"vocative function" - 1 õppematerjal

Translation studies questions

1. Faithful and false friends a. How do you understand literal translation (based on this short text)? Literal translation is translating directly from source language into target language b. Which types of words are more/less literal? More literal: objects and movements Less literal: qualities and ways of moving c. What are the two views of translation that the author brings out? Explain. 1) A process of explanation, interpretation, reformulating ideas and words. 2) Impossible due to other definitions 2. Expressive function a. Name the three expressive text types. - Serious imaginative literature; Authoritative statements; Autobiographies, essays, personal correspondence. b. Why is it difficult to translate an expressive text? - Because of the used dialect may get lost in the translation. c. What constitutes the personal component in an expressive text? - original metaphors, unusual collocations d. What is a...