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translation shift: a standalone construct

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Translation studies

a departure from formal correspondence in going from source to target language, such as a change of grammatical level or category.

In translation studies, translation shift refers to a departure from formal correspondence in going from source to target language, such as a change of grammatical level or category. This meaning comes from Catford (1965) in A linguistic theory of translation.[1]

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References

Catford, J. C. (1965). A linguistic theory of translation. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780194370189

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