TRANSLATION: THE PROBLEM OF MEANING AND EQUIVALENCE

Sunny Ifeanyi Odinye

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Translationhas  been  used  by  humans  for  centuries  since  the  appearance  of  written literature.  In  a  simple  term,  translation  is  the  transmittal  of  written  text  from  one language into another. In other words, translation is the communication of meaning from one  language  (the  source)  to  another  language  (the  target).  The  aim  of  translation  is  to convey  the  original  tone  and  intent  of  a  message,  taking  into  account  cultural  and regional  differences  between  source  and  target  languages.  Since,  translation  demands  a deep understanding of both the source and target languages, translators need to know the structure, grammar, idioms and culture of the languages. This is why being a translator is  not  just  being  a  bilingual  but  also  a  bicultural.  A  translator  is  able  to  interpret and transcribe  a  message  suitably,  according  to  its  purpose  and  target audience,  taking  into account  not  only  language  aspects,  but  also  social  and  cultural  factors.  To  achieve  this, translators  are  faced  with  many  problems.  This  paper  explores  the  problemof  meaning and equivalence in translation.

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