A Translation-Oriented Approach to Person Deixis
A Translation-Oriented Approach to Person Deixis
Author(s): Oana-Maria PuiuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Pragmatics, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Politehnica
Keywords: institutional discourse;person deixis;translation studies;
Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the equivalence of person deixis in the translation of the World Health Organization (WHO) institutional discourse in the context of COVID 19. Accordingly, the aim of the paper is twofold: to detect the linguistic and cultural gaps between the source text in English and the target text in Romanian with respect to the conceptualization and grammatical encoding of person deixis, and to determine the optimal, context-sensitive equivalents in translation. Our assumption is that, given the text type and the supranational identity of the text producer (WHO), the optimal equivalents will be based on cultural symmetry.
Journal: Buletinul Stiintific al Universitatii Politehnica din Timisoara, Seria Limbi Moderne
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 100-109
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English