Key Terms in Linguistics and Translation

English Definitions

  • Translate: To change words into a different language or to decide that words, behavior, or actions mean a particular thing.
  • Translation: Something which is translated, or the process of translating something, from one language to another.
  • Language: A system of communication consisting of sounds, words, and grammar, or the system of communication used by the people of a particular country or profession.
  • Culture: The way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular
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Understanding Family Relationships and Using Verb ‘To Be’

Talking About Family Members

Family: son, brother, daughter, sister, parents, father (husband), mother (wife), grandparents (grandfather, grandmother). Relatives: uncle, aunt, cousins.

  • Who’s Jack? He’s Angela’s husband.
  • Who’s Angela? She’s Jack’s wife.
  • Who’s Carlos? He’s Erica and David’s father.

Telling the Age

How old? (La edad – age)

Question words: what (objects), where (places), who (persons), how old (age).

Example: How old are you? I’m twenty-seven years old.

Using Verb ‘To Be’ in Information Questions

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Language and Communication: Key Concepts Defined

Key Concepts in Language and Communication

Translate: to change words into a different language or to decide that words, behavior, or actions mean a particular thing.

Translation: something which is translated or the process of translating something from one language to another.

Language: a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, and grammar, or the system of communication used by the people of a particular country or profession.

Culture: the way of life, especially the general customs

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Comprehensive Glossary of Linguistic and Communication Terms

English

Translate

Translate: To change words into a different language or to decide that words, behavior, or actions mean a particular thing.

Translation

Translation: Something which is translated, or the process of translating something, from one language to another.

Language

Language: A system of communication consisting of sounds, words, and grammar, or the system of communication used by the people of a particular country or profession.

Culture

Culture: The way of life, especially the general customs

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