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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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Postcolonialism
Language; Translation
A broad cultural approach to the study of power relations between different groups, cultures or peoples where language, literature and translation may play a role.
Parallel texts
Language; Translation
Texts in two languages. They may be source text–target text pairs (i.e. source texts with their translation), or non-translated texts in the two languages on the same topic.
Poetics
Language; Translation
Favoured genres, popular motifs and canonised texts making up the literary repertoire of a given language and culture.
Polysemy
Language; Translation
Where one word has two or more senses (e.g. mouth as part of the body and as part of a river).
Parallel corpus
Language; Translation
A normally electronically readable collection of parallel texts. See corpus.
Paratext
Language; Translation
Those elements in addition to the main body of text, such as titles, headings and footnotes.
