Language

Language

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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adaptation

Language; Translation

A target text where many textual modifications have been made, including modifications for a different audience (cf. version). In Vinay and Darbelnet’s List of translation ...

adjustment

Language; Translation

Techniques for producing correct equivalents and achieving dynamic equivalence in translation.

agent deletion

Language; Translation

The omission in a passive sentence of the noun or noun phrase which follows by, e.g. the reasons outlined (by the writer). Such uses of the grammar can be ideologically motivated.

alignment

Language; Translation

The juxtaposition of a source text sentence with its target text equivalent. A tool of corpus linguistics that allows rapid comparison of source text–target text elements.

analysis

Language; Translation

The first of three stages constituting the translation process according to Eugene Nida. In this process, we analyze the source message into its simplest and structurally clearest ...