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Pragmatics! | Linguistic II

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  Pragmatics is a crucial part of the language because it allows adaptation in the communication process, allowing people to understand what is being said since it studies how the context influences the interpretation of the meaning of a message. In the process of acquiring a language, it is required to properly develop pragmatic skills to improve communicative competence, through the proper use of conversational rules for a coherent discourse. These competencies constitute the ability to interact through language. The development of pragmatic competence depends on general communicative knowledge and interactional opportunities to: 1) practice the target language, allowing learners to demonstrate their skills 2) receive constructive feedback 3) observe linguistic input. Culture is an important aspect to considerate since influences the language that is spoken within its constraints as a society, such as how certain words are used in support of the culture. It's through la

Our Abilities | Literary Translation

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  Literary translation has been going on for thousands of years. There are five volumes of the Oxford History of Literary Translation in English, which testifies to the complexity and depth of this topic. The variety of literary works being translated shows the demand for different genres. While we cannot deny the importance of translating literature, the process of translation is difficult and involves a different process than regular content translation. It is one of the toughest among the types of translation works. Literary translation consists of the translation of poetry, plays, literary books, literary texts, as well as songs, rhymes, literary articles, fiction novels, novels, short stories, poems, etc. An essential characteristic of every piece of writing, is the style, the outcome of the writer´s personality and his emotions at the moment; a single paragraph can´t be put together without revealing to some degree the personality of the author. Every writer has a literary

Literary Translation | Translation II

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