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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Morphology

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00I am doing a coursework to see the compromises people have to make when translating a text. I asked my friends to translate a passage to English and now I need to analyse and compare the similarities and differences. So far I have done lexical and grammatical compromises but I need help with one of the sentences!02br
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00“01i00During fall, my scull had broken into pieces which was 00by stone00 before and my cheeks had been crushed and disappeared02i00” -friend who has has been studying English for 5 years 02br
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00 00“01i00My skull, which he head already cracked, broke into pieces as it fell into the well, my face, my forehead and my cheeks were crushed and obliterated” 00 - friend who was born in England. 02i02br
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00I talked about the word order but don't know what else I could mention.02br
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0I don't think either of them are very good translations. 0-

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  • 0I don't think either of them are very good translations.
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0I don't think either of them are very good translations. The English person's version sounds as though their head wasn't attached to their body, so unless he is a ghost, how is he talking about it?0-
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0 You might also talk about register and appropriateness.02br
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01i00crushed and disappeared02i00 vs. 01i00crushed and obliterated02i00, for example.02br
01i00broken vs. cracked02i00, for example.02br
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00 Is it possible that a longer familiarity with the target language allow
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