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Translation

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

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Kinship terms

Language; Translation

Terms that are used to describe blood or family relations within a group.

Langue

Language; Translation

Saussure's term for the abstract linguistic system that underlies a language in use.

Lexicogrammar

Language; Translation

A Hallidayan term for the lexis (vocabulary) and grammar of a language.

Transcription

Language; Translation

Translation that retains the form of the source text item in the target text, frequently used for names.

Transformational generative grammar

Language; Translation

Theory of grammar proposed by the American linguist Noam Chomsky in 1957. Chomsky attempted to show how, with a system of internalised rules, native speakers of a language put their knowledge to use ...

Textual competence

Language; Translation

The ability not only to apply the exicogrammatical rules of a language in order to produce well-formed sentences, and not only to know when, where and to whom to use these sentences, but to know how ...

Textual equivalence

Language; Translation

For Catford, this kind of equivalence is encountered in situations where formal equivalence is unworkable and where there is a need for a translation shift of some kind. Other authors (e.g. ...

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