An experiment and a model: Chapter 3. Fidelity in translation

Chapter 3
Fidelity in translation

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Article outline

Aims and overview of the chapter
1.Introduction
2.Verbalizing ideas: An experiment
- 2.1Phase one: Verbalizing a simple Message
  - 2.1.1Guiding-frame Information (GFI)
  - 2.1.2Linguistically/Culturally Induced Information (LCII)
  - 2.1.3Personal Information (PI)
    - Summary of the findings of phase one of the experiment
- 2.2Phase two, version 1: Translating a simple statement
- 2.3Phase two, version 2: A second verbalization
- 2.4What do findings from this experiment say
  about verbal representations of Messages?
3.Principles of informational fidelity in Translation
- 3.1The Message: The default value and other options
- 3.2Guiding-frame Information
- 3.3Linguistically/Culturally Induced Information
- 3.4Personal Information
- 3.5A synopsis
4.Secondary Information: An obstacle and a help
- 4.1The language-pair specificity of LCII-generated problems
- 4.2Interpreting vs. translation from the Secondary Information perspective
5.Teaching suggestions
- 5.1The experiment, its expected effect and limitations
  - 5.1.1Interpreting students vs. translation students
  - 5.1.2Practical aspects
  - 5.1.3Secondary Information cannot always be identified
  - 5.1.4Going overboard?
- 5.2A road-map metaphor
6.What students need to remember
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