"Skopos theory" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-Skopos_theory.ogg [Australia] Forms: Skopos theories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Skopos theory (plural Skopos theories)
  1. (translation studies) The idea that translating and interpreting should primarily take into account the function of both the source and target text. Categories (topical): Translation studies Synonyms: Skopostheorie Translations (idea that translating and interpreting should consider function of texts): 目的論 (Chinese Mandarin), 目的论 (mùdìlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 目的性理論 (Chinese Mandarin), 目的性理论 (mùdìxìng lǐlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 功能翻譯理論 (Chinese Mandarin), 功能翻译理论 (gōngnéng fānyì lǐlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), skoposteoria (Finnish), skoposteori [common-gender] (Swedish)

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