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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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field of discourse
Language; Translation
Subject matter, including aspects of perceiving the world influenced by social institutions and social processes at work. A translation which seeks to preserve ‘alien’ features of a source text in ...
form
Language; Translation
The shape or appearance of a linguistic unit, in contrast to its content.
formal correspondence
Language; Translation
The general, systemic relationship between an source language and target language element, out of context (e.g. There may be formal correspondence between este in Spanish and this in English; ...
formal correspondent
Language; Translation
A target language item which generally fulfils the same function in the target language as the source language item does in the source language, or vice versa (e.g. This may be a formal correspondent ...
formal equivalence
Language; Translation
A translation that adheres closely to the linguistic form of a source text.
free translation
Language; Translation
A translation that modifies surface expression and keeps intact only deeper levels of meaning.
