Publications

Publication details [#43161]

Feinauer, Ilse and Louise Luttig. 2005. Functionalism is not always the remedy. Perspectives: Studies in Translatology 13 (2) : 123–131.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

comprehensibility | interpretation | medical language | translation

Language as a subject

Afrikaans | English | Xhosa

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.net/pst/default.htm

Annotation

This study, drawing on data from close and free translations (from English) in Xhosa and Afrikaans of HIV information diffused among laypeople in South Africa, demonstrates that notwithstanding the chosen approach, translations sometimes fail to deliver the necessary information.