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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Is there a difference between a word for word translation and literal translation?

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0 1. I'm not aware of a term for the difference between the two. 02br 02br 002.

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  • I'm not aware of a term for the difference between the two.
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  • You might say 'liberal', 'free' or 'up-to-date/modern/vernacular'.
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0 1. I'm not aware of a term for the difference between the two. Just use the two terms.02br
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Hey, from what our teacher told us at university, and I don't trust him, I think that literal translation obeys the grammar in the destination language, but word-for-word translation doesn't obey the destination language's grammar. But they both translate "word-by-word".
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