Some Concepts

• Dynamic equivalence: AKA functional equivalence, attempts to convey the thought, meaning and pragmatic intention expressed in a source text.
• Formal equivalence: Is essentially the same as word-for-word translation.
• Source language: Language in which the text to be translated is written.
• Source text: The text to be translated.
• Target language: Language into which a text is going to be translated.
• Target text: The translation, the result of the translation process.
• Text type: Class of text with specific characteristics of style, sentence formation, terminology, etc.