Skopos theory

English Pronunciation en en-au-Skopos_theory.ogg Australia Noun en translation studies The idea that translating and interpreting should primarily take into account the function of both the source and target text. en 1995 Paul Kussmaul Training The Translator John Benjamins Publishing Co 149 The functional approach has a great affinity with Skopos theory. The function of a translation is dependent on the knowledge, expectations, values and norms of the target readers, who are again influenced by the situation they are in and by the culture. These factors determine whether the function of the source text or passages in the source text can be preserved or have to be modified or even changed. Synonyms en Skopostheorie Translations idea that translating and interpreting should consider function of texts Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 目的論 mùdìlùn, cmn 目的性理論 mùdìxìng lǐlùn, cmn 功能翻譯理論 gōngnéng fānyì lǐlùn Dutch: nl Finnish: fi skoposteoria French: fr théorie du skopos f Russian: ru Spanish: es Swedish: sv skoposteori c