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    The document discusses theories of translation including etymology and Skopos theory. It explains that the word "translation" etymologically means "carrying across" or "bringing across" from the Latin "translatio" meaning to transfer across. It also notes that some European languages derived their word for translation from the Latin "traducere" meaning to lead or bring across. The document then introduces Skopos theory, which views translation as a purposeful activity and emphasizes that translating should take into account the function of both the source and target texts.

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    The document discusses theories of translation including etymology and Skopos theory. It explains that the word "translation" etymologically means "carrying across" or "bringing across" from the Latin "translatio" meaning to transfer across. It also notes that some European languages derived their word for translation from the Latin "traducere" meaning to lead or bring across. The document then introduces Skopos theory, which views translation as a purposeful activity and emphasizes that translating should take into account the function of both the source and target texts.

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    The document discusses theories of translation including etymology and Skopos theory. It explains that the word "translation" etymologically means "carrying across" or "bringing across" from the Latin "translatio" meaning to transfer across. It also notes that some European languages derived their word for translation from the Latin "traducere" meaning to lead or bring across. The document then introduces Skopos theory, which views translation as a purposeful activity and emphasizes that translating should take into account the function of both the source and target texts.

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    U2 Theories of Translation SL TL

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    The document discusses theories of translation including etymology and Skopos theory. It explains that the word "translation" etymologically means "carrying across" or "bringing across" from the Latin "translatio" meaning to transfer across. It also notes that some European languages derived their word for translation from the Latin "traducere" meaning to lead or bring across. The document then introduces Skopos theory, which views translation as a purposeful activity and emphasizes that translating should take into account the function of both the source and target texts.

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    Theories of Translation

    Source Language (SL) and Target


    Language (TL).

    Etymology:

    The wordtranslation,etymologically, means a "carrying across" or


    "bringing across": theLatintranslatioderives fromtransferre(trans,
    "across" +ferre, "to bear").(Ferreis highly irregular;latusis its
    participle.)
    Some European languages have calqued their words for theconceptof
    "translation" on the kindred Latintraducere("to lead across" or "to
    bring across", fromtrans, "across" +ducere, "to lead" or "to bring").
    European languages of the Romance, Germanic and Slavic branches
    have calqued their terms for the concept of translation on these Latin
    models.

    Skopos theory

    (from the German:Skopostheorie) is a


    concept from the field of translation studies.
    It provides an insight into the nature of
    translation as a purposeful activity, which is
    directly
    applicable
    to
    everytranslation
    project.
    It
    was
    established
    by
    the
    German
    linguistHans Vermeerand comprises the idea
    thattranslatingandinterpretingshould
    primarily take into account thefunctionof
    both thesourceandtarget text.

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