Translation

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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Extra-linguistic

Language; Translation

Not part of or deducible from the source text.

Transitivity

Language; Translation

A linguistic system in which a small set of presumably universal categories characterise different kinds of events and processes, different kinds of participants in these events, and the varying ...

Translational

Language; Translation

A term denoting 'specific or pertaining to translation' as opposed to 'original or creative writing' model proposed by Holz-Mmanttari which describes translation as purpose-driven co-operation ...

Translation project

Language; Translation

A systematic approach to literary translation, initiated in Canada, in which feminist translators openly foreground the feminist in the target text. The systematic evaluation of a target text by ...

Transposition

Language; Translation

One of Vinay and Darbelnet's translation procedures which involves a grammatical but not a meaning change (e.g. Dès mon retour (on my return) = as soon as i get back).

Translation memory tool

Language; Translation

Computerised software which stores previous translations and assists in recycling them to achieve consistency and speed.

Transliteration

Language; Translation

The letter-by-letter rendering of a source language name or word in the target language when the two languages have distinct scripts (e.g. Russian and English).