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purposes. The transfer operation focuses mainly on the idea, concept,
or thesis.
Precis, caricature, and paraphrase are forms of language use
wherein content information is minimized, epitomized or maximized
respectively.
To none, traditional transnational norms can be
applied; hence they do not deserve to be considered translation
proper.
The interpretative approach to translation is an offshoot of
structuralism and semiotics.
Structuralists and semioticians
concentrate on the text's 'readability' which consists in analysing
the multiple codes and conventions which render the text readable.
The aim of 'structuralist activity' is not to assign 'full meanings' to
words or word combinations but to understand how meaning is extractable
and at what price and along what tracks. The structuralist, however,
does not interpret a work; he describes it in such a way as to make its
functioning rules, systems, and subs-systems manifest.
structuralist's aim is to make the work 'intelligible' by making it
'readable' through indulgence in purely 'descriptive' analysis.
The interpretative approach gave rise to different translation
models, most importantly are the text-typological model, the
hermeneutic model, and the rhetorical model.
The
I shall discuss each
model in detail, placing it in an appropriate critical perspective.
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