Translation definition

1. What is translation? By Roger T. Bell : is the expression in another language( target language ) of what has been expressed in one language( source language), preserving semantic and stylistic equivalencies. is the replacement of a representation of a text in one language by a representation of an equivalent text in a second language.

2. What is translation? By Bui Tien Dao is rendering a written text into another language in a way that the author intended the text. By dictionary Merriam- webster 1974 definition: translation is basically a change of form( change from one state or form to another, to turn into one’s own or another language.

3. Edmond Cary:” Translation is a process which attempts to establish equivalents between two texts expressed in two different languages. These equivalents are, by definition, always dependent on the nature of the two texts, on their objectives, on the relationship between the two cultures involved and their moral, intellectual and emotional conditions Translation is rendering a written text into another language in the way that the author intended the text. It concerned with the written word.

4. What is interpreting? Interpreting is a process of conversational exchanges between two primary speakers and through a person called interpreter who has knowledge and understanding of the entire communicative situation. Including fluency in the languages, competence in appropriate usage within each language, and in managing the cross-cultural flow of talk.