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Author Lai, Ping-Yen, author

Title The anatomy of translation problems : the application of minimal deviation and the proportionality principle in the translation of economic editorials / Ping-Yen Lai
Published Oxford : Chartridge Books Oxford, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 88 pages .)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology; 2.1 Sample collection; 2.2 Bottom-up approach: problems, strategies, tests and principles; 3 Data analysis; 3.1 Example 3.1; 3.2 Example 3.2; 3.3 Example 3.3; 3.4 Example 3.4; 3.5 Example 3.5; 3.6 Example 3.6; 3.7 Example 3.7; 3.8 Example 3.8; 3.9 Example 3.9; 3.10 Example 3.10; 3.11 Example 3.11; 3.12 Example 3.12; 3.13 Example 3.13; 3.14 Example 3.14; 3.15 Example 3.15; 3.16 Example 3.16; 3.17 Example 3.17; 3.18 Example 3.18; 3.19 Example 3.19; 3.20 Example 3.20; 3.21 Example 3.21; 3.22 Example 3.22
3.23 Example 3.233.24 Example 3.24; 3.25 Example 3.25; 3.26 Example 3.26; 3.27 Example 3.27; 3.28 Example 3.28; 3.29 Example 3.29; 3.30 Example 3.30; 3.31 Example 3.31; 3.32 Example 3.32; 3.33 Example 3.33; 3.34 Example 3.34; 3.35 Example 3.35; 3.36 Example 3.36; 4 The anatomy of translation problems; 4.1 Distorting a refi ned statement; 4.2 Opening up wrong interpretations; 4.3 Omission; 4.4 Mistranslation of key words; 4.5 Distortion of logic; 4.6 Merging; 4.7 Mistranslation of technical knowledge; 4.8 Mistranslation of colloquial expressions; 4.9 The three-part onion sentence
4.10 Contagion4.11 Elaboration; 4.12 Long word strings; 4.13 Confusing causal relationships; 4.14 Mistranslation of pivotal statements; 4.15 Concise statements with signifi cant implications; 5 Major propositions; 5.1 The principle of minimal deviation and the relative back translation test; 5.2 The revised Turing test, active vs. conservative translation strategies; 5.3 Three-part onion sentences; 5.4 The principle of proportionality; 6 Conclusions; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Back Cover
Summary The ultimate aim of this book, 'The Anatomy of Translation Problems', is to derive a translation principle that is able to solve a divergent range of translation problems
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Translating and interpreting.
Economics -- Translating
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling.
Economics -- Translating
Translating and interpreting
Genre/Form Translations
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1909287857
9781909287853