Details Title: French 131 Midterm Description: termes de la traduction Total Flash Cards: 29 Created: 10/12/2009 22:16:41		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Writing Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term L'emprunte - example Definition taken from another language totally - cultural borrowing - faire du shopping, le credit crunch Term le calque - ex Definition translated literally word for word into new language, though it would not make sense by itself in the TL - gratte ciel (sky scraper), souris (for computer mouse) Term traduction litterale Definition word for word, would make sense in the other language by itself - le tiers monde (third world), tenir sa langue (hold your tongue) Term la transposition (grammatical) Definition a change made in grammar (using a noun instead of an adjective for example) to aid the translation - entrer en courant, etre en retard, Term la modulation Definition adjust something that seems to be a cultural difference or just a small detail different. poisson rouge = gold fish. La porte ouvre SUR le jardin = the doors open INTO the garden Term l'equivalent Definition When there is no choice but to use something different that is more or less equivalent in the TL - UN = ONU, As thin as a rake = maigre comme un clou, au debut de = in the early Term l'adaptation Definition There is no way to explain it in the TL, thus you must make a change that is as close as possible to original meaning (you must adapt it) - five miles = 8 kilometres, la grande surface = supermarket Term la normalisation Definition Strategie - eliminer ce qui est exotique ou bizarre. Fait le texte completement en terms de TL. So, J'achete un pain au chocolat = I bought a cookie Term la distanciation Definition Strategie - garder ce qui est exotique, preference à la langue source - so, J'achete un pain au chocolat = I bought some pain au chocolat Term traduction essentielle Definition seulement CE QUI est absolument necessaire pour le comprehension - the GIST Term traduction exegetique Definition ajouter de detailles qui ne sont pas present dans l'originals (pour aider la comprehension) fill in the gaps, add background info, Term notion 1 - Definition la perte EN traduction Term notion 2 - Definition le gain EN traduction Term notion 3 Definition la compensation Term degré de la liberté #1 (la plus fidele au texte source) Definition Traduction litterale / directe Term degré de la liberté #2 Definition la traduction fidele Term degré de la liberté #3 (the middle/balanced choice) Definition traduction equilibré Term degré de la liberté #4 Definition la traduction idiomatisée Term degré de la liberté #5 (le moins fidele) [free trans] Definition la traduction oblique Term alliteration and onomatopeia Definition alliteration is repetition of beginning consonant sounds, onomato are things that sound like the sound they make (like buzz, snap, clatter, boom) Term back translation Definition translation of TT back into SL, it usually is NOT the same as the ST Term communicative translation Definition a mode of free translation whereby ST expressions are replected with their contextually appropriate equivalents in the TL - this is opposite of a literal translation. Term compensation Definition a way to deal with translation loss, the loss of something is deliberately mitigated by the introduction of something less unacceptable. But this is a choice, it is a conscious, careful, free choice Term registre Definition le niveau de "formalité". high register = very formal. Lower register = slang, very relaxed language Term strategie Definition the overall "game plan" - les decisions prises avant de traduire en detaille - things to think about - will you give literal meaning more priority than style? Will you maximize or minimize foreign-ness? Formal language? slang? Prose, verse? Term Cultural transplantation Definition SL names are replaved by indigenous TL names that are not their conventional or literal equivalents, but have similar cultural connotations. Term Cultural transposition Definition degrees of departure from literal translation that may be resorted to in transferring the contents of an ST from one culture into another Term Exotism Definition consistently using grammatical and cultural features imported from the ST with minimal adaptation, signaling the exotic source of culture and cultural strangeness. Term les genres differentes ( il y a 5 ) Definition religious, philosophical, persuasive, scientific, literary