Translation Procedures, Strategies and Methods

Translation Procedures, Strategies and Methods

1. Procedures

   • "Procedures are used for sentences and smaller units of language within that text."
   • Technical
     • ST: Source Text SL: Source Language
     • Analysis of the ST
       • Study of the SL
         • Make judgements of the language approximations
   • Organizational
     • Constant reevaluation
       • Contrast with other translations
         • Check text's effectiveness
   • Translate CSCs
     • CSC: Culture-Specific Concepts SL: Source Language TL: Target Language
     • Make a new word
       • Explain the SL expression
         • Preserve the SL term
           • Search a word in the TL wich seems similar as the SL term
     • Define CBTs
       • CBT: Culture-bound terms TL: Target Language SL: Source Language
       • Functional Equivalence: Use a referent in the TL with a similar function in the SL

2. Krings (1986:18) defines translation strategy as "translator's potentially conscious plans for solving concrete translation problems in the framework of a concrete translation task,"

3. Strategies

   • Translate without interruptions
     • Correct surface errors
       • Leave the errors for the revision stage