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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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Localization

Language; Translation

The process of adapting a product or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look-and-feel."

Implicature

Language; Translation

The implied meaning conveyed by deliberate noncompliance with rhetorical or linguistic conventions.

Indirect translation

Language; Translation

A translation which responds to the urge to communicate as clearly as possible.

Information structure

Language; Translation

The way that information is structured in a sentence. This has been addressed in slightly different ways in functional sentence perspective and Hallidayan linguistics. The sentence, or clause, is ...

Ideational meaning

Language; Translation

Language used to convey information, ideas or experience. It is a means of giving structure to our experience of inner feelings and emotions as well as of the external world around us.

Ideology

Language; Translation

A body of ideas that reflects the beliefs and interests of an individual, a group of individuals, a societal institution, etc., and that ultimately finds expression in language.

Hyponymy

Language; Translation

The inclusion of one meaning within another. For example, the sense of walk is included within the sense of move; hence, walk is a hyponym of the superordinate move.