Meaning-Based Translation: A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence

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Overview

This textbook has been designed to emphasize the differences between languages and how this affects the translation of a text from one language into another. It is based upon the principle that the translator must first know the meaning of the source text before he can translate it into the receptor language. Meaning is presented as a structure which stands behind any text. Meaning-based, rather than form-based, translation is the goal of the textbook.
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Emphasizing the value of idiomatic and unconstrained language, this introductory textbook begins with an overview of the fundamental principles of translation. The rest of the chapters expand and illustrate these principles with examples from a wide range of languages<-->particularly Asian, African, and Amerindian languages. The author uses the recently established principles of text-linguistics in her explanations of the interplay of syntax, semantics, and communicative force through stress and variations of word order in the composition of a text. She also presents a thorough treatment of collocations and the semantic distortions of literal translation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780819143006
  • Publisher: University Press of America
  • Publication date: 1/28/1985
  • Pages: 548

Meet the Author

Mildred L. Larson is an International Translation Consultant and International Coordinator for Academic Publications.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Overview of the Translation Task 1
1 Form and Meaning 3
2 Kinds of Translations 17
3 The Semantic Structure of Language 29
4 Implicit Meaning 41
5 Steps in a Translation Project 51
The Lexicon 57
6 Words as "Bundles" of Meaning 59
7 Some Relationships between Lexical Items 71
8 Discovering Meaning by Grouping and Contrast 87
9 Mismatching of Lexical Systems between Languages 97
10 Multiple Senses of Lexical Items 109
11 Figurative Senses of Lexical Items 121
12 Person Reference 131
13 Lexical Items and Situational Context 143
14 Collocation and Concordance of Lexical Items 155
15 Lexical Equivalents when Concepts are Shared 169
16 Lexical Equivalents when Concepts are Unknown 179
17 Special Problems in Finding Lexical Equivalents 195
Propositional Structure 205
18 Propositions 207
19 Case Roles within Event Propositions 219
20 Relations within State Propositions 235
21 Skewing between Propositional Structure and Clause Structure 245
22 Skewing of Illocutionary Force and Grammatical Form 257
23 Figurative Propositions/Metaphors and Similes 271
24 More on Propositional Analysis 283
Communication Relations 297
25 Addition and Support Relations 299
26 Orientation and Clarification Relations 319
27 Logical Relations 335
28 Stimulus-RESPONSE Roles 353
Texts 379
29 Groupings 381
30 Discourse Genre 399
31 Cohesion 425
32 Prominence 441
33 The Communication Situation 459
34 Information Load 477
The Translation Program 507
35 Establishing the Project 509
36 Translation Procedures 519
37 Testing the Translation 529
Bibliography 549
Index 571
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