Definition about translation

Definition about translation

(1) The process of turning an original or "source" text into a text in another language.

(2) A translated version of a text.

An individual or a computer program that renders a text into another language is called a translator. The discipline concerned with issues related to the production of translations is called translation studies. (See Examples and Observations, below.)

Examples and Observations:

1.      Three Types of Translation
"In his seminal paper, 'On Linguistic Aspects of Translation' (Jacobson 1959/2000. see Section B, Text B1.1), the Russo-American linguist Roman Jakobson makes a very important distinction between three types of written translation:
 

2.      intralingual translation - translation within the same language, which can involve rewording or paraphrase;

3.      interlingual translation - translation from one language to another, and

4.      intersemiotic translation - translation of the verbal sign by a non-verbal sign, for example music or image.