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formal equivalence: a standalone construct

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Translation studies

translating with attention to the message itself, matching its form and content as closely as possible in the receptor language.

In translation studies, formal equivalence refers to translating with attention to the message itself, matching its form and content as closely as possible in the receptor language. This meaning comes from Nida (1964) in Toward a science of translating.[1]

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adjunct2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs attention5 fields · 10 citationsjingle · one name, five constructs equivalence1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Nida, E. A. (1964). Toward a science of translating. E. J. Brill. Open Library record

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