Journal Article10.1080/0907676X.1993.9961212
Pragmatic analysis of literary translation
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TL;DR: A number of cases when illocutionary forces do not coincide are discussed, due to disregard for social relations between communicants in the text of translation, different communicative levels of interaction in the original and in the translation, incongruence between components of an illocUTIONary force in the source language and the target language, and so on.
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Abstract: A communicative theory of translation is based upon the theory of speech acts. The basic notion of speech act theory is a notion of an illocutionary force. An illocutionary force consists of seven components. When all these components in the illocutionary force are equal in the source language and the target language utterances, the illocutionary acts can be considered as equal in the two languages. The present article discusses a number of cases when illocutionary forces do not coincide. This may be due to, for instance, disregard for social relations between communicants in the text of translation, different communicative levels of interaction in the original and in the translation, incongruence between components of an illocutionary force in the source language and the target language, and so on.
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- 01 Mar 1995
TL;DR: With increasing frequency, the distinction between “translation” (written product) and “interpretation’ (oral product) is being recognized by those outside the profession.
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Hala Tawfik Sorour Maklad
- 01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: After analyzing the Qur'anic prayers of Zechariah, Moses, Jonah, Adam and Eve, Lot, Job, and Joseph using the IFCA, it is found that the translated prayer illocutionary acts are successful and approximate to the source acts as far as the illocutionsary point and propositional content are concerned.
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