Often, realia are seen as a nuisance, difficult not only to catalog, but to care for.

Fiction, in particular, is fond of realia for the exotic touch they bring.

Not surprisingly, she has strong opinions as to the value of realia in a disposable era.

Here are the various possibilities at hand for translating realia:

Total physical response lessons typically use a wide variety of realia, posters, and props.

The final choice of what artifacts, or realia, to include depends on space and will be made next spring, when the capsule is sealed.

One must also consider how the element of realia relates to the source culture in terms of importance and familiarity.

In translation, Realia (plural noun) are words and expressions for culture-specific material things.

They indicate that since realia carry a very local overtone, they often pose a challenge for translation.

A teacher of a foreign language often employs realia to strengthen students' associations between words for everyday objects and the objects themselves.

Includes letters, pamphlets, broadsides, realia and assorted ephemera.

Makes extensive and varied use of realia, such as specifications, extracts from company brochures, manuals, diagrams, etc.

The same could be said of realia, including the brick from Milton's house that currently resides in the Beinecke Library.

The word realia comes from medieval Latin, in which it originally meant "the real things", i.e. material things, as opposed to abstract ones.

To translate realia, various strategies exist : they range from phonetic transcription to translation of the overall meaning.

Adequate translations (in Toury's sense) of realia add some exoticism, a quality that is often desirable in fiction.

Realia (library science)

School libraries are similar to public libraries in that they contain books, films, recorded sound, periodicals, realia, and digital media.

Objects of realia, due to their diverse and compound nature, pose unique preservation challenges for libraries and archives.

Some libraries prize their realia, actively preserving and exhibiting it while others simply keep it out of light and hope for the best.

Upon arriving in Realia, Meyers interrogates Lisa's boss, the editor of the newspaper at which she worked.

Unlike books, which are mostly cellulose (paper, boards, natural fibers) and occasionally leather, realia are often the sum of many parts.

Toys to go : A Guide to the use of Realia in Public Libraries.

These unanticipated acquisitions are referred to in the trade variously as personal effects, ephemera, artifacts, memorabilia and, perhaps most evocatively, realia.

IN defense of realia's scholarship possibilities, Professor Reed points out that "there was a time when photographs weren't considered collectible.