Information-structure strategies in English/Spanish translation

This paper discusses information structure-based strategies that could be used in translating from English to Spanish. It is widely observed that many problems arise in translation when establishing the theme/topic and providing the focus content in the target language, given the grammatical instrum...

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Published inJournal of English studies (Logroño) Vol. 18; no. 18; pp. 83 - 107
Main Author Jiménez-Fernández, Ángel L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidad de La Rioja 2020
Subjects
English
english/spanish
español
estrategias de traducción
Estructura informativa
foco
focus
Information structure
inglés
pasiva
passive
Spanish
topic
translation strategies
tópico
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Summary:This paper discusses information structure-based strategies that could be used in translating from English to Spanish. It is widely observed that many problems arise in translation when establishing the theme/topic and providing the focus content in the target language, given the grammatical instruments available in the source language. It is extremely important to use similar discourse mechanisms to present the same message in exactly the same terms from an information-structure point of view. This means that the syntactic configuration may be different in the source and target texts. I focus on three information structure phenomena, namely Passive, Topic Fronting and Negative Preposing in the two languages, to analyse the preservation of the discourse flow in various translations for the optimal use of the relevant constructions. 
ISSN:1576-6357
1695-4300
DOI:10.18172/jes.4195