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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.
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poetics
Language; Translation
Favored genres, popular motifs and canonized texts making up the literary repertoire of a given language and culture.
dubbing
Language; Translation
A technique used in the translation of foreign films. It involves substitution of the source text actors’ voices in translation with a new target text voice, often attempting to ...
dynamic equivalence
Language; Translation
A translation which preserves the effect the source text had on its readers and which tries to elicit a similar response from the target reader.
equivalence
Language; Translation
A central term in linguistics-based translation studies, relating to the relationship of similarity between source text and target text segments. Also one of Vinay and Darbelnet’s ...
equivalent
Language; Translation
A target text segment or even full text which functions as an equivalent of the source text segment.
equivalent effect
Language; Translation
A translation aim in Nida’s writing, where the target text should create ‘substantially the same’ effect on the target text audience as the source text had on its ...
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