Теория и практика перевода - Учебное пособие (М.И. Солнышкина)

Part ii ambiguity problem in translation

 

Ambiguity is the property of language units to bear several different meanings.

 

CONCEPT

 

SIGN  REFERENT

 

(C.K. Ogden and Ivor A. Richards triangle)

 

When you  learn a  language,  you  join a convention. And  when you  speak  you  are understood only by the members of this convention, that is by the speakers of this language.

 

Our task is to get rid of the ambiguity in the process of language formalization. This task is called DISAMBUGUATION.

 

context environment situation and

background information.

 

We understand people speaking, the same language, we can read, write and translate due to continuous analysis of the context and situation and the appropriate use of the relevant background information.

 

Varieties of Ambiguity

 

 Answer the questions and comment on the following:

 

1.  What is ambiguity?

2.  Are all languages in the world ambiguous?

3.  What is the origin of ambiguity?

4.  Why is there no direct link between the sign and denotatum?

5.  How is it possible to become a member of a sign language convention?

6.  What is disambiguation?

7.  What are the disambiguation tools? Explain each of them.

8.  How are the factor analysis and intuition involved in the process of disambiguation?

9.  Give the varieties of ambiguity.

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