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The topicalisation of the social nature of language stems from the idea that to use language is to perform an action. The overriding criterion for evaluating language use in translation is meaningoriented since translators, as privileged language users, display norm-governed behaviour in particular socio-cultural contexts, agency refers to the socio-culturally mediated capacity to act, and praxis is the action itself.

An Action-Oriented Approach to Translation and Translation Studies

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The topicalisation of the social nature of language stems from the idea that to use language is to perform an action. The overriding criterion for evaluating...

An Action-Oriented Approach to Translation and Translation Studies

Publié en ligne: 18 janv. 2019

Pages: 122 - 127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2018-0016

Mots clés
agency, meaning-oriented, mediation, translatorial action

© 2019 Titela Vîlceanu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

An Action-Oriented Approach to Translation and Translation Studies

Publié en ligne: 18 janv. 2019

Pages: 122 - 127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2018-0016

Mots clésagency, meaning-oriented, mediation, translatorial action

© 2019 Titela Vîlceanu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
agency, meaning-oriented, mediation, translatorial action