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Ivir, Vladimir. 1998. Linguistic and communicative constraints on borrowing and literal translation. In Beylard-Ozeroff, Ann, Jana Králová and Barbara Moser-Mercer, eds. Translators' strategies and creativity (Benjamins Translation Library 27). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 137–144.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

borrowing=loan word | communication | constraint | linguistic constraints | literal translation

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate two procedures for the translation of unmatched elements of culture, namely borrowing and literal translation. An attempt is made to identify the nature of the constraints that govern their use.

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