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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.

Contributors in Translation

Translation

Redundancy

Language; Translation

The amount of information communicated over and above the required minimum. See explicate, explicitation.

Rank-bound translation

Language; Translation

A translation that translates on the same rank as the source text (e.g. word-for-word).

Voice

Language; Translation

An abstract concept often used by literary translators to refer to the narrative style and rhythm of the source text author which must be grasped in order to produce a successful target text. Used ...

Version

Language; Translation

Its technical use denotes a target text in which so many modifications, additions or cuts have been made that it cannot properly be called a translation.

Universals of translation

Language; Translation

Specific characteristics that, it is hypothesized, are typical of translated language as distinct from nontranslated language (cf. Laws of translation).

Universe of discourse

Language; Translation

The entire domain, field, institutional framework and cultural context surrounding a text.

Unit of translation

Language; Translation

The linguistic element (word, clause, sentence, text) used by the translator in the process of translation.

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