Spoken vs Skopos - What's the difference?
spoken | skopos |
(translation studies) The function of a written or spoken text, especially in the context of translating and interpreting.
* 1995 , Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator , John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 68:
* 2005 , Andrew Chesterman, Training For The New Millennium , edited by Martha Tennent, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 196:
As nouns the difference between spoken and skopos
is that spoken is while skopos is (skopos).spoken
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Antonyms
* unspokenDerived terms
* free-spoken * soft-spoken * spokenness * unspokennessVerb
(head)skopos
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Noun
(-)- The topic of the novel is the typical way of life of the well-to-do British middle and upper classes, and the setting within the British culture is thus of great importance. The Skopos , to use Vermeer's term, is to translate the text as being firmly embedded within the British culture.
- [A]s with the skopos approach, a translator can have some idea of the intended effect, and translate accordingly, i.e. in a maximally relevant way.