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<p>The present paper provides a series of examples of common translation mistakes that are the result of source language interference. The issue of crosslinguistic interference, and its impact upon translation is a useful aspect to consider if one wishes to significantly improve translation results and create texts which stay true to the target language structure. Comparing the grammatical structure of the source and target languages of a text becomes a tool for predicting possible mistakes rooted in source language transfer to the target language of a text. Initially, comparative-contrastive analyses were performed primarily in the field of language teaching and acquisition, but recently the method has started being applied also in the field of Translation Studies. The comparative analysis of specific language structures can thus come in handy for both the study of translation and for translator training.</p>
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The present paper provides a series of examples of common translation mistakes that are the result of source language interference. The issue of crosslinguistic interference, and its impact upon translation is a useful aspect to consider if one wishes to significantly improve translation results and create texts which stay true to the target language structure. Comparing the grammatical structure of the source and target languages of a text becomes a tool for predicting possible mistakes rooted in source language transfer to the target language of a text. Initially, comparative-contrastive analyses were performed primarily in the field of language teaching and acquisition, but recently the method has started being applied also in the field of Translation Studies. The comparative analysis of specific language structures can thus come in handy for both the study of translation and for translator training.

Challenges in Romanian-English and English-Romanian Technical and Literary Translations. Grammatical and Lexical Distinctions Between English and Romanian

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The present paper provides a series of examples of common translation mistakes that are the result of source language interference. The issue of...

Challenges in Romanian-English and English-Romanian Technical and Literary Translations. Grammatical and Lexical Distinctions Between English and Romanian

Published Online: Jun 07, 2024

Page range: 104 - 110

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsaft-2024-0011

Keywords
Translation, challenges, English, Romanian, grammatical distinction, transfer, source language, target language

© 2024 Alina-Elena Oneţ et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Challenges in Romanian-English and English-Romanian Technical and Literary Translations. Grammatical and Lexical Distinctions Between English and Romanian

Published Online: Jun 07, 2024

Page range: 104 - 110

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsaft-2024-0011

KeywordsTranslation, challenges, English, Romanian, grammatical distinction, transfer, source language, target language

© 2024 Alina-Elena Oneţ et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Translation, challenges, English, Romanian, grammatical distinction, transfer, source language, target language