The Challenges of Technical Translation: Case Study

Alina Buzarna-Tihenea (Galbeaza) () and Lavinia Nadrag ()
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Alina Buzarna-Tihenea (Galbeaza): Ovidius University of Constanta,
Lavinia Nadrag: Ovidius University of Constanta,

Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, 2016, vol. XVI, issue 2, 192-197

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of the textile industry vocabulary, in order tohighlight the variety of the terms used to describe the respective field and to emphasize thedifficulties that hinder the translation of a specialized text. Firstly, this paper briefly tackles severalgeneral elements related to the translation process, such as the definition of translation, thedifference between general and specialized translation, translation methods and techniques. Thesecond part of our study is focused on the difficulties triggered by the specialized translation fromthe field of textile manufacture and industry. For the purpose of our analysis, we tackled the issuesraised by the application of several direct translation techniques, such as, borrowing, calque, andliteral translation, described in the first part of the study.

Keywords: specialized terminology; textile industry vocabulary; direct translation techniques; English-Romanian translation; meaning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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