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    This document discusses various translation techniques used to translate text from one language to another. It defines key terms like translation procedure, translation method, and translation strategy. It then describes direct translation techniques like borrowing, calque, and literal translation that involve translating elements directly from one language to another. It also outlines oblique translation techniques like transposition, modulation, reformulation, adaptation, and compensation that are used when direct translation would alter meaning or disrupt grammar. Examples are provided for each technique.

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    This document discusses various translation techniques used to translate text from one language to another. It defines key terms like translation procedure, translation method, and translation strategy. It then describes direct translation techniques like borrowing, calque, and literal translation that involve translating elements directly from one language to another. It also outlines oblique translation techniques like transposition, modulation, reformulation, adaptation, and compensation that are used when direct translation would alter meaning or disrupt grammar. Examples are provided for each technique.

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    This document discusses various translation techniques used to translate text from one language to another. It defines key terms like translation procedure, translation method, and translation strategy. It then describes direct translation techniques like borrowing, calque, and literal translation that involve translating elements directly from one language to another. It also outlines oblique translation techniques like transposition, modulation, reformulation, adaptation, and compensation that are used when direct translation would alter meaning or disrupt grammar. Examples are provided for each technique.

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    Translation techniques

    Firstly, it is important to be aware about the differences among translation procedure, translation
    method and translation strategy. Secondly, it is important to know that the term “translation
    techniques” is a synonym for “translation procedure”.

    Most common translation techniques


    Direct Translation techniques
    Direct Translation Techniques are used when the structural or conceptual elements of the source
    language can be directly translated without altering meaning or upsetting the grammatical and
    stylistics elements of the target language.
    Borrowing
    Borrowing is the taking of words directly from one language into another without translation.
    Not translation at all.
    E.g.

     “Football” to “fútbol”
     “Facebook” to “Facebook”
     “Pizza” to “pizza”
     “Software” to “software”
     “Ceviche” to “ceviche”

    Calque
    A calque or loan translation is a phrase borrowed from another language and translated literally
    word-for-word.
    E.g.

     “High resolution” to “alta resolución”


     “Bodyweight” to “peso corporal”

    Literal translation
    Just what it says. A word-for-word translation. It is the same as calque but for sentences I guess.
    E.g.

     “I am drinking beer” to “Yo estoy bebiendo cerveza”


     “I am your best friend” to “Yo soy tu major amigo”
    Oblique translation techniques
    Oblique Translation Techniques are used when the structural or conceptual elements of the
    source language cannot be directly translated without altering meaning or upsetting the
    grammatical and stylistics elements of the target language.

    Transposition
    Grammatical structures are not often identical in different languages. So this is the process where
    parts of speech change their sequence and grammatical category.
    E.g.:

     “He likes playing DOTA” to “Le gusta jugar dotita”


     “Someone to spend time with” to “Alguien con quien pasar el tiempo”
    Modulation
    This consists of using a phrase that is different in the source and target languages to convey the
    same idea
    E.g.

     “Take it easy, bro” to “Tranquilo, causa”


     “I don’t five a fuck” to “Me importa una mierda”
    Reformulation or Equivalence
    Here you have to express something in a completely different way, for example when translating
    idioms or advertising slogans.
    E.g.

     “Home alone” to “Mi pobre angelito” (Movie)


     “Piece of cake” to “Pan comido”

    Adaptation
    Adaptation occurs when something specific to one language culture is expressed in a totally
    different way that is familiar or appropriate to another language culture.
    E.g.

     “I will catch you” to “Te atraparé” (instead of Te voy a coger)


     “I got a big black whistle” to Tengo un gran silbato negro” (instead of Tengo una gran
    pito negro)
    Compensation
    In general terms compensation can be used when something cannot be translated, and the
    meaning that is lost is expressed somewhere else in the translated text
    E.g.
     “Las mujeres peruanas son bellas” to “The Peruvian women are beautiful”

    Referencias
    Alexandra. (s.f.). Youtube. Obtenido de https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceOGbyAlJag&t=2s

    Bosco, G. (s.f.). InterproINC. Obtenido de https://www.interproinc.com/blog/translation-techniques

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