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e. uma da s ma is útil e moderna invenções
f. uma das mai s úteis e moderna invenção
g. uma das ma i s útil invenção moderna
h. uma das mais úteis invenções moderna
i. uma das mais útil invenções moderna
j. uma das mais valiosa invenções moderna
k. a maior ajuda das invenções modernas.
Translations
a.e.g.h.i.j. and k. do not show a marked
influence of the'(m) h sequence; b, and d. have not produced a
complete translation and as such, they have to be-ignored, e. and
f. are deviant Portuguese forms, since concord between modifiers
and head-word has not been marked, either in modifiers
or in the
headword; in e., 'útil' and 'moderna' do not have the plural mark
as the plural Portuguese headword 'invenções' requires; in f. ,
the Portuguese headword 'invenção' and the modifier 'moderna' do
not. concord with the modifier 'úteis'. As the English headword
INVENTIONS is in the plural, the Portuguese equivalent headword
should have been translated as plural 'invenções' as well as the
modifiers, which must concord in number with their
headword.
However, despite these deviations, students succeeded in avoiding
a marked,
word-bound translation when thsy included a linking
element, 'e', between the modifiers; the translation of this
English nominal
group does not forcibly require a class-shift.
There is a certain mobility as to the position of the adjectives
in Portuguese which might precede or follow the headword 'invenções'.
Thus, the English ngp (ONE OFX THE MOST HELPFUL
MODERN
INVENTIONS might be translated
as:
- (uma das) mais úteis e modernas i nvenções
(m) Cm) h