Text vs Skopos - What's the difference?
text | skopos |
A consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
A book, tome or other set of writings.
(colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message.
(computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text (often contrasted with binary data ).
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.; topic; theme.
A style of writing in large characters; text-hand; also, a kind of type used in printing.
To send a text message to; to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.
To send (a message) to someone by SMS.
To send and receive text messages.
To write in large characters, as in text hand.
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(translation studies) The function of a written or spoken text, especially in the context of translating and interpreting.
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* 2005 , Andrew Chesterman, Training For The New Millennium , edited by Martha Tennent, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 196:
As nouns the difference between text and skopos
is that text is while skopos is (skopos).text
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*Verb
- Just text me when you get here.
- I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.
- Have you been texting all afternoon?
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Synonyms
* (to send a text message to) message, SMS (UK)skopos
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(-)- 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.