The Text as a Complete Linguistic Unit

The Text as a Complete Linguistic Unit

1. Translating

   • Text elements
     • Register- Style
     • Genre
     • Message
     • Text type
   • Translator role
     • Word order
     • Text flow
     • Thematic structure
     • Cohesion
   • Processes
     • Voice change
     • Change of verb
     • Extraposition:
     • Nominalization

2. Text

   • Thematic structure
     • ill-formed
     • Well-formed
   • Information flow
     • Theme
       • Types
         • Fronted theme (Tomorrow at El Alto international airport, he will arrive.)
         • Predicated theme: (While waiting for the bus, he read a book.)
         • Identifying theme (What really surprised me was his sudden attitude change.)
     • Rheme
   • Cohesion
     • Types
       • Reference
         • "Jennifer found an old book in the attic. It was covered in dust
       • Substitution
         • " !Mary wanted to translate the bible, but she didn't have enough religious knowledge, so her drastic decision was to enroll in a theological seminar training for future priests"
       • Ellipsis
         • "I made my mind for Linguistics and he (verb omission) for Medicine".
       • Conjunctions
         • "Ana wanted to use modulation, but the procedure was too explanatory, so she used transposition. "
       • Lexical cohesion
         • "Vocabulary that organize chains of relations referring to a previously mentioned theme."

3. Pragmatics in Translation

   • Coherence
     • Conveys clear messages and ideas
   • Implicature
     • involves the interpretation of implied or inferred meanings
       • context
       • speaker's intentions
       • conversational principles