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Language Use and Attitudes among Croatian Immigrants in Ireland

Imigracija u Irskoj, uključujući imigraciju Hrvata u tu zemlju, u posljednje vrijeme u znatnom je porastu. Stoga Irska u posljednjih nekoliko godina nastoji pronaći načine na koje se imigrantima može osigurati odgovarajuća kulturna i jezična integracija u irsko društvo. Ovaj rad se bavi istraživanjem jezične uporabe i stavova hrvatskih imigranata u Irskoj. U istraživanju koje …

Translation of English Feature Film Titles into Croatian

This paper explores the challenges posed by English film titles and the translation strategies used to adapt them for the Croatian-speaking audience. The corpus consisted of 190 feature-length English-language film titles and their corresponding Croatian translations. They were then grouped according to the source-language challenges (puns and double meaning, character references, cultural references and idioms, …

The English language and globalisation

Dominance of one language as a prime means of communication worldwide and too frequent usage of its words loan in many offi cial languages has been causing disputes among linguists and mother tongue experts especially in European countries. The process of globalisation through which one language has evolved into a global or world language has …