Interlingual translation

Definition Is the process of conveying the source text from one language into another
Translation is the process of replacing an original text (Source
Language), known as the source text within substitute one Intralingual translation
known as the target text (Target Language). Or rewriting, is an interpretation of verbal signs by means of other signs of
the same languages.

The unit
Important notes
the unit is defined as “the smallest segment of the utterance whose signs
- Translation procedures are used for sentences and smaller
are linked in such a way that they should not be translated individually.
units of language within that text.
- The small, yet meaningful, changes that occur in the process Translation Shift
of translation are called translation shifts. Departures from formal correspondence in the process of going from the SL
- to the TL. ( Catford (1965/2000: 141))

The translation shifts proposed

by two French scholars named
Jean-Paul Vinay and Jean
Borrowing
Darbelnet who explored the
- It consists, in not translating at all
linguistic aspects of translation
and in conserving unchanged a
and first proposed seven
word or an expression from the
methods or procedures in 1973
source language in the target
language.
- It should not be a panacea and
ought to be used pertinently and
parsimoniously, to give the passage
a note of local colour or when no
satisfactory equivalent exists.
Direct translation techniques
Calque:
- Calque is a particular type of
borrowing.
- Translator borrows an
expression from the source text
by translating literally every part
of the original elements.
- It can be in lexical or in
structural the system of the
target text.
- Sometimes calques work,
sometimes they don't.
Literal Translation(word-for-word)
can be used in some languages and
not others dependent on the
sentence structure
In practice, literal translation occurs
most commonly when translating
between two languages of the same
family, such as French and Italian,
and works most efficiently when they
also share the same culture.
Despite seemingly limited scope of
applications, this procedure is among
preferred ways of translating in
those functional contexts where
more emphasis is laid on preserving
the verbatim meaning of the original
text than attaining stylistic elegance,
which is often the case with legal
translation.
 Examples
A- Literal Translation
I went to the university
‫ذ بت أنا‬ ‫ال ـ ا‬ ‫ا امعة‬
Task: use the translation procedures with the following when you translate into Arabic:
1- Joh is constantly throwing his books on my bed
"‫"جون‬ ‫عادة يكون‬ ‫يﺮمﻲ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻛﺘﺐ‬ ‫سﺮ ﺮ ي ع‬
‫ما يزال "جون" يﺮمﻲ ﻛﺘبه ع سﺮ ﺮي‬

2- United States of America

‫اﳌﺘحدة‬ ‫الوﻻيات‬ // ‫أمﺮ ا‬
‫الوﻻيات اﳌﺘحدة اﻷمﺮ كية‬

‫آنذاك‬ ‫شعبة ا كﻢ‬ ‫مواﻻت‬ ‫أن أس سل‬ ‫ لﻢ ي س‬-3

At that time Regime/system Following obey in kepping // I couldn’t

B- Borrowing
Chimistry Pasteurization Noah Eve David Averroes Avicenna Alhazem Caesar Ottomans Abbasides
‫ﻛيمياء‬ ‫ال س ة‬ ‫ح ون‬ ‫حواء‬ ‫دوود‬ ‫رشد اين‬ ‫س نا ابن‬ ‫يثﻢ ابن‬ ‫ﻗيﺼﺮ‬ ‫العثمانيون‬ ‫العباسي ن‬

C- Calque
Electoral connection coloning Austria Wisdom house
‫الﺘوصيل الك ﺮ ا ﻲ‬ ‫ب ت ا كمة النمسا اﻻسﺘ ساخ‬
‫مﻼحﻈة م مة‬
.‫” ل س ل ما بديل‬if”‫"إن" و‬
treaty Signed assigned
‫مﺼادﻗة امضاء معا دة‬