VALUES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE AND PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (ITALIAN AND ROMANIAN  TO COMPARISON) Cover Image

VALORI E FUNZIONI DEL PASSATO PROSSIMO E DEL PASSATO REMOTO (ITALIANO E ROMENO A CONFRONTO)
VALUES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE AND PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (ITALIAN AND ROMANIAN TO COMPARISON)

Author(s): Anamaria Colceriu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: translation practice; Italian tense passato prossimo; Italian tense passato remoto; verbal paradigms; functions

Summary/Abstract: The paper sets out to illustrate the equivalents of two verb tenses (simple past tense and present perfect tense) in translating from Italian into Romanian with regard to their function within specific verbal paradigms. With this end in view, we compare the usage of the tenses in question in a corpus of literary, historical-bibliographic and media texts.

  • Issue Year: 53/2008
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 245-252
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Italian