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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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Coherence

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A standard which all well-formed texts must meet and which stipulates that the grammatical and/or lexical relationships 'hang together' and make overall sense as text.

Cohesion

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The requirement that a sequence of sentences display grammatical and/or lexical relationships which ensure the surface continuity of text structure.

Componential analysis

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Breaking down lexical items into their basic meaning components.

Instructional

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A text type in which the focus is on the formation of future behavior, either 'with option' as in advertising or 'without option' as in legal instruction (e.g. treaties, resolutions, contracts, ...

Interlinear translation

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A type of extremely literal, word-for-word translation in which target language words are arranged item by item below the source text words to which they correspond.

Interference

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Excessive influence of source text lexis or syntax on the target text (see syntactic structures, syntax). One of Toury's two laws of translation.

Interpretive

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In relevance theory, this is the use of language in an observer-like manner. In translation, this mode seeks to resemble the original in all relevant aspects.