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@article{ART001298565},
author={Geun Heui Lee},
title={The Way of Improving Translated Texts' Quality by Removing ‘Translationese’},
journal={The Journal of Translation Studies},
issn={1229-795X},
year={2008},
volume={9},
number={4},
pages={269-287},
doi={10.15749/jts.2008.9.4.010}

TY - JOUR
AU - Geun Heui Lee
TI - The Way of Improving Translated Texts' Quality by Removing ‘Translationese’
JO - The Journal of Translation Studies
PY - 2008
VL - 9
IS - 4
PB - The Korean Association for Translation Studies
SP - 269
EP - 287
SN - 1229-795X
AB - Most translated texts are evaluated first by general readers who are native speakers of the target language but not experts in the original language. The readers unconsciously assess the quality of a translated text on the basis of vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic or pragmatic usage of the vernacular language. The worse the quality of a text is, the more ‘translationese’ appears because ‘translationese’ is perceived as unnatural, impenetrable and even awkward. It is caused by extremely literal approaches to the translation process or imperfect knowledge of the target language. Therefore, the quality of translation would be improved, if translators removed translationese produced during translation process before submitting the work to their clients. This must be the final step of translation. This paper proves the aforementioned assumption through analysis of translated scientific articles from English into Korean excerpted from a well-known internet site. In addition, this paper analyzes typical types of translationese, listed according to frequency of occurrence. Translators must remove these errors listed on the paper to achieve better quality.
KW - translationese;the quality of translation;assessment;evaluation
DO - 10.15749/jts.2008.9.4.010
ER -

Geun Heui Lee. (2008). The Way of Improving Translated Texts' Quality by Removing ‘Translationese’. The Journal of Translation Studies, 9(4), 269-287.

Geun Heui Lee. 2008, "The Way of Improving Translated Texts' Quality by Removing ‘Translationese’", The Journal of Translation Studies, vol.9, no.4 pp.269-287. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2008.9.4.010

Geun Heui Lee "The Way of Improving Translated Texts' Quality by Removing ‘Translationese’" The Journal of Translation Studies 9.4 pp.269-287 (2008) : 269.

Geun Heui Lee. The Way of Improving Translated Texts' Quality by Removing ‘Translationese’. 2008; 9(4), 269-287. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2008.9.4.010

Geun Heui Lee. "The Way of Improving Translated Texts' Quality by Removing ‘Translationese’" The Journal of Translation Studies 9, no.4 (2008) : 269-287.doi: 10.15749/jts.2008.9.4.010

Geun Heui Lee. The Way of Improving Translated Texts' Quality by Removing ‘Translationese’. The Journal of Translation Studies, 9(4), 269-287. doi: 10.15749/jts.2008.9.4.010

Geun Heui Lee. The Way of Improving Translated Texts' Quality by Removing ‘Translationese’. The Journal of Translation Studies. 2008; 9(4) 269-287. doi: 10.15749/jts.2008.9.4.010

Geun Heui Lee. The Way of Improving Translated Texts' Quality by Removing ‘Translationese’. 2008; 9(4), 269-287. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2008.9.4.010

Geun Heui Lee. "The Way of Improving Translated Texts' Quality by Removing ‘Translationese’" The Journal of Translation Studies 9, no.4 (2008) : 269-287.doi: 10.15749/jts.2008.9.4.010