Transformation Theory and Translation.

Walmsley, John B.

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Publication Date: 1970

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Transformation Theory and Translation

Walmsley, John B.

International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 8, 3, 185-199, Aug '70

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, Linguistic Theory, Professional Training, Surface Structure, Teaching Methods, Transformational Generative Grammar, Translation

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