Translation is the expression in target language of what has been said in source language preserving stylistic and semantic equivalence.
Task of the translator:
Task of the translator:
The translator makes possible an exchange of information between the users of different languages by producing in the target language, a text which has an identical communicative value with the source (or original) text.
In the process of translation translator should fulfill two tasks:
In the process of translation translator should fulfill two tasks:
1. To understand the correct meaning of the original text.
2. To express the content of the original text thoroughly and in a perfect way.
The translator should have the followings:
The translator should have the followings:
knowledge of the languages (at least 2 languages).
cultural background: ability to interpret the text
Sufficient vocabulary.
Grammar, otherwise vocabulary without a grammar is “a brick” that we cannot build anything.
To know the methods and techniques of translation.
To have knowledge in the branch which the text belongs to.