Modulation in Translation

Modulation

Oblique translation technique

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Jennifer Samaniego Ariadna Amaya Karen Cárdenas

WARM-UP

What is Modulation?

• It means using a phrase that is different in the source and target languages to convey the same idea.
• It is a change of the form of the text by introducing a semantic change or perspective.
• This technique helps the translator generate a change in the point of view of the message without altering its meaning.

Examples

Mechanics of the language

The greater structural difference between the two language and the greater the challenges for the translator on techniques presentation

The manner in which negative and positive formulation in the two languages

The general register of the language.

Use of the passive voice.

Types of modulation

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Types of modulation

Sensory Modulation

Explanatory

Abstract - concrete or general - Particular

Examples

Examples

I will drive you home

Examples

The sunset over the horizon, painting the sky with hues of orange and pink

Te llevo a tu casa en carro

I haven't heard a word from him

I know the city like the back of my hand

El sol se ocultó en el horizonte, pintando el cielo con tonos de naranja y rosa

No he tenido noticias de él

Conozco la ciudad como la palma de mi mano

Are you ready for the Task?

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Task

This information should be of interest to educators in itself

Research into reading has too often taken the form of insensitive experimentalism

CITING is used to able students quoting word for word from the text

Target Text

#1

#2

#3

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Research into reading has too often taken the form of insensitive experimentalism

Es muy frecuente que la información sobre la lectura se haga desde un insensible enfoque experimentalista

Examples

1. The letter was written by Maria

Maria escribió la carta

2. Could you please provide your feedback?

¿Podrías darnos tu opinión, por favor?

This information should be of interest to educators in itself

Se espera que la información sea del interés de los educadores

CITING is used to able students quoting word for w ord from the text

Se dice que los estudiantes CITAN cuando estos repiten palabra por palabra del texto