Tag: West

Cross-Cultural Communication: Translational Context of African Tonal Languages in the West

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15th Annual Meeting of the Southeast African Language and Literature Forum (SEALLF) at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. OCT 29-31 2025.

In the current study, I investigate the obstacles inherent in translating African tonal languages, focusing on the Beninese Fon, into French. The Fon tonal system, made up of diacritical marks and tonal spelling, complicates the realization of an equitable translation and effective cultural mediation.

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Current Critical Issues in Cultural Diversity (Re)Presentation Through Machine Translation: The Fon Language in Western Context

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This study investigates the issues associated with machine translation for low-resource languages, such as the Beninese Fon, in relation to Western languages.

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