Unit 2a
Accuracy & Appropriacy
?רוקמה ומכ ?רוקמ ומכ

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1) a) Read the paragraph below.

Bus Behaviour
I
Travelling in Israel can be a very interesting experience. This depends on
where you travel from and where you want to go, how many people are on
the bus, and what the mood of the driver is. If you're travelling to the centre
of town, you may have to wait twenty minutes, only to have three buses
come at the same time - two of them empty, of course.

b) The translator must consider the type of text as well as the target reader.
These will determine the language of the translation. Choose the correct answer.
This text could have appeared in:
a novel
a newspaper or magazine
an academic research paper


The target audience is:
transportation experts
general readership
elderly people

How did you know the answers to the two questions? Quote from the text.



2) Below are two translations of the paragraph. Read them and answer
the following questions. Use the text to support your answer.
a) Which of the two translations is closer to the text?

b) Which of the two translations seems more natural?

c) Which of the two translations do you prefer?

d) Give reasons for your preference.





Translation 1

התא הפיאמ יולת הז .תניינעמ דאמ היווח תויהל הלוכי לארשיב סובוטואב העיסנה
םא .גהנה לש וחור בצמ והמו ,סובוטואב שי םישנא המכ ,עוסנל הצור התא ןאלו עסונ
השולש עיגהל םילוכי זאו ,תוקד םירשע תוכחל ךרטצתש ןכתי ,ריעה זכרמל עסונ התא
.ןבומכ םיקיר םהמ םיינש ,ןמז ותואב םיסובוטוא

Translation 2

ןיינמ הלאשב יולת לכה .דאמ תניינעמ היווח תויהל הלוכי סובוטואב העיסנה ,לארשיב
.גהנה לש חורה בצמ המו סובוטואב שי םיעסונ המכ ,עיגהל הצור התא ןאלו אב התא
עיגהל םילולע זאו ,תוקד םירשע תוכחל ךרטצתש ןכתי ,ריעה זכרמל עסונ התא םא
.ןבומכ םיקיר םהמ םיינש ,תחא תבב םיסובוטוא השולש

Some linguistic background

Every translation involves a compromise of conflicting claims. One
of the main conflicts we have to deal with is the conflict between
accuracy and appropriacy.
Accuracy: translating all semantic content (meaning) from source
language - SL (English) into target language - TL (Hebrew).
According to Gideon Toury רוקמה ומכ.
Appropriacy: translating the semantic content while creating a natural,
fluent translation as though the text were written originally in the TL.
According to Gideon Toury רוקמ ומכ.

3) One of the translations above is more appropriate than the other.
Read paragraph 1 and both translations again. Then fill in the correct answers.
a) Translation is more appropriate than translation .
b) In the table below, give instances which helped you answer question a.
One is done for you.

ENGLISH ACCURATE TRANSLATION APPROPRIATE TRANSLATION
This depends on... ...יולת הז ...הלאשב יולת לכה


Note
Every translation should be fluent, natural, idiomatic. Some texts, however,
call for greater accuracy, e.g. descriptions, instructions, reports, documents, etc.
Here, the precise meaning is very important. With other types of text, e.g. narrative,
descriptive writing and literary texts, much more than the precise meaning should
be conveyed - the style, the tone and atmosphere must also come through.

 4) Read paragraph 2 below.
a) Read the accurate translation which has been provided.
b) Make changes where necessary to improve appropriacy.
You will probably have to make some changes in syntax (word order),
lexical items (words, phrases), and grammar.
c) Now review your translation and edit it further.
Try to make your translation natural, as though it was originally written
in Hebrew (רוקמ ומכ).

II
The number of the bus does not mean much: Four means four in most languages,
but now and then you'll see bus no. 4A and 4B, etc. As a result, you might find
naturally, expects you to know that only 4B goes there. "If you wanted 4B, why
didn't you say so when you got on!" The driver is always right.

Accurate translation
םעפ ידמ ךא .תופשה בורב עברא ושורפ עברא .תועמשמ הברה ןיא סובוטואה רפסמל
סובוטואהש אצמתש ןכתי ,ךכמ האצותכ .'וכו 'ב-4ו 'א4 .סמ סובוטוא הארת התא
,ןבומכ ,גהנה .תדרל הצור התא םשש םוקמה ינפל םירטמוליק השולש רצוע ךלש
ךכ תרמא אל המל ,'ב-4-ה תא תיצר םא" .םשל עיגמ 'ב-4ה קרש תעדל ךממ הפצמ
.קדוצ דימת גהנה "?סובוטואל תילעשכ

Appropriate translation:


Note to the pupil:
You will find paragraphs 3 & 4 of the passage in unit 2b.
To sum up

You have been introduced to the concepts of accuracy and appropriacy.
You have learned to distinguish between a translation which is merely
accurate and one which is also appropriate.
You have also seen that an initial translation can and should be
improved until it reads רוקמ ומכ.

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