Contributions of contrastive analysis of genras to mapping tranlations product
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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2020v40n2p221Abstract
Our aim is to show how contrastive models of genres can inform research on translation product. We do so by deploying contrastive descriptions to analyze text production in different languages. Product-oriented Translation Studies are often grounded on language theory and description – in particular contrastive and typological descriptions, as translation involves more than one language. However, translation as phenomenon happens between texts, thus contrastive descriptions of particular text types could arguably serve translation more efficiently than generalized descriptions for whole languages. We provide a contrastive model along with a methodology for further exploration in translation. Based on the Systemic Functional Linguistics framework we provide a contrastive model of academic article introduction texts. Our results show how contrastive modeling explains typological differences in choice of resources and the variation in text behavior when languages are compared.References
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