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5.3. Specification of errors
5.3.1. wbt type of error
As we have mentioned on page 65 of this chapter, we
have
classified as 'word-bound translation' error that which reflects
the influence of the English structural elements on the rendered
translation of English ngps into Portuguese. By 'word-bound
translation' error we have referred mainly to this influence of
the sequence of the exponents of English ngps with or without
resulting new ngps in Portuguese; some of the wbt errors have
produced an incorrect class-shift 5 by maintaining the same
sequence of the exponents without accomplishing the necessary "
shift of the structural elements in the equivalent Portuguese
ngp. For instance, in the translation of the ngp
PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT, in T6P, into 'física ambiental' and 'físico ambie_n
tal' the translation equivalent of the English adjective
PHYSICAL,
operating at e in the delicacy scale of (m) 7 has been translated
by 'físico' and 'física' operating at h in the rendered Portuguese
ngps 'fis i ca ambiental' and 'físi co ambi enta 1' ; the same procedure
was found
h (q) h (q)
in:
~ 8
I 1 I
1. NORMAL EVENT translated as 'normal eventual ' (T6P)
(m) h h (q).
. i F — » I
2 » ELECTRIC CHARGE translated as 'eletricidade carregada ' (J?P).
(m) h h Cq)