Aspects of Military-related Text Translation from English into Latvian
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- 作者：Inese Kočote ; inese.kocote@rtu.lv" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Tatjana Smirnova
- 关键词：Military-related texts ; military terms ; false friends ; borrowing ; calque
- 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：5 October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：231
- 期：Complete
- 页码：107-113
- 全文大小：207 K
文摘
The paper aims to highlight some aspects of special text translation in English-Latvian language pair, to discuss some misconceptions associated with translation of military and military-related texts, to analyze specific competences a translator of these texts should possess as well as to illustrate potential translation challenges faced by student translators.
d="spar0010">Translating military and military-related texts, translators should develop not only advanced linguistic, but also comprehensive thematic competence to be able to deal with translation problems. Competence in translation of military-related texts may become a competitive advantage for student translators specializing in various fields of language for special purposes.