Translation and Modal Meanings
Translation and Modal Meanings

Author(s): Attila Benő, Lilla Rácz
Subject(s): Translation Studies
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: translation;modal meanings
Summary/Abstract: In the article we present the translation of English modal meanings in Hungarian source texts. We have analyzed English and Hungarian law and literal text from that point of view. The differences show the slight change or modification of modal meanings. The study presents the forms of modification of modal values in translation, and emphasizes that the differences are often rooted in the different modal categories at word level of Hungarian and English. Sometimes the modal meaning differences at syntax level can change the meaning of a whole passage of a text. The analyses show that modal meanings are meta-information in the translation, which need extra attention during the translation activity.

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