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Publication Date: 2020
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Equivalence in Bilingual Dictionaries
Yu, Xiaomei
English Language Teaching, v13 n12 p1-4 2020
The task of the bilingual dictionary is to provide lexical units in the source language with equivalents in the target language. Therefore, translation equivalence is of great importance in compiling a bilingual dictionary. This study is an introduction to categories of equivalence in bilingual dictionaries and the causes of non-equivalence. Some methods for translating non-equivalence are also recommended.
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Bilingualism, Translation, Classification, Cultural Differences, Language Usage, Semantics, Second Languages
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