Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Culture-specific Concepts
(CSCs)
Lingas, Silver C.
3. Transcription or borrowing
reproducing
or , where necessary, transliterating the original
term.
Ex.
Coup detat
Ad hoc formulation
Baccalaureat A level
footnotes
Ex. Debrecon the City of Debrecon, in West
Germany.
Footnotes
Functions (Nida, 1964):
(a) provide supplementary information; and
(b) to call attention to the original
discrepancies.
Allusions
It can cause culture bump to the readers of
the translated texts.
"Culture bump occurs when an individual
finds himself or herself in different,
strange, or uncomfortable situation when
interacting with persons of a different
culture. (Leppihalm, 1997)