LOAN TRANSLATION
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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LOAN TRANSLATION, also calque. A compound or complex
LOAN in which, rather than borrow an expression directly, speakers analyse the parts and replace them with similar native forms: AmE
skyscraper adopted into French as
gratte-ciel (scrape-sky), into German as
Wolkenkratzer (cloud-scrape).
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Profile: Sir Alec Guinness, one of the last surviving members of Britain's greatest generation of actors, has died at the age of 86
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 8/7/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...00-0000 Profile: Sir Alec Guinness, one of the last surviving...Soundbite from Star Wars ) Sir ALEC GUINNESS (As Obi-Wan...do a good job at it? Sir GUINNESS: No, not sympathetic...of soundbite) BERKES: Alec Guinness i
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Profile: Life and career of Sir Alec Guinness
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 8/7/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Profile: Life and career of Sir Alec Guinness Host: LINDA WERTHEIMER...WERTHEIMER, host: When Sir Alec Guinness died on Saturday...was a Star Wars wizard. Sir GUINNESS: It's funny how people...wisdom. McCARTHY: Sir Alec Guinness. He was 86...
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Sir Alec was secret son of beer tycoon; Mighty Guinness family divided as truth comes to light after almost 90 years
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 8/20/2000; ; 700+ words
; SIR Alec Guinness, for years believed to be...public, the fact that Sir Alec, who died earlier this month...him that his real name was Guinness. He grew up in circumstances...between Walter Guinness and Sir Alec. If Sir Alec was a Guinness...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Sir Alec Guinness.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 8/12/2000; 700+ words
; Sir Alec Guinness, a chameleonic actor...from the screen, Sir Alec Guinness liked to...to a love child. Sir Alec surmised that a member of the Guinness banking and brewing...believe that young Alec was a scion of that...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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SIR ALEC GUINNESS: DEATH OF A FILM LEGEND: A GREAT CHARACTER; Tributes pour in to man with a thousand faces.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 8/8/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...one could match the masterly way Sir Alec Guinness carried it off. Yesterday lifelong friend Sir John Mills described Sir Alec as one of the greatest character...92, who starred alongside Sir Alec in the classic films Great Expectations...
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Actor Sir Alec Guinness dies at 86
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 8/7/2000; ; 700+ words
; LONDON, England - Actor Sir Alec Guinness, whose roles in a 66- year career...confirm the cause of death. Sir Alec was one of the last surviving members...who never played himself, it was Alec Guinness. "I had countless first...
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Sir Alec Guinness dies at 86.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 8/6/2000; ; 700+ words
; Sir Alec Guinness, 86, Britain's last theatrical knight...jealously guarded his personal life, Sir Alec was perhaps the most self-effacing star...Ascoyne in "Kind Hearts and Coronets," Sir Alec magically vanished into his characters...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Obituary: Sir Alec Guinness - Ordinary man but amazing performer; Alison Jones pays tribute to one of England's finest actors, Sir Alec Guinness, who died at the weekend, aged 86.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 8/8/2000; ; 700+ words
; The manner of Alec Guinness's death was as private as his life...with his father in the film The Card. Sir Alec was not a man for celebrity parties...until his death two months ago. Sir Alec made what was probably his final public...
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SIR ALEC GUINNESS: 1914-2000 - Sir Alec always gave his films that touch of class.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 8/7/2000; ; 700+ words
; SIR Alec Guinness, the "man with a thousand faces", has...war movies in his 67-year career. Sir Alec made good films the more memorable. To...black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets, Sir Alec played a whole gallery of eccentrics...
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Versatile Actor Sir Alec Guinness Dies; Roles Covered Comedy, Drama and Adventure
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/7/2000; ; 700+ words
; Sir Alec Guinness, 86, the British actor of consummate versatility...York drama critics for his performance as Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly, the urbane and...added, "By developing this fault, Sir Alec has turned it to his advantage." He was...
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Sir Alec Guinness
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir Alec Guinness , 1914-2000, English actor, b. London. After his stage debut in 1934, Guinness performed with John Gielgud 's company...his modern-dress Hamlet (1938). Guinness's gifts for mimicry and characterization...
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Guinness, (Sir) Alec
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
GUINNESS, (Sir) Alec Nationality: British. Born: London...To Paris with Love (Hamer) (as Col. Sir Edgar Fraser); Stratford Adventure...Rodney Bennett—for TV) (as Sir Fennimore Truscott) 1985 Monsignor Quixote...
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Guinness, Sir Alec
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Guinness, Sir Alec (1914–2000 ), English actor, first seen on...Seagull , presaged a brilliant career. He first came into prominence as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night at the Old Vic in 1937, in which year...
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Alec Guinness
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Alec Guinness The British actor Sir Alec Guinness (born 1914) was noted for his versatility and disguise...in films, and for television. The birth certificate registers Alec Guinness de Cuffe as born on April 2, 1914. Speculation as to...
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Rupert Davies
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Page, a resident of Windsor whose wife helps to trick Sir John Falstaff, in a television production of Shakespeare...played George Smiley, the career spy later essayed by Sir Alec Guinness in the TV production of Le Carre's Tinker, Tailor...
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