1. SPECIALIZED TRANSLATION This presentation is brought to you by Dr Ho Dac Tuc of TVU School of Foreign Languages

2. Types of Translation

3. Specialized translation or interpretation
Definition
Identifying
Common types of specialized translation:
Financial translation
Legal translation
Literary translation
Medical translation
News translation
Scientific/technical translation

4. STEPS TO CONSIDER
Four parameters that the student should consider in any specialized translation assignment are:
1. the purpose of the text
2. the target audience
3. the subject matter
4. the conventions of the field.

5. i.e. informative, persuasive, instructive, etc.
the purpose of the text
i.e. informative, persuasive, instructive, etc.

6. i.e. specialists, general readers
the target audience
i.e. specialists, general readers

7. e.g. different legal systems e.g. different medical concepts
the subject matter
e.g. different legal systems
e.g. different medical concepts

8. the conventions
layout

9. IDENTIFY 3 FEATURES of A SPECIALIZED TEXT
1. vocabulary (terminology: technical terms)
2. grammar (typical grammatical structures, syntax, e.g. passive voice)
3. register (vocabulary and grammatical constructions used, communication strategies: the stylistic features)