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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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Socio-semiotic

Language; Translation

A system of signs used for social communication. Language and translation can both be seen as sociosemiotics.

Stylistics

Language; Translation

A branch of literary criticism that analyses style using interpretive tools from linguistics.

Skopos

Language; Translation

A term, used by Reiss and Vermeer, referring to the purpose of the translation as stated in a brief or commission.

Gloss translation

Language; Translation

The kind of translation which aims to re-produce as literally and meaningfully as possible the form and content of the original (as a study aid, for example). Alternatively, at the level of the ...

Functionality

Language; Translation

The communicative or contextual motivation of a source text element. A form of sentence analysis devised by the Prague School of Linguists. The major element contributing to sentence structure is ...

Functional tenor

Language; Translation

An aspect of tenor (see tenor of discourse) or level of formality used to describe what language is used for (e.g. persuading), and is thus very much akin to the notion of text.

Genre

Language; Translation

Conventional forms of text associated with particular types of social occasion or communicative events (e.g. the news report, the editorial, the cooking recipe).