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C OHESION AND COHERENCE IN TRANSLATION

C OHESION AND COHERENCE IN TRANSLATION. The Paragraph as a Thematic and Compositional Unit of Non-lit erary T exts. Aim s of the study. Compare Czech and Spanish non-literary texts in terms of structuring at the level of paragraph Length Thematic structure Compositional structure.

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C OHESION AND COHERENCE IN TRANSLATION

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  1. COHESION AND COHERENCE IN TRANSLATION The Paragraph as a Thematic and Compositional Unit of Non-literaryTexts

  2. Aims of the study • Compare Czech and Spanish non-literary texts in terms of structuring at the level of paragraph • Length • Thematic structure • Compositional structure

  3. Aims of the study • Compare translations from Spanish into Czech with original Czech texts to examine translators’ approach towards the transfer of paragraphs (i.e., the prevailing norm).

  4. Background • Paragraph - definition - graphical unit - unity of topic, inner coherence - cognitive function

  5. Hypothesis • Factors influencing text structuring: - text type - individual style - language/culture

  6. Hypothesis • “In translation, items tend to be selected on a level which is lower than the one where textual relations have been established in the source text.” (G. Toury: Descriptive Translation Studies and Beyond)

  7. Results – paragraph lengthTable 1: Spanish vs. Czech originals

  8. Results – paragraph lengthTable 2: Spanish vs. Czech Originals (average)

  9. Results – paragraph lengthTable 3: Translations from Spanish into Czech vs. original Czech texts

  10. Types of paragraphs according to thematic progression • Type I – stable theme • Type II – elaboration of the theme a) individual aspects of the paragraph theme b) sub-themes of the paragraph theme • Type III – framework theme a) dynamic (the rheme of one sentence is the theme of thefollowing one) b) static - exemplification/list • Type IV – evolving theme

  11. Results – Types of paragraphs according to thematic progressionTable 4: Frequency of individual types in Czech and Spanish originals

  12. Results –Types of paragraphs according to thematic progressionTable 5: Types of thematic structure - Czech translations from Spanish vs. Original Czech texts

  13. Results – compositional structureTable 6: Compositional relations in Czech and Spanish originals

  14. Conclusion Differences Spanish vs. Czech • Spanish • shorter paragraphs • one theme per paragraph • Czech • very short paragraphs perceived as stylistically marked • not to separate closely related themes into different paragraphs

  15. ConclusionTheory of Translation • As for text structuring above the level of sentence, translators tend to apply the norms of the source language/culture. • Toury’s theoryseems to hold true.

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