ICLSL 2016
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Item The Reasons behind Japanese – Sinhalese Cultural Translation Errors(Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Balasooriya, B.A.D.N.Quality language translation aims to share the knowledge and bridge the communication with world. Recently the language translation has become one of the most in- demand job opportunities for foreign language learning students. Responding those job opportunities, Japanese Language section in the University of Kelaniya added Japanese Language translation method unit for the special degree program from 2013. Though it has passed nearly 3 years, students make many errors in their translations and still they are not competent enough to do a successful Japanese-Sinhalese translation. Especially most of the errors can be seen in Japanese - Sinhalese cultural translations. Therefore there is an urgent need to clear the common errors made in Japanese - Sinhalese cultural translations. Thus, this study aims to identify the common errors made by the Japanese learning students in their cultural translations. The main focus will be on the errors based on the meaning of cultural word translations. Data were collected by reviewing cultural translations of the first year students reading special degree in Japanese language at the University of Kelaniya. Mainly the errors can be categorised as, source language writing errors, target language understanding errors and transmitting errors from the source language to the target language. The findings highlight the fact that, transmitting errors from the source language to the target language are the vastly found and the target language understanding errors are the second. The particular study is effective in the field of Japanese - Sinhalese and Sinhalese - Japanese translation methods to make the Japanese learning students more aware of the field of translation.Item A Comparison of Particle “Ne” in Japanese and Sinhalese(Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Balasooriya, B.A.D.N.Sinhalese students learning Japanese as a foreign language make many errors in particle usage, especially in the usage of particle “Ne” in their speech. Japanese language final particle “Ne ”and Sinhalese sentence particle “Ne ”is used in the same meaning, when the speaker assumes that he/she and the addressee have same status regarding the knowledge or belief about the piece of information being conveyed. Nevertheless there are other usages of “Ne” in both languages. For an example “Ne” is used to confirm something in Sinhalese: “Yamada mahata NE?”. However, when we translate it into Japanese it becomes “Yamada san desu KA?” Not “NE”. Therefore, students tend to use mix up Sinhalese “Ne” with Japanese “Ne” particle in their speech. Thus this study aims to identify different usages of Japanese “Ne” and Sinhalese “Ne”, what type of errors students make in using “Ne” in their Japanese speech and why they are making these errors. For this study, a group of Japanese learning students in the University of Kelaniya was selected and they were categorised according to the levels of their Japanese Language proficiency test results. All were given a particular dialogue to be made in concerned with the particle “Ne”. Their speeches were recorded and the data was analysed. The findings highlights that, overgeneralisation of Sinhalese “Ne” in Japanese context is the main cause for the errors made by students. In conclusion this research will help the students to identify the correct usage of “Ne” and will also be a guideline to conduct further research on oral communication.