Translation August 27th review

All sentences that we can be translated literally

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When we translate literally sometimes it has a bad effect and it can be hard for the readers to understand the original meaning

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Free translation is one which preserves the meaning of the original but uses natural forms of the target language, including normal word order and syntax, so that the translation can be naturally understood

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Free translation is the kind of translation that has additional extraneous information which is not included in the source text.

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________________usually used to bring a kind of humor and special response from the target language speakers. And it also emphasizes on the reaction of those reading or hearing it and the meaning is not necessarily the same as that of the source language

• Literal Translation

• Free translation

Free translation produces the Target Langue text with the style, form, or content of the original

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Unlike in literal translation, free translation does not involve rendering word to word meaning of a text

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it does not pay close attention to details and may involve adding or deleting content while keeping the general meaning intact

• Free Translation

• Literal Translation

As a special form of language, idioms carry a large amount of cultural information such as history, geography, religion, custom, nationality, psychology, etc., and therefore idioms are closely related to culture

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_____________ is also known as creative translation, and it is mainly used in non-technical translations – for example, translations of literary work, marketing materials, etc.

• Free translation

• Literal Translation