The translation of the German modal verb sollen into Spanish A corpus study
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This study focuses on the translation of the German modal verb sollen into Spanish. It is framed within applied translation studies, making use of both linguistic theories of translation and of corpus-based translation studies. The study begins with a detailed analysis of the broad functional spectrum covered by this verb and previous analyses of sollen and its translation into Ibero-Romance languages. The main analysis focuses on a sample of 553 entries extracted from the corpus PaGeS, which were translated by professional translators. The results reveal a wide range of linguistic resources used in the translation of sollen, which vary according to the function of the verb in each context. However, the strong presence of certain equivalences, mainly the frequent use of the modal verb «deber», suggests that the use of stable correspondences prevails to the detriment of more idiomatic solutions. The implications of this study for translation teaching (and hence translation practice) are that teachers should promote a thorough analysis of the function of each occurrence of sollen for a deep understanding of its use, and resort to real examples and corpora as didactic tools to make students acquainted with different translational options.
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