English
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Literal Translation
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Correct Translation
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French
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I am 16.
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Je suis 16.
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J'ai 16 ans
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Spanish
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I am 16.
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Soy 16.
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Tengo 16 años.
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German
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I am going.
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Ich bin gehen/gehend.
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Ich gehe im Moment.
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When it comes to complex and longer sentences it is normally best to use other techniques.
4.3.1 Exercise 4
E4, Q1: Select three short and simple sentences from your screenplay and translate them using a literal translation approach. Does it work well or perhaps you need to make changes?
Sentence 1:
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Sentence 2: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sentence 3:
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4.4 Transposition
Transposition involves changing words from one grammatical category to another without altering the meaning of the text. In other words, this translation technique introduces a change in grammatical structure. Transposition is usually applied to sentences that would not sound idiomatic if they were to be translated literally. For example:
English-French: I called you early this week/Je t’a appelé au début de cette semaine.
English-Spanish: He likes swimming / Le gusta la natación. Here, swimming is a verb but natación is a noun.
English-German: He likes swimming /Er schwimmt gern.
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