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A Practical Theory of Syntax for Translation
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Ganeshsundaram, P. C. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
Presents theoretical syntactic formulas for translating sentences from one language to another. (KM)
Descriptors: Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages), Sentence Structure
Ubersetzung und Sprachwissenschaft - eine Orientierung (Translation and Linguistics: An Orientation)
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Faiss, Klaus – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Machine Translation
The Problem of Equivalence in Contrastive Analysis
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Bouton, Lawrence F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
Challenges the notion that linguistic units which are equivalent from the point of view of being translated with ease from one language to another have a common deep structure. This notion is not seen as feasible in a transformational generative framework. (CLK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics
Transformation Theory and Translation
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Walmsley, John B. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1970
Attempts to apply the techniques and ideas of transformational grammar to the teaching of translation. A three-step procedure in which in the original text is reduced to based and embedded sentences, translated and reconstituted in the target language is outlined. Stylistic aspects of translation are also discussed. (FWB)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Interference (Language), Language Instruction, Language Styles