Procedures, techniques, strategies: translation process operators

Abstract

The focus of this article is to bring together, analyse and classify various studies on the operations performed by a translator during the transfer process from one language to another. Within the field of translation theory, these operations have been researched from a wide range of perspectives and have been assigned a multitude of labels, among which we have 'procedures', 'techniques', 'strategies', 'processes', 'methods', etc. In this article I refer to them under the generic name of 'translation process operators'. The confusing use of terminology and concepts has encouraged the fragmentation of a branch of translation research that proves to be more homogeneous than may appear at first sight. This article draws on and analyses the overwhelming profusion of terms and concepts concerning translation process operators, based on the most commonly used notions employed by many scholars.

Translation Strategies of Idiomatic Expressions in The Novel Edensor

“…Translation strategy is a mental process when treating a text. In other words, it is the process of deciding the most appropriate translation technique (Bardaji & Bardaji, 2009, p. 162) and (Lörscher, 1991, pp. 68-81)).…”

“…The sense of culture is an important factor in translating idioms. It causes the culture of a country a consideration (Bardaji & Bardaji, 2009; KEMENDIKBUD, 2017). The ideas of idioms must be transferred although in a different form (Tanjung, 2018: 3).…”

Audio description and the translation of film language into words

“…Méthode de Traduction (Vinay & Darbelnet, 1958), where they presented their 21 "translation technical procedures" -"the initial proposal" according to Zabalbeascoa (2000, p. 117). Since then, the subject has been tackled by many scholars and, as a result, many parallel proposals co-exist and the terms strategies, procedures, methods and techniques have been confused (Muñoz, 2000;Molina & Hurtado, 2002;Gil Bardají, 2009). Molina and Hurtado's approach appears very valuable in this sense, as they merge the proposals of different scholars into one model and clear the terminological confusion by dismissing the term "procedure" and defining "strategies" as ways of solving problems, "methods" as options that affect the whole text, and "techniques" as options that affect micro units of the text (Molina & Hurtado, 2002, p. 509).…”

La modalidad Autobiografía "Si soy asesinado" por Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto en inglés y su traducción al Urdu.

“…On the other hand, Ayora distinguishes between "general translation procedures" and "stylistic technique procedures"; the first term includes the translation project's preparation and its revision; the second term encompasses two basic categories of translation such as literal and dynamic or oblique translation. The said distinction originates from conceptual to methodological viewpoint and opens a new, complex and heterogeneous understanding of the translation process (Bardaji, 2009). Contrastively, Ayora criticizes Vinay and Darbelnet's procedures and follows "generative and transformational approach".…”