This paper examines the various definitions and types of adaptation, discussing some reasons why adaptation is carried out. It further looks at the techniques of adaptation and adaptation itself as a technique of translation. In the area of drawing a demarcation line between adaptation and translation, many critics have not made the difference clear. This constitutes a problem both in translation and adaptation studies. This paper attempts to make this distinction clearer by using concrete examples for illustration.Este artigo de Mombe Michael Ngongeh e Felix Awung examina várias definições e tipos de adaptação, abordando algumas razões pelas quais a adaptação é realizada. Discute, ainda, quais são as técnicas de adaptação e a própria adapt...