Lost in Translation: Case Study of Interpreting American SBUs by Russian EFL Learners Majoring in Linguistics
- Klassen, Elena V.
- Obdalova, Olga A.
- Averina, Svetlana Yu.
Publication date
August 2015
DOI Publisher
The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. ISSN
1877-0428Abstract
AbstractThe paper investigates difficulties Russian EFL learners have in interpreting American situation-bound utterances (SBUs). A case study involving 75 linguistics students translating SBUs is described. Their acceptable translations and mistakes in the interpretation of SBUs are analyzed and recommendations to improve teaching translation are given. A classification of SBUs is worked out for this purpose
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