Complexity, Contrastive Linguistics, and Translator Training: Comments on Responses.

Honig, Hans G.

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ERIC Number: EJ561174

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Publication Date: 1997

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Complexity, Contrastive Linguistics, and Translator Training: Comments on Responses.

Honig, Hans G.

Current Issues in Language and Society, v4 n1 p83-89 1997

The author of a paper of Translation Quality Assessment and the training of translators responds to criticisms, focusing on the problems of a contrastive/comparative linguistics approach to translation, the complexity of the translation task, and the issue of translator subjectivity. (MSE)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Higher Education, Interpretive Skills, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory, Professional Education, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Skill Development, Translation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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