Why is translation suitable as a subject-matter of academic study, or to raise this question in a somewhat different and perhaps more challenging form: What distinguishes everyday, intralingual communication from interlingual, "exceptional" communication?
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interlingual — interlingual, ale, aux [ ɛ̃tɛrlɛ̃gwal, o ] adj. • mil. XXe; angl. interlingual, de inter et lingual « de la langue » ♦ Ling. Qui se fait entre langues différentes. Synonymie interlinguale de lit et de l angl. bed. interlingual, ale, aux… … Encyclopédie Universelle
interlingual — |intə(r)+ adjective Etymology: inter + lingual : of, relating to, or existing between two or more languages interlingual alphabet interlingual dictionary interlingual idiom … Useful english dictionary
interlingual — adjective Etymology: inter + Latin lingua tongue, language more at tongue Date: 1854 of, relating to, or existing between two or more languages < interlingual dictionaries > … New Collegiate Dictionary
interlingual — interlingualism, n. /in teuhr ling gweuhl/, adj. pertaining to or using two or more languages: an interlingual dictionary. [1850 55; INTER + LINGUAL] * * * … Universalium
interlingual — in|ter|lin|gu|al 〈Adj.; Sprachw.〉 mehrere Sprachen betreffend, ihnen gemeinsam * * * in|ter|lin|gu|al <Adj.> [engl. interlingual, zu lat. lingua = Sprache; Zunge] (Sprachw.): zwei od. mehrere Sprachen betreffend; zwei od. mehreren Sprachen… … Universal-Lexikon
interlingual — in•ter•lin•gual [[t]ˌɪn tərˈlɪŋ gwəl[/t]] adj. ling. pertaining to or using two or more languages: an interlingual dictionary[/ex] • Etymology: 1850–55 … From formal English to slang
Interlingual machine translation — is one of the classic approaches to machine translation. In this approach, the source language, i.e. the text to be translated is transformed into an interlingua, i.e., an abstract language independent representation. The target language is then… … Wikipedia
interlingual — in|ter|lin|gu|al 〈Adj.〉 mehrere Sprachen betreffend, ihnen gemeinsam … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
interlingual — in|ter|lin|gu|al <zu ↑inter..., lat. lingua »Zunge, Sprache« u. 1↑...al> zwei od. mehrere Sprachen betreffend, zwei od. mehreren Sprachen gemeinsam … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
interlingual — adjective 1》 between or relating to two languages. 2》 relating to an interlingua … English new terms dictionary
