"Fudging": The translator's approach to unclear texts in international organizations

Diplôme Master "Fudging": The translator's approach to unclear texts in international organizations eng 2013 author May Janys 688959 director Dearden Jonathan 655631 This thesis explores the translator's approach to translating intentionally and unintentionally unclear source texts in international organizations. It begins with a discussion of French, Spanish and English style guides, the common association of clarity with so-called "good" writing and how clarity is usually achieved. It then discusses various reasons why the language used in international organizations may be intentionally or unintentionally unclear. Lastly, this thesis addresses the role of hermeneutics and interpretation in the translation on unclear texts and provides piratical guidelines on how produce equally vague target texts. Dewey 418.02 Maîtrise universitaire en Traduction mention traduction spécialisée 111 Département de traduction 91 false 4c789837-d604-479a-a8cf-a4ce72fd2976 Master thesis Restricted JanysMay_memoire.pdf 604812 application/pdf restrictedAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département de traduction

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