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Predicativity as a Translation Concept
- Authors: Ivanenko K.V.1, Frolov V.I.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State Linguistic University
- Issue: No 8(902) (2025)
- Pages: 100-105
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/309780
- ID: 309780
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Abstract
The paper discusses the linguistic category of predicativity from the standpoint of translation. It is also suggested to differentiate between strictly linguistic and broader, interdisciplinary approaches in translation studies. On the one hand, the forms and ways of expressing predicative relations within a particular language pair would differ in terms of frequency of usage and stylistic marking, which leads to necessary and consistent transformations in translation. On the other hand, predicativity, being a functional and logical category, is a part of the translation invariant, thus requiring to be preserved in the course of the generation of the target text.
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Kseniya Valeryevna Ivanenko
Moscow State Linguistic University
Author for correspondence.
Email: aino-312@yandex.ru
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Translation Studies and Practice of English Language Translation Faculty of Translation and Interpreting
Russian FederationValentin Igorevich Frolov
Moscow State Linguistic University
Email: pretransfallacy@gmail.com
PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Department of Translation Studies and Practice of English Language Translation Faculty of Translation and Interpreting
Russian FederationReferences
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