TRA 3133 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Target Text, Calque, Exact Sciences
8 Mar 2018
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Lynne bowker, school of translation and interpretation, university of ottawa. Translation is not an exact science, and it"s hard to reduce the marking scheme to a strict. Contre sens (opposite meaning) nonsense (no meaning) omission not in original (note: not applied to logical clarifications that improve the text) not english mathematical formula. Here is an indication of the general types of errors that i look for in a text, and how serious i typically consider them to be. Suggestions spelling punctuation paragraphing problem with idiom (unidiomatic) awkward loss (intensity, irony, etc. ) redundant inexact, imprecise rendering grammar poor sentence/phrase construction gallicism (calque) inappropriate language level/register. If something is enclosed in square brackets, it means that i think a better solution exists, but. A happy face indicates that i"m giving a bonus for a word or expression that has been rendered particularly well or for a logical improvement made to the target text.
