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Primary and Secondary Translations and Their Cultural Implications

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Cultural Conceptualizations in Translation and Language Applications

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Starting with a definition of translation a distinction is made between primary and secondary translation. After an outline of the two concepts the question will be addressed what different functions they fulfil in the process of translational communication. It will be shown and illustrated by means of various examples that primary translations are performed with recourse to the target language and culture, and secondary translations with recourse to the source language and culture. This has important consequences for the translation of text-types that vary across languages and cultures.

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  1. Institute of British Studies, University of Leipzig, Beethovenstr. 15, 04107, Leipzig, Germany

    Wolfgang Lörscher

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    Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk

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Lörscher, W. (2020). Primary and Secondary Translations and Their Cultural Implications. In: Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B. (eds) Cultural Conceptualizations in Translation and Language Applications. Second Language Learning and Teaching. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43336-9_1

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