Translators Up-and-down the Garden Path: The Transfer of Pragmatic Meaning as a Part of Translation Competence

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angličtina
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Translators Up-and-down the Garden Path: The Transfer of Pragmatic Meaning as a Part of Translation Competence
Original language description
The paper addresses the area of pragmatic meaning and its transfer from English source texts (STs) into Czech target texts (TTs) in the context of translation competence (TC) and its acquisition. It argues that the transfer of intended meanings is an essential part of TC that needs to be systematically developed in the course of TC acquisition and supports this thesis by analysing two translation versions of an English ST. Focusing on irony, it identifies the challenges involved in its transfer as comprehension difficulty and cultural specificity and demonstrates that an unsuccessful transfer of irony can cause incoherence of the TT. The analyses are followed by a teaching proposal that is designed to deal with pragmatically demanding STs and stressesthe importance of translation strategies based on creativity and on an awareness of cultural and linguistic differences.
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Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Teaching Translation and Interpreting Skills in the 21st Century
ISBN
978-80-244-3252-6
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Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
29-44
Publisher name
Univerzita Palackého
Place of publication
Olomouc
Event location
Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc
Event date
Nov 11, 2011
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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