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Theoretical Perspectives on Terminology: Explaining terms, concepts and specialized knowledgeEdited by Pamela Faber and Marie-Claude L'Homme
[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice 23] 2022
► pp. 477–502
Edited by Pamela Faber and Marie-Claude L'Homme
[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice 23] 2022
► pp. 477–502
Chapter 22Terminology and equivalence
Equivalence has not attracted as much interest as other issues in Terminology. Nevertheless, terminological equivalence can be understood from different perspectives: (1) equivalence at the concept, term or textual level; (2) degree of equivalence (from full to zero equivalence); (3) interlinguistic or intralinguistic equivalence; (4) equivalence based on the syntactic structure of terminological correspondences; (5) equivalence depending on the solution found for each equivalence-related problem; or (6) discovered or created equivalence. This chapter addresses equivalence from different theoretical approaches and their impact on the practice of terminography by analyzing different equivalence-related problems, terminographic methods and products.
Keywords: equivalence types, degrees of equivalence, translation, terminology, variation, terminographic resources
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Equivalence in Translation and Terminology: Differences and common ground
- 3.Equivalence types in Terminology
- 3.1The scope of equivalence
- 3.2Degrees of equivalence
- 3.3Equivalent formation devices
- 4.Equivalence in terminographic resources
- 4.1Establishing equivalence
- 4.2Representing equivalence
- 5.Conclusions
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