31.1408, Books: Functional Equivalence in the Translation of Informative Texts: Mudogo

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Subject: 31.1408, Books: Functional Equivalence in the Translation of Informative Texts: Mudogo

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:17:54
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Functional Equivalence in the Translation of Informative Texts: Mudogo

 


Title: Functional Equivalence in the Translation of Informative Texts 
Subtitle: The case of the Luhya cluster of Languages in Mulembe FM Newscasts 
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Translation 10  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: lincom-shop.eu/LSTr-10-Functional-Equivalence-in-the-Translation-of-Informative-Texts/en 


Author: Benard Angatia Mudogo

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862900510 Pages: 244 Price: Europe EURO 72.80


Abstract:

This book reports a study applying functional approaches in the analysis and
assessment of translating an informative text, with specific reference to
translations between English and Luhya. It focuses on how to maintain the
Source Language function in the translation – where several varieties of the
same macro-Language are involved – and on how to assess the relevance and
applicability of the individual translation and translator as measured by data
from an informative text. The book starts with an overview of the specific
challenges of English-Luhya translation, which shows the need for using
applicable word level strategies in the translation of Mulembe FM radio
newscasts. It then illustrates how deal with categories of Target Language
non-equivalence in English-Luhya translation. The author therefore
investigates the distinguishable “fingerprints” of the Luhya translators of
Mulembe FM radio newscasts through scrutinizing the data uncovered by corpus
tools, taking into consideration each translator’s individual strategies
alongside any detectable motivations pertaining to their linguistic knowledge
and the functional relevance and applicability of the translated versions to
the target language audience. Functional approaches can help us to evaluate
whether equivalent features are or are not present in the translations of an
informative text.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Translation


Written In: English  (eng)

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