Dimitriu - When we are the other
transcribed culture-specific items through some kind of phonological and spelling
domestication. Many of the selected terms (e.g. bizhnitze, which is frequently
repeated throughout her account, or bakshish) are of Turkish origin and have
negative connotations, thus emphasizing the oriental image of Romania that prevails
in Hoffman's narrative. However, once again, the phonological/spelling domestica-
tions in the source text would become phonological/spelling foreignizations in the