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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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gloss translation
Language; Translation
The kind of translation which aims to re-produce as literally and meaningfully as possible the form and content of the original (as a study aid, for example). Alternatively, at the level of the ...
glossary
Language; Translation
In professional translation, this refers to online or tailor-made lists of source language technical terms with definitions and their target language correspondents.
gothic
Language; Translation
A fictional genre which makes salient the characters’ morbid feelings and general passivity.
Hallidayan linguistics
Language; Translation
A systemic-functional theory of language advanced by M. A. K. Halliday in the latter part of the twentieth century. Halliday focuses on language in use, as a communicative act, and describes three ...
hermeneutic movement
Language; Translation
The four-phase description of the interpretation and transfer of meaning from source text to target text (Steiner 1975/1998).
heuristics
Language; Translation
A set of analytic principles that rely on variable and not categorical rules in dealing with texts.
homonym
Language; Translation
A word that has the same sound and spelling as another word, but a different meaning (e.g. bank meaning a side of a river and bank meaning a financial institution).
