Communication challenges and transformations in the Digital Era:emoji language and emoji translation

作     者：Vanessa Leonardi 

作者机构：Sapienza Universityof RomeRomeItaly 

出 版 物：《Language and Semiotic Studies》 (语言与符号学研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第8卷第3期

页      面：22-44页

学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学] 

主　　题：codified language emoji language intercultural communication semiotics translation universal intelligibility 

摘      要：The Digital Age has significantly changed how people *** to technology,people have a large variety of communication tools to choose from,such as emails or instant messaging applications,that allows communication to be easier,quicker and,to a certain extent,more *** this technological scenario,emojis play a fundamental role as a kind of universal form of ***,thanks to translation,which acts as a bridge for people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds,communication can cross national barriers and spread *** and translation share a common goal that is mutual understanding .What happens,therefore,when translation meets both technology and emojis in the Digital Age?A new form of communication through translation has emerged,that is emoji *** aim of this paper is to show,through a series of examples,how emojis have been recently employed in communication and translation in an attempt to establish whether their use,besides creativity,can be universally accepted and understood worldwide.