The song “Anak” by Freddie Aguilar
was translated into 27 languages and
became a hit in more than 50
countries such as in Germany, Italy,
Sweden, Japan, Belgium, Korea,
Netherlands, Hongkong and Thailand.
Aguilar was so popular that folk
singers and fans in other countries
took to wearing their versions of his
sambalilo.
Prepared by:
Vanderlee Batalier Dalocdoc
Instructor
• Communicating an equal meaning from a source language to a target
language
• Blending of two modes of phrasing:
1. metaphrase (word-for-word)
2. paraphrase (saying in other words)
 importance of
equivalence
 risk of translating
‘word for word’
Spill-over of source –language idiom
Borrowing of a term from the source
language
The “bridge” for ‘carrying across’ values
between cultures
Knowing both the source and target
languages
Knowing the ‘science’ he is to translate
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The systematic study of the theory, description and
application of translation, interpreting, and localization
• Involvement on various fields
 Translations have been used for the:
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invention and spread of writing conventions
development of national languages and national literatures
spread of knowledge and political power
diplomatic and scientific changes
extension of religions
transfer of cultural values
compilation of dictionaries.
From the pictures of surviving tablets:
- social position of translators tended to be rather low despite the
importance of what they do
Classical Chinese poems: untranslatable
First well-documented period in Western translation:
Greek-Roman antiquity
 Horace: “… while translators should certainly strive to imitate the original
author, they should also aim to express their own individuality.”
 Christian era
- No part of the Bible was to be changed in any way
- Hieronymous: aim for sense-sense translation
 Martin Luther: “…translator needed to be close to the content.”
 History: focused on literary, philosophical, scientific and religious texts
 Important role of translation in colonial texts