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TargetVol. 1:2 (1989) ► pp.151–181
Translation and Original
Similarities and Dissimilarities, I
This article presents a method for the establishment and description of shifts in integral translations of narrative texts. The method is based on the premise that both micro- and macrostructural shifts in translation can furnish indications of the translational norms adopted by the translator, his interpretation of the original text and the strategy applied during the process of translation. Further it is based on the assumption that research on the nature and frequency of microstructural shifts must precede research on macrostructural ones, in order to guarantee that findings are verifiable and the study repeatable. Thus, the method developed consists of two components: a comparative and a descriptive model. The comparative model is designed for the classification of microstructural shifts, i.e. semantic, stylistic and pragmatic shifts within sentences, clauses and phrases. The descriptive model focuses on the effects of microstructural shifts on the macrostructural level. With the aid of this model shifts with respect to characters, events, time, place and other meaningful components of the text can be determined and described.
Article outline
- 0.Preface
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The Comparative Model
- 2.1The Transeme
- 2.2The Concept of Relationship
- 2.3The Architranseme (ATR)
- 2.4Types of Relationship
- 2.5Modulation
- 2.5.1Semantic Modulation/Specification
- 2.5.2Semantic Modulation/Generalization
- 2.5.3Stylistic Modulation
- 2.6Modification
- 2.6.1Semantic Modification
- 2.6.2Stylistic Modification
- 2.6.3Syntactic Modification
- 2.6.3.1Syntactic-Semantic Modification
- 2.6.3.2Syntactic-Stylistic Modification
- 2.6.3.3Syntactic-Pragmatic Modification
- 2.7Mutation
- 2.8Summary
- 3.The Descriptive Model
- 3.0Introduction
- 3.1The Story Level
- 3.1.1The Interpersonal Function
- 3.1.2The Ideational Function
- 3.1.3The Textual Function
- 3.2The Discourse Level
- 3.2.1The Interpersonal Function
- 3.2.2The Ideational Function
- 3.2.3The Textual Function
- Notes
-
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