Factors influencing the translation of -ing participial free adjuncts
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Hildegunn Dirdal
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that independent, coordinated and subordinated clauses, as well as different kinds of phrases, are used to render -ing participial free adjuncts in translation from English to Norwegian. Some attention has been given to factors influencing the choice between these structures. The present paper reviews the factors investigated so far, and presents data from the Multiple-translation Corpus (an extension of the English-Norwegian Parallel Corpus) that make it possible to add several additional factors, related to the semantic role of the adjunct, the presence of coordination in the source sentence and the meaning and structure of the adjunct itself. The meaning and structure may be such that the Norwegian present participle can be used, in which case other solutions are dispreferred. The data also show that a translator’s individual style is a contributing factor, influencing the choice between coordinate and subordinate clauses and the omission of coordinating conjunctions.
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that independent, coordinated and subordinated clauses, as well as different kinds of phrases, are used to render -ing participial free adjuncts in translation from English to Norwegian. Some attention has been given to factors influencing the choice between these structures. The present paper reviews the factors investigated so far, and presents data from the Multiple-translation Corpus (an extension of the English-Norwegian Parallel Corpus) that make it possible to add several additional factors, related to the semantic role of the adjunct, the presence of coordination in the source sentence and the meaning and structure of the adjunct itself. The meaning and structure may be such that the Norwegian present participle can be used, in which case other solutions are dispreferred. The data also show that a translator’s individual style is a contributing factor, influencing the choice between coordinate and subordinate clauses and the omission of coordinating conjunctions.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
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Part I: Discourse contexts and cultures
- Patterns of discursive urban place-making in Brooklyn, New York 13
- The English of current Caribbean newspapers 43
- Corporate identity and its variation over time 75
- Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora 109
- Corpus linguistics: Widening the remit 137
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Part II: Contexts of lexis and grammar
- Family collocation 165
- Factors influencing the translation of -ing participial free adjuncts 197
- The diachronic productivity of native combining forms in American English 223
- Advise against -ing: An emerging class of exceptions to Bach’s Generalization 253
- Subjective progressives in the history of American English 275
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Part III: Learner contexts
- A syntactic analysis of the introductory it pattern in non-native-speaker and nativespeaker student writing 307
- Phraseological teddy bears 339
- “Dear Man men and women madam, dear xxx sir” 363
- Marked themes in advanced learner English 387
- Phrasal verbs in the spoken and written modes of Norwegian L2 learner English 409
- Conversational gesture corpus analysis 437
- Corpus research for SLA 467
- List of contributors 483
- Index 487
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: Discourse contexts and cultures
- Patterns of discursive urban place-making in Brooklyn, New York 13
- The English of current Caribbean newspapers 43
- Corporate identity and its variation over time 75
- Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora 109
- Corpus linguistics: Widening the remit 137
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Part II: Contexts of lexis and grammar
- Family collocation 165
- Factors influencing the translation of -ing participial free adjuncts 197
- The diachronic productivity of native combining forms in American English 223
- Advise against -ing: An emerging class of exceptions to Bach’s Generalization 253
- Subjective progressives in the history of American English 275
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Part III: Learner contexts
- A syntactic analysis of the introductory it pattern in non-native-speaker and nativespeaker student writing 307
- Phraseological teddy bears 339
- “Dear Man men and women madam, dear xxx sir” 363
- Marked themes in advanced learner English 387
- Phrasal verbs in the spoken and written modes of Norwegian L2 learner English 409
- Conversational gesture corpus analysis 437
- Corpus research for SLA 467
- List of contributors 483
- Index 487
