5 Questions
Which concept refers to the strategy of making a text more understandable to the target audience by sacrificing some of the nuances of the original?
Domestication
According to George Steiner, in which book does he divide the literature on translation theories into four periods?
After Babel
Which translation theory emphasizes the importance of the author's intention, text-type focus, and target-reader's expectations?
Pragmatic Theories
Which approach to translation theory focuses on the cross-cultural communication and understanding made possible through the art of translation?
Schulte and Biguent's theoretical concepts
Which term refers to the strategy of maintaining the literal correspondence of words from the source language to the target language?
Word-for-word
Study Notes
Translation Strategies
- Simplification: a strategy that makes a text more understandable to the target audience by sacrificing some of the nuances of the original.
George Steiner's Contribution
- George Steiner divides the literature on translation theories into four periods in his book.
Translation Theories
- Intentionalism: emphasizes the importance of the author's intention, text-type focus, and target-reader's expectations.
Cross-Cultural Communication
- Descriptive Translation Studies: focuses on the cross-cultural communication and understanding made possible through the art of translation.
Translation Approaches
- Formal Equivalence: a strategy that maintains the literal correspondence of words from the source language to the target language.
Test your knowledge of translation theories with this quiz on key concepts such as domestication, foreignization, Holmes's Map, imitation, metaphrase, paraphrase, pragmatic theories, register-based theories, relevance theory, sense-for-sense, and sociological approaches. This quiz is based on the book "Translation Theories Exemplified from Cicero to Pierre Bourdieu" by Ali Almanna and covers historical background and important theories in the field of translation.
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