BASIC DEFINITIONS OF TRANSLATION

BASIC DEFINITIONS OF TRANSLATION

1. Bilingual mediated process of communication which ordinarily aims at the production of a target language text that is functionally equivalent to a source language text

   • A process of communication that involves 2 languages and in which translator acts as a mediator
     • The expression in another language of what has been expressed in another, source language, preserving semantic and stylistic equivalences
       • The replacement of a representation of a text in one language by a representation of an equivalent text in a second language
         • The process of converting information from one language or language variety into another
           • A type of verbal activity of a personality that may be characterized as bi- or polylingual
             • A goal-oriented linguistic, psycological and mental activity of the translator's personality as a recreative system that includes 2 phases: interpretation of the original text and creation on the basis of this interpretation of the text of translation