Monday 29 April 2013

General knowledge of Translation


TRANSLATION 

Definitions
Translation means transference from SL to TL.
Translation is an operation performed on languages: the process of substituting a text in one language for a text in another.
Translation leads from SL text to target language text as close an equivalent as possible and presupposes an understanding the content and style of the original.
Translation is message transfer from SL to TL.
Translating consists in reproducing the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of SL message.

Types of Translation

LARSON
Based on reality of a text:
Form                                    Literal Translation   
Meaning                 Idiomatic Translation
           
CATFORD
Extent:
            Full T >< Partial T
Level:
            Total T >< Restricted T
Rank:
            Bound T >< Unbounded T

Esthetic Poetic T
            To translate literature works: poetry, prose, drama.
Focus:
Feeling
Emotion
Impression
                                                Manusia
                        Kita adalah hujan yang jatuh
                        Ke tanah berkeping-keping
                        Mengalir ke laut
                        Dan kembali ke air

Pragmatic T
            Based on the definition: Translation is message transfer from SL to TL.
Focus:
Accuracy of information
            Wash the skin with the soap and water and dry it well. Remove the covering material from the adhesive side of the plaster. Place the plaster on the aching spot and press it to the skin until it sticks. After use, remove the plaster by taking it at one corner and tear it off. If there is any plaster remaining, it can be removed easily by rubbing the spot with alcohol or spirit. The plaster should be worn for 2 or 3 days. In extreme cases, a second one may be applied.

Dynamic T
Based on the definition:
            Translating consists in reproducing the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of SL message.
Focus:
            Natural TL
Psychology as science is, first of all and above all, empirical.
Psychologists perform experiments and make observations which other psychologists can repeat.
They obtain data, often in the form of quantitative measurements, which others can verify.
We all belong to many different kinds of group–our family, an informal clique, and social class.
The groups to which we belong influence our behavior and shape our attitudes about many things

Other Types of Translation
Linguistic Translation
Ethnographic Translation

Linguistic Translation
Focus:
            Meaning equivalent of main morphemes of the both languages
The most important
            grammatical analysis

Linguistic Translation
Example:
Harry is willing to help.
Harry is difficult to help.

Ethnographic Translation
To translate the cultural context of SL into that of TL.
Example:
Democracy
Ethnographic Translation
                                    Tembang Dolanan
Sluku-sluku batok
Batoke ela-elo
Si Rama menyang Solo
Oleh-olehe payung mutho
Mak jentit lo lo lo bah
Wong mati ora obah
Yen obah medeni bocah
Yen urip goleko duwit

Folk Song
Scratch your head
Shake your head
You have to go to city
The souvenir is royal umbrella
Move or die
The dead can only lie
If you want to get respect
Earn a lot of money

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