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compensation in translation: a standalone construct

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Translation studies

making up for a source text effect lost at one point by creating a similar effect elsewhere in the target text.

In translation studies, compensation in translation refers to making up for a source text effect lost at one point by creating a similar effect elsewhere in the target text. This meaning comes from Harvey (1995) in The Translator.[1]

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compensation2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs source4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs target4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Harvey, K. (1995). A Descriptive Framework for Compensation. The Translator, 1(1), 65-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/13556509.1995.10798950

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