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<p>This paper focuses upon the translatorꞌs role as a language mediator in professional communication. During the translation process, terminological knowledge is essential since the information conveyed by a scientific and technical writing is encoded in terms which give access to more elaborate knowledge structures. Additionally, the translator faces situations in which a term is borrowed either from the general language or from a field of knowledge and utilized in another field. Therefore, the main challenges encountered by a translator are: identifying the terms, understanding the termsꞌ meaning, finding the suitable termsꞌ correspondents in the target language.</p>
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This paper focuses upon the translatorꞌs role as a language mediator in professional communication. During the translation process, terminological knowledge is essential since the information conveyed by a scientific and technical writing is encoded in terms which give access to more elaborate knowledge structures. Additionally, the translator faces situations in which a term is borrowed either from the general language or from a field of knowledge and utilized in another field. Therefore, the main challenges encountered by a translator are: identifying the terms, understanding the termsꞌ meaning, finding the suitable termsꞌ correspondents in the target language.

The importance of terminological knowledge in specialized translation

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This paper focuses upon the translatorꞌs role as a language mediator in professional communication. During the translation process, terminological knowledge is...

The importance of terminological knowledge in specialized translation

Published Online: Feb 16, 2024

Page range: 85 - 96

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tran-2023-0005

Keywords
concept, scientific and technical writing, specialized translation, term, terminology documentation

© 2023 Liana Muthu, published by Sciendo

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

The importance of terminological knowledge in specialized translation

Published Online: Feb 16, 2024

Page range: 85 - 96

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tran-2023-0005

Keywordsconcept, scientific and technical writing, specialized translation, term, terminology documentation

© 2023 Liana Muthu, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
concept, scientific and technical writing, specialized translation, term, terminology documentation