Natural and directional equivalence in theories of translation

Pym, Anthony

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“…Our paper is structured in accordance with these steps. We commence by critically reviewing what, following Pym (2007), we term the 'equivalence paradigm', which has dominated existing literature on cross-language research methodology in IB. According to this approach, translation is the quest for conveying identical meanings.…”

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Translation in cross-language international business research: Beyond equivalence

2014

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In this paper, we problematize the way translation has been treated in international business (IB) research. We start by conducting an interpretive content analysis of both qualitative and quantitative cross-language studies published in four core IB journals over the course of a decade. Our analysis shows the dominance of a technicist view of translation associated with the equivalence paradigm. In contrast, we advocate a shift to a more contextualized approach informed by theoretical developments in translation studies. More specifically, we focus on two theoretical perspectives -skopos theory and cultural politics -which offer related but distinct approaches to rethinking equivalence. We conclude by advocating that the translation process be reframed as a process of intercultural interaction, rather than a lexical transfer of meaning. This reconceptualization would, we argue, open up what is currently a 'black box' in most IB studies. The contextualized approach that we offer has the potential not just to enrich the findings of studies, but also provide insights that are of multidisciplinary relevance.

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Translation in cross-language international business research: Beyond equivalence

2014

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“…One of the characteristics that sets functionalism apart from earlier models in translation studies is that it moves away from the central-yet highly controversial (cf. Pym, 2009)-concept of equivalence that formed the basis of most earlier models, positing instead that the purpose or intended function of the target text should take precedence in the translation process. Defining the concept of equivalence, which was already difficult enough for interlingual translation (cf.…”

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A Translational and Narratological Approach to Audio Describing Narrative Characters

Vercauteren

2016

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Tous droits réservés © GertVercauteren, 2016Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d'auteur. L'utilisation des services d'Érudit (y compris la reproduction) est assujettie à sa politique d'utilisation que vous pouvez consulter en ligne.https://apropos.erudit.org/fr/usagers/politique-dutilisation/ Cet article est diffusé et préservé par Érudit.Érudit est un consortium interuniversitaire sans but lucratif composé de l'Université de Montréal, l'Université Laval et l'Université du Québec à Montréal. Il a pour mission la promotion et la valorisation de la recherche. Résumé de l'article Cet article est consacré à deux problèmes de l'audiodescription (AD) qui ont jusqu'à présent bénéficié de peu d'attention. La recherche menée en AD est essentiellement multi-et interdisciplinaire. Tandis que les études sémiotiques, l'analyse du discours, la narratologie et l'analyse filmique constituent quelques-uns des cadres théoriques régulièrement utilisés pour l'étude de la description audio, très peu de travaux ont été consacrés à la manière dont celle-ci peut s'insérer dans la traductologie. La première partie de cet article décrit une approche fonctionnelle de l'audiodescription, d'abord en vue de renforcer la position de l'AD dans la traductologie, ensuite pour contribuer à systématiser la recherche menée en AD. Dans la deuxième partie, une telle approche systématique est appliquée à une question jugée « vitale » dans de nombreuses directives nationales en matière d'AD, à savoir la description des personnages. À partir des principes de la narratologie formelle, une stratégie est élaborée pour permettre aux descripteurs d'analyser les personnages d'une manière générale et structurée, et de retenir l'information pertinente à insérer dans leur description. 71 Traduction, textes, médias / Translation, texts, media A Translational and Narratological Approach to Audio Describing Narrative Characters Gert Vercauteren University of Antwerp AbstractThe present article examines two issues in the field of audio description (AD) that so far have received little attention. Research in AD is highly multi-and interdisciplinary, and while semiotics, discourse analysis, narratology and film studies are some of the frameworks that are regularly used to study audio description, few attempts have been made to frame AD within the field of translation studies (TS). The first part of this article, therefore, describes a functionalist approach to audio description, both to strengthen the position of AD within TS and to contribute to a systematization of AD research. In the second part, such a systematic approach is applied to one question deemed "vital" in many national AD guidelines: the audio description of characters. Based on principles from formal narratology, a strategy is developed that allows describers to analyze characters in a structured, general way and to select relevant character information to be included in their descriptions. Keywords: audio description, functionalism, narratology, character description, content selection Ré...

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“…As such, it is ater a ST has been rendered into a target language that we can talk about translation and, therefore, equivalence. Directional equivalence is created by the translator, as opposed to the natural equivalence advocated for within the linguistic paradigm, and whereby correspondence was ideally conceived prior to two languages being engaged in an act of translation (Pym 2007). If we accept that equivalence is created by translators, its analysis demands the examination of actual language use.…”

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On Describing Similarity and Measuring Equivalence in English-Spanish Translation

Izquierdo

2014

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Le présent article rend compte d’une étude descriptive qui analyse de manière empirique la notion d’équivalence dans le domaine de la traduction. Pour ce faire, l’analyse se concentre sur les similitudes et les différences, considérées comme éléments constitutifs de toute relation d’équivalence, entre les textes d’origine et les textes d’arrivée. Dans ce cas précis, les textes d’origine sont des compléments circonstanciels anglais G-P (pour Gerund-Participle [gérondif]) et les textes d’arrivée, leurs équivalents de traduction espagnole que l’on trouve dans ce qu’il est convenu d’appeler « le corpus parallèle ACTRES ». L’étude est interdisciplinaire dans le sens où elle puise dans l’analyse fonctionnelle contrastive et les études de traduction descriptives, selon une approche par corpus. Elle révèle différents types de similitudes entre les compléments circonstanciels anglais G-P et leurs équivalents espagnols, qui sont décrits en termes fonctionnels, prenant compte de la fonctionnalité, de l’interface sens-forme et de la fréquence d’usage. Les paramètres descriptifs suivis ont entraîné la création d’un système de classification servant à mesurer l’équivalence entre les objets d’étude.This article reports on a descriptive translation study that attempts to examine the notion of equivalence in translation in an empirical manner. In order to do that, the analysis focuses on the similarities and differences, considered as the components of any relation of equivalence, between the source texts and the target texts. In this particular case, the source texts are English Gerund-Participle (G-P) Adjuncts, and their target texts, the Spanish translational options found in so-called “ACTRES parallel corpus.” The study is interdisciplinary as it draws from contrastive functional analysis and descriptive translation studies, from a corpus-based approach. The study reveals different types of similarities between the English G-P Adjuncts and its Spanish equivalents, which are described in functional terms, taking into consideration functionality, meaning-form interface and frequency of usage. The descriptive parameters followed have prompted a grading system for measuring equivalence between the objects of study

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Natural and directional equivalence in theories of translation

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Translation in cross-language international business research: Beyond equivalence

Translation in cross-language international business research: Beyond equivalence

A Translational and Narratological Approach to Audio Describing Narrative Characters

On Describing Similarity and Measuring Equivalence in English-Spanish Translation

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