Summary Of Translation Theories (1)

Linguistic Theories of Translation

Language Universals v. Linguistic Relativism
Science of transformation
Equivalence
Semantic and communicatory translation
Korrespondenz and Äquivalenz
Translation shifts
Discourse and register analysis

Equivalence
Roman Jakobson (1959/2000) > Equivalence in difference is the cardinal problem of language and the pivotal lodge in of linguistics

Discusses equivalence at level of obligatory grammar and lexicon, for subject:
gender
aspect
semantic fields

Equivalence at word level
Baker (1992) Chapter 2
morphology lexical and syntactic
Lexical Meaning
Propositional v. Expressive meaning
Presupposed meaning
Evoked meaning
dialect geographical, temporal, social
narrative field/tenor/mode of discourse
Semantic fields and lexical sets

Equivalence above word level
Baker (1992) Chapter 3
collocation
Collocational range and markedness
Collocation and register
Collocational meaning
Idioms and Fixed Expressions

Grammatical equivalence
Baker (1992) Chapter 4
Grammatical vs.



Lexical categories
The form of Grammatical Categories:
Number
Gender
Person
Tense and Aspect
Voice
Word Order

Newmark (1981)
Semantic / communicative translation at level of:
Transmitter/addressee focus
Culture
Time and origin
Relation to ST
rehearse of form of SL
Form of TL
Appropriateness
Criterion for evaluation

Koller (1976/89)
Korrespondenz and Äquivalenz
Denotative equivalence
Connotative equivalence
Text-normative equivalence
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