The Concept of ‘Translation Equivalence’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21784702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Van Van Hoang (University of Languages and International Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 213-257 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics and the Human Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1742-2906 • E-ISSN: 1743-1662 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1558/lhs.20269 |
| OpenAlex | W4312944176 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
This paper focuses on how Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) conceptualizes translation equivalence (TE) – a concept which seems to resist any satisfactory treatment. To provide background for the study, the paper first examines some widely known formal and non-systemic functional (non-SF) perspectives on TE. Then it presents the SFL perspective on TE, focusing in particular on the current SFL perspective on TE as expounded by Halliday (2001, 2017) and Matthiessen (2001). To demonstrate the ‘appliability’ (Halliday, 2017: 34) and relevance of SFL to TE studies and translation practice, a mini-case study is conducted in which, using the current SFL model as the theoretical framework, the paper analyzes, compares, and establishes equivalent as well as non-equivalent points between a source language text passage from ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ by the American Nobel Laureate in literature, Ernest Hemmingway, and its Vietnamese translated version from ‘Ông già và bien ca’ by Huy Phuong. The study shows that SFL is highly relevant for TE. It is an ‘extravagant’ (Halliday and Martin, 2005: 26), comprehensive, coherent, and multidimensional model of language which can open huge potential for researchers and translators to use it as a theoretical framework for TE studies and translation practice
Dynamic and formal equivalence · Epistemology · Linguistics · Machine translation · Sociology · Systemic functional linguistics · Translation studies · Vietnamese · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology · Translation Studies and Practices · Artificial Intelligence
Understanding Verbal Art
The Theory and Practice of Translation
In Other Words
Introducing Functional Grammar
Logic and Conversation
An Introduction to Functional Grammar
Syntactic Structures
“Bánh Trôi Nước” and Three English Versions of Translation
Systemic Functional Linguistics in Translation
The construction of equivalence
Perspectives on Translation from the Firthian Tradition
Categories of the Theory of Grammar
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |