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Title: To translate or not to translate: revising the translating of Hawaiian language texts.(Essay)
Author: Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada
Publication: Biography (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2009
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 32Issue: 1Page: 54(12)

Article Type: Essay

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Chapters: Hawaiian Language, Tuvaluan Language, Tongan Language, Samoan Language, Rapa Nui Language, Samoan Proverbs, Takuu, Moriori Language, Eastern Polynesian Languages, Proto-Polynesian Language, Pileni Language, Mangareva Language, Rapan Language, West Uvean, Kapingamarangi Language, Futuna-Aniwan, Niuatoputapu Language. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 115. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hawaiian language -The Hawaiian language takes its name from the largest island, Hawaii (Hawaii in the Hawaiian language), in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed, originally from a Polynesian language of the South Pacific, most likely Marquesan or Tahitian. The island name was first written in English, in 1778 by British explorer James Cook and his crew members. They wrote it as "Owhyhee" or "Owhyee". Explorers Mortimer (1791) and Otto von Kotzebue (1821) used that spelling. The initial "O" in the name is a reflection of the fact that unique identity is predicated in Hawaiian by using a copula form, o, immediately before a proper noun. Thus, in Hawaiian, the name of the island is expressed by saying O Hawaii, which means " is Hawaii." Note that the Cook expedition also wrote "Otaheite" rather than "Tahiti." The spelling "why" in the name reflects the pronunciation of wh in 18th century English (still in active use in parts of the Anglosphere). Why was pronounced . The spelling "hee" or "ee" in the name represents the sounds , , or . Putting the parts together, O-why-hee reflects , a reasonable approximation of the native pronunciation, . American missionaries bound for Hawaii used the phrases "Owhihe Language" and "Owhyhee language", in Boston prior to their departure in October 1819 and during their five-month voyage to Hawai'i. They still used such phrases as late a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14240 ... Read more

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Chapters: Hawaiian Language, Austronesian Languages, Torres Strait Creole, Hawaiian Pidgin, Norfuk Language, Oceanic Languages, Maisin Language, Proto-Oceanic Language, Pitkern, Central Pacific Languages, List of Extinct Languages of Oceania, Southern Oceanic Languages, Remote Oceanic Languages, Languages of the Pitcairn Islands, Languages of Norfolk Island, Fiafia. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 98. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hawaiian language -The Hawaiian language takes its name from the largest island, Hawaii (Hawai i in the Hawaiian language), in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed, originally from a Polynesian language of the South Pacific, most likely Marquesan or Tahitian. The island name was first written in english, in 1778 by British explorer James Cook and his crew members. They wrote it as "Owhyhee" or "Owhyee". Explorers Mortimer (1791) and Otto von Kotzebue (1821) used that spelling. The initial "O" in the name is a reflection of the fact that unique identity is predicated in Hawaiian by using a copula form, o, immediately before a proper noun. Thus, in Hawaiian, the name of the island is expressed by saying O Hawai i, which means " is Hawai i." Note that the Cook expedition also wrote "Otaheite" rather than "Tahiti." The spelling "why" in the name reflects the pronunciation of wh in 18th century English (still in active use in parts of the Anglosphere). Why was pronounced . The spelling "hee" or "ee" in the name represents the sounds , , or . Putting the parts together, O-why-hee reflects , a reasonable approximation of the native pronunciation, . American missionaries bound for Hawai i used the phrases "Owhihe Language" and "Owhyhee language", in Boston prior to their departure in October 1819 and during their five-month voyage to Haw...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14240 ... Read more

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Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii Hotspot, Wailuku River, Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands, List of Hawaii Hurricanes, Hawaii, Native Hawaiians, Hawaiian Language, History of Hawaii, Kingdom of Hawaii, Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement, Ancient Hawaii, Hawaiian Religion, Tourism in Hawaii, List of Hawaii Birds, Hawaiian?Emperor Seamount Chain, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawaiian Eruption ... Read more