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Translation Theory (WLS) Flashcards

1
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These days, public telephone boxes are few and far between.

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(rare)

  • selten
  • ganz vereinzelt
  • dünn gesät
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To cater for the increasing demand of translated documents

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(provide, meet needs/demands)

  • versorgen
  • sich um etwas kümmern
  • auf jmd zugeschnitten / ausgerichtet sein
  • jmd ansprechen
  • auf etwas eingehen
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It is considered an unduly academic approach

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(overly)

  • übertrieben
  • unangemessenerweise
  • übermäßig
  • extrem
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To convey the spirit of the original text

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(transmit, communicate, suggest)

  • vermitteln
  • übertragen
  • ausdrücken
  • mitteilen
  • transportieren
  • enthalten
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The fidelity to the author’s spirit

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(being faithful, accuracy, truthfulness)

  • Genauigkeit
  • (Wiedergabe)Treue
  • Ehrlichkeit
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It impedes understanding

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(hinder)

  • (ver) hindern
  • erschweren
  • hemmen
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This concept is a precursor to the functionalist approach.

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(earlier version, s.o. who precedes, forerunner)

  • Vorgänger
  • Vorläufer
  • Wegbereiter
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To postulate a compatibility between ST intention & TT function.

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  • fordern
  • voraussetzten
  • verlangen

-> also: to presume, propose, hypothesise (vorschlagen)

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9
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It fulfills a skopos, albeit one set by himself

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(although)

  • wenn auch / auch wenn
  • wenngleich / obgleich
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This text can be subsumed into other functions

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(include, put in broader category)

  • zusammenfassen
  • einreihen
  • einordnen
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The text expounds a revolutionary idea

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  • darlegen
  • ausführlich erklären
  • problematisieren
  • erörtern

(expound on - talk at length about sth)

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Religious writings & sermons

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  • Predigt

(also figurative: moralizing / long boring speech = Standpauke)

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The information has become distorted

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(false, misleading, altered)

  • verdreht
  • verzerrt
  • verfälscht
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14
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Translation of a will or probate document

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  • (to prove a will)*
  • Testamentsbestätigung
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This information has to be inferred from the ST

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(deduce)

  • ableiten
  • rückschließen
  • folgern
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16
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Text is aimed at a layperson

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(non-expert)

  • Laie
  • Anfänger
  • Amateur
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17
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The brief stipulates the simplification of the text

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(specify)

  • vereinbaren
  • vertraglich festsetzen

(stipulate that -> demand = vorschreiben, vorsehen)

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18
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Preponderance of nouns in a text

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(majority)

  • Vorherrschen
  • Überwiegen
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Use of discursive register

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(rambling)

  • abschweifend
  • weitschweifig
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20
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Some languages are intrinsically more informal than others

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  • von Natur aus
  • an sich
  • wesentlich
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21
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Make the text more intelligible to the reader

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(comprehensible)

  • verständlich
  • klar
  • deutlich
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22
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To use the method in a judicious way

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(wise)

  • vernünftig
  • weise
  • klug
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23
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Unravelling the main message of the original

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(explain, solve)

  • enträtseln
  • auflösen
  • entwirren
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24
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Text is devoid from notes

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(lacking, without)

  • leer
  • frei von
  • ohne
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25
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Gearing the text to the TL reader

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(make suitable for, aim at)

  • ausrichten
  • anpassen
  • zuschneiden
26
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To mull over a certain idea.

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(ponder, consider)

  • hin und her überlegen
  • über etwas grübeln/nachdenken
27
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Some dissimilar conventions

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(different)

  • verschieden
  • ungleich
  • anders
28
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The resolution of a conundrum

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(puzzle, riddle)

  • Rätsel
  • Scherzfrage
  • Mysterium
  • Ratespiel
29
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The concepts becomes more elusive

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(hard to grasp)

  • undefinierbar
  • schwer fassbar
  • trügerisch
30
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English only has few inflectional variations for gender, number & person

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  • flektiert (gebeugt - Verbformen, etc)
31
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To follow the rule slavishly

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  • (without originality)*
  • sklavisch
32
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This problem gives ambiguity to the text

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(unclear meaning)

  • Mehrdeutigkeit,
  • Zweideutigkeit
  • Unklarheit
33
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An oblique idiom within the sentence

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(not expressed directly)

  • versteckt
  • indirekt
  • unterschwellig
  • andeutungsweise
34
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To drain the pipe

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(empty)

  • leeren
  • trockenlegen
  • entwässen
35
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To discern good and evil

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(tell the difference between, see, perceive)

  • unterschieden
  • wahrnehmen
  • erkennen
36
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She is a playwright

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  • Dramatiker
  • Stückeschreiber
37
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Judicious and intelligent use of resources

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(wise)

  • klug
  • vernünftig
  • weise
38
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Concurrent use of online sources

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(at the same time)

  • gleichzeitig
  • simultan
39
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Concise or unabridged dictionaries

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(brief, compact)

  • klar
  • treffend
  • präzise
  • (full length)*
  • ungekürzt
40
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This book is an obsolete edition

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(no longer used)

  • überholt
  • veraltet
41
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The ubiquitous Wikipedia

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(omnipresent, widespread, everywhere)

  • allgegenwärtig
  • universell
  • überall
42
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Extensive trawl through the document

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(fig.: search)

  • durchsuchen
  • durchforsten
  • Schleppnetz)
43
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It transpires that the program has got it wrong

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(become known)

  • sich herausstellen
  • durchsickern
  • rauskommen
  • an die Öffentlichkeit dringen
44
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A range of endeavours of manufacturing companies.

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(attempt, effort)

  • Bemühen
  • Bestrebung
  • Versuch
45
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To transpose the explanation

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(switch order of, change setting or context)

  • austauschen
  • vertauschen
  • ändern
46
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To superimpose the own opinion

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(overlay)

  • überlagern
  • darüberlegen
  • übereinanderlagern
  • aufsetzen
47
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Condescension to the readership

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  • Herablassende Haltung
  • eingebildetes Verhalten
48
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To get bogged down

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  • festfahren
  • verheddern
  • steckenbleiben
  • verzetteln
49
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Infelicitous rendering or misreading

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(unfortunate, unhappy)

  • ungeschickt
  • unpassend
  • unglücklich
  • unangebracht
50
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Do not amalgamate paragraphes

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(combine, merge, mix, blend)

  • zusammenschließen
  • zusammenlegen
  • vermengen
51
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Illegible words

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(unreadable)

  • unlesbar
  • unleserlich
52
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Obfuscation & “woolliness” on content & style

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(clouding, obscuring)

  • Verschleierung
  • Verdunklung
  • Trübung

(vage or confused in expression or character: woolly thinking = unklar, undeutlich, wirr)

  • Verwirrung
  • Schwammigkeit
53
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Stock phrase

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Standardausdruck

54
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Phraseology

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(wording)

  • Ausdrucksweise
  • Formulierung
55
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Verbosity

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(excessive wordiness)

  • Wortfülle
  • Geschwafel
56
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Long-windedness

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  • Langatmigkeit

(Short-windedness = Kurzatmigkeit)

57
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We have to parse 50 Latin sentences for our homework

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(analyze grammatically)

  • analysieren
  • grammatikalisch bestimmen
  • Satzanalyse, Syntaxanalyse
  • (analyze computer data)*
  • auswerten
58
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We should distinguish between prejudice against people and active discrimination.

—- /// —-

Media coverage is thought to have prejudiced the case against him.

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  • (bias, preconception)*
  • Vorurteil
  • (harm, damage)*
  • Nachteil
  • Schaden
59
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Getting a building permit is sometimes a cumbersome process.

—- /// —-

Rachel dragged the cumbersome suitcase across the room.

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(difficult, complicated)

  • mühsam
  • beschwerlich
  • umständlich

(large, hard to carry)

  • klobig,
  • schwerfällig
60
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An extensive trawl through several dictionaries

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(fig.: search)

  • durchsuchen
  • durchforsten
61
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It dilutes the meaning

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(fig.: make less effective)

  • abschwächen
  • abstumpfen
  • mindern
62
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