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Direct linkKuepper, Karl J. – Meta, 1977
A discussion of problems encountered in literary translations which are not found in non-literary texts. The following steps are described: identification of the specific features of the work, categories to be applied in the evaluation of the translation, and verification of them against constantly occurring characteristic features of the text.…
Descriptors: Interpreters, Language Skills, Language Styles, Literature
Spilka, Irene V. – Meta, 1979
Reviews the grammatical, semantic, and stylistic difficulties in translating English passive constructions into French. (AM)
Descriptors: English, French, Grammar, Language Styles
Landsberg, Marge E. – Meta, 1976
Discusses problems in contemporary translation theory, particularly in terms of the number of semantic distinctions a given language may draw. (CLK)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Styles, Linguistic Theory
Poisson, Jacques – Meta, 1975
Discusses problems of terminology in modern-day French-English translation, and means by which translator skills can keep up with linguistic evolution. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, French, Language Patterns, Language Skills
