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Translation studies

a cognitive explanation of translation universals in which salient target-language structures and source-language structures pull translators' choices.

In translation studies, gravitational pull hypothesis refers to a cognitive explanation of translation universals in which salient target-language structures and source-language structures pull translators' choices. This meaning comes from Halverson (2003) in Target. International Journal of Translation Studies.[1]

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References

Halverson, S. L. (2003). The cognitive basis of translation universals. Target. International Journal of Translation Studies, 15(2), 197-241. https://doi.org/10.1075/target.15.2.02hal

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