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Intralingual vs Interlingual - What's the difference?

intralingual | interlingual |

Interlingual is a antonym of intralingual.



In linguistics translation studies terms the difference between intralingual and interlingual

is that intralingual is contained within the same language; involving a monolingual process while interlingual is spanning across multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality.

intralingual

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (linguistics, translation studies) Contained within the same language; involving a monolingual process
    • Intralingual translation involves adapting a text to a new purpose in the same language.

    Antonyms

    * interlingual

    interlingual

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (linguistics, translation studies) Spanning across multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality.
  • * 2004 , Wolfram Wilss, Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes , edited by Kirsten Malmkjær, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 9:
    • Why is translation suitable as a subject-matter of academic study, or to raise this question in a somewhat different and perhaps more challenging form: What distinguishes everyday, intralingual communication from interlingual , "exceptional" communication?

    Antonyms

    * intralingual