word”Literal Approach to Translation

Comments were made on the ＂word-for-word＂ literal translation method used by Mr. Nigel Wiseman in A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine. He believes that only literal translation can reflect Chinese medical concepts accurately. The so-called ＂word-for-word＂ translation is actually ＂English-word-for- Chinese-character＂ translation. First, the authors of the dictionary made a list of Single Characters with English Equivalents, and then they gave each character of the medical term an English equivalent according to the list. Finally, they made some minor modifications to make the rendering grammatically smoother. Many English terms thus produced are confusing. The defect of the word-for-word literal translation stems from the erroneous idea that a single character constitutes the basic element of meaning corresponding to the notion of ＂word＂ in English, and the meaning of a disyllabic or polysyllabic Chinese word is the simple addition of the constituent characters. Another big mistake is the negligence of the polysemy of Chinese characters. One or two English equivalents can by no means cover all the various meanings of a single character which is a polysemous monosyllabic word. Various examples were cited from this dictionary to illustrate the mistakes.

On the Study of Translation Approaches of Culture-loaded Words in Literary Works

Culture-loaded words refer to expressions and idioms that carry typically culture messages. The peculiarity of one culture cannot be understood or accepted by readers from another culture. The uniqueness very likely makes misunderstanding and may lead to cultural vacancy in other cultures. Due to the culture differences between Chinese and English, it is hard for a translator to achieve complete equivalence at the level of word. This paper discusses the translation approaches of Chinese cultureloaded words in literary works.

On Zero Translation in News Discourse

In the context of globalization,zero translation words are more and more frequently used in news discourse.This article aims to explore the reasons for the frequent use of zero translation words in news discourse and their impact on news discourse from the perspectives of translation studies and journalism and communication studies.

Culture-loaded words in the Confucian classics and their translation

The correct translation of the Confucian classics is based on the correct comprehension of the culture-loaded words. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the changing meanings of these words, then find out the ways to determine their meanings and at last point out the principle, strategies and methods of better translating these words through discussing the translation purpose and the philosophical nature of the Confucian classics.

Literal Translation plus Explanation in Translating Political Words

Political words are closely related to the current situations and affairs of China, which is often dependent on China's culture and history. Therefore it is not uncommon that there are some words with background knowledge known to the source language readers, but unknown to the target language readers. Literal translation plus explanation is particularly useful in translating these words with particular background and cultural connotations.

The Study on the Differences of Sense of Words between English and Chinese in Translation

Translation is not only the process of transforming langue form, but also the process of interacting one thinking means and concept with another. Moreover, so as to ensure accuracy of translation, one needs to comprehend the sense of words in the source language correctly, and take appropriate approach to resolve the differences between Chinese and English through analyzing the causes. Therefore, this paper will study the differences of sense of words between English and Chinese in translation.

On the Translation of Reduplicative Words in Chinese Form AABB——Analysis of Examples from Zhang Pei-ji's Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1-4

The reduplicative Chinese words in type AABB is a very special form in Chinese language, which is worth researching and analyzing. Through plenty of examples cited in the translation from Chinese to English by the translator Zhang Pei-ji in the four volumes of his translation works, the writer analyzes the phenomenon of translating AABB reduplicative words through examples collected manually in order to summarize the basic rules and principles in doing translation like this. The paper might be useful and helpful in researching translation and Chinese.

A Brief Analysis of Ambiguity of Words' Meaning in Translation

As you can see from the title,we try to provide a brief analysis of ambiguity of words' meaning in translation practice,namely,what is ambiguity of a meaning of a word and how it is caused,and how it affects translation.What effective methods are available to help us achieve a successful translation? Although a perfect solution for the problems presented by the ambiguity of words' meaning is difficult to find,we try to do what it can to contribute to the solution and draw people's attention to those problems.

On the Importance of Word Conversion in Teaching Translation

Word conversion means to change the original syntactical functions and morphological features of a word that help to determine a part of speech.In translation it is a small but very important part.This paper is going to focus on its importance in teaching translation through an experiment.Through this experiment it is hoped in teaching translation word conversion devices should be pay great attention.

Cultural Connotation and Translation of Color Words

This paper aims to analyze the cultural connotations of color words. To successfully translate the expressions relating to colors form Chinese to English or English to Chinese, it is a key step to master the cultural connotations of Chinese and English color words. By comparing the differences of the corresponding color words between Chinese and English, three basic translating methods are generalized.

On the Translation of Chinese Four-character Idioms Loaded with Color Words

Chinese four-character idioms loaded with color words are the typical symbol of the Chinese culture and their transition is important to Chinese-English dictionaries.The quality of the dictionary and users' understanding are affected by the correctness and appropriateness of their translation.This paper mainly focuses on the translation of four-character Chinese idioms with color words in New Century Chinese-English Dictionary.The research shows that there are three strategies for Chinese fourcharacter idioms loaded with color words in the dictionaries:literal translation,free translation and the integration of literal translation and annotative translation.

Analysis English Translation of Chinese Poems' Color Words——Functional Equivalence Theory

The translation of Chinese ancient poems has always been the direction of many translators at home and abroad,and the translation of color words has gradually become the object of study.However,due to the difference between translation theory and perspective,there are many controversial translations.Based on the theory of "functional equivalence" proposed by American translation theorist Eugene Nida,this paper analyzes the concrete translation of Chinese ancient poems,and aims to explore how to translate the color words in ancient poems in the best way,And summed up the specific and practical translation methods.

A Study of the Cultural Connotation and Translation of Numerical Words

Numerical words occupy a crucial part of Chinese-English vocabulary.Number,as a symbol of culture,for its special and mystical cultural connotation,derives a unique culture.This paper presents the differences of the cultural connotation of number words in Chinese and English with focus on the conceptual and associative meanings of numerical words.Then it analyzes the reasons of different culture connotations involving the aspects of religions,values,and social customs.Besides on the basis of documentary studies and case analysis,the paper finally offers translation methods like literal translation and free translation which are of great practical references for translators.

Translation of the Culture-loaded Words

The culture-loaded words are a special vocabulary of all kinds of language.And its translation has been one of the most difficult problems in the academic field.When culture-loaded words are being translated from the source language into the target language,the translator should have a clear knowledge of the differences in understanding the same culture-loaded word of both the source language reader and the target language reader.This paper deals with strategies for optimizing the translation of culture-loaded words,especially translating Chinese culture-loaded words into English.Alienation translation favors communicating the characteristics and connotation of Chinese and English culture.

On the Correct Meaning of Words in Non-literary Translation

The work of translators are not always perfect, however, many of them will inevitably contain elements of misunderstanding. Of course, most of those misunderstandings are by the reason of misapprehending the correct meaning of words, especially in the field of non-literary tanslation. My purpose is rather to show translators -- and, by extension, others who are learning English -- how to recognize the accurate message of words in a first draft and how to revise them so as to eliminate those incorrect translated texts.

The Application of Translation Strategies in the Chinese—Specific New Words to English

With China's all-round social development,especially entering the 21century,the social economy,science and technology and also the language changes are in a fast speed.Particularly,the growth of the Chinese-specific new words is much faster than any other periods.Along with the intercultural communication,the English translation of Chinese-specific new words has become a new research focus.Firstly,the paper is to introduce the growth background of the new lexical words,and then gives a definition and classifies them into the specific fields,after that the paper will discuss the two translation strategies-domestication and foreignization in translating the Chinese-specific new words to English.Comparing the strengthens and shortcomings of the two strategies,the paper draws a conclusion—regard the two translation strategies in a dialectical way.

The Wording Techniques in Poetry Translation

All times, there have been translators who endeavored to convey the original meaning of the poet by their own understandings and ways of expression. Therefore, different translators might have different translation for the same poem. Some pay more attention to the form while others to the meaning.