Translation Theory

DEAR TRANSLATOR/INTERPRETER/STUDENT OF TRANSLATION:

1. When the translation violates the definition of translation to the point where what is translated is not a true reflection of the "self", then, death ensues!
2. This death can accrue either by "self-destruction", or, by an outside force!
3. Intralingual Translation and Intersemiotic Translation are the normal realms of translation as you see in Genesis 11:1 (KJV) and in Genesis 11:6 (KJV), because both Types of Translation preceded the third Type of Translation, which is: Interlingual Translation.
4. Interlingual Translation is an attempted solution to the corruption and confusion in the communication process as you see in Genesis 11:7-9 (KJV)!
5. Therefore, Interlingual Translation came in only after the normal Intralingual Translation and Intersemiotic Translation processes became corrupted and confounded!
6. As a result, whenever you do Interlingual Translation (translation between two or more languages), then, remember that, inherent in that process is its own linguistic deformities, language confusion, speech misunderstanding, and the entrenchment of divergent thoughts!
7. Those linguistic deformities, language confusion, speech misunderstanding, and entrenched divergent thoughts in the multiplicity of languages are the root causes of the widely-accepted notion in Translation Academia that "there is no perfect translation"!
8. The same phenomenon is the reason why you will obtain as many interlingual translations as there are as many translators who translate the same text!
9. Therefore, Real Translation or Natural Translation is that which takes place within the same language (Intralingual Translation), whereas False Translation or Unnatural Translation is that which occurs between two or more languages (Interlingual Translation), and both translation processes are characterized by those communication obstacles that I have mentioned here above!
10. Figures of speech such as simile, metaphor, and many others, are all forms of translation, because they rely on linguistic comparisons in order to generate transfer of thought and understanding!
11. Now, take note very carefully, that in all Intersemiotic Translations, it is NOT the token, the symbol, or the non-verbal sign that is important, seeing that the token is only a vessel, a medium, a conduit, a channel, and a mode that holds and carries the real message/communication!

Rev. Prof. PETER PRYCE,

DSEF, BA, MA, B.Soc.Sc Pol Sci, IBA, PhD

A Scribe of the Law of the God of Heaven

Prophet of the Word of God

Professor of French, Silver Spring, MD, USA