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Functional Equivalence: A Case Study in the Translation Process of Enhancements

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This article explores the translation process of the enhancements excerpted from the recorded authentic traditional cultural ceremony wedding speeches in Batak Toba language translated into English. The framework containing tactic, logical-semantic relation, transitivity, mood, and thematic structure is applied to reconstruct and transfer the enhancements from the source text in Batak Toba into the target text in English. It is used to assess the textual relationship quality betwee

DOI 10.11648/j.rd.20200101.11
Published in Research & Development (Volume 1, Issue 1, December 2020)
Page(s) 1-18
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Functional Equivalence, Enhancement, Translation Process, Functional Grammar Theories

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  • Teaching Faculty, University of Huria Kristen Batak Protestan Nommensen Pematangsiantar, Pematangsiantar, Indonesia

  • Teaching Faculty, University of Huria Kristen Batak Protestan Nommensen Pematangsiantar, Pematangsiantar, Indonesia

  • Teaching Faculty, University of Huria Kristen Batak Protestan Nommensen Pematangsiantar, Pematangsiantar, Indonesia

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