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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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explicitation
Language; Translation
Explanation in the target text that renders the sense or intention clearer than in the source text.
exposition
Language; Translation
A text type in which concepts, objects or events are presented in a non-evaluative manner (e.g. explanations).
expressive texts
Language; Translation
Texts which include an aesthetic component in which the writer exploits the expressive and associative meaning possibilities of language in order to communicate thoughts and feelings in a creative ...
faithfulness
Language; Translation
A general term, now less used in translation theory, which describes the close mirroring of source text sense by the target text.
fidelity
Language; Translation
A general term, now less used in translation theory, which describes the close mirroring of source text sense by the target text.
