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The process of converting words and sentences from one language into another with the proper grammar and subject matter relevance.

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Zero translation

Language; Translation

A case where the target text contains no equivalent of a source text item. Often represented by the symbol O.

Subject matter, including aspects of perceiving the world influenced by social institutions and social processes at work. A translation which seeks to preserve 'alien' features of a source text in ...

Functional

Language; Translation

Having a role to perform in the development of a text. Functional signals are in contrast with other purely formal devices whose role is, as the term suggests, merely 'organizational' rather than ...

Formal correspondent

Language; Translation

A target language item which generally fulfils the same function in the target language as the source language item does in the source language, or vice versa (e.g. This may be a formal correspondent ...