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translatologist

translatologist noun: a person engaging in translatology.

Noun

translatologist (plural translatologists)

  1. A person engaging in translatology.
    • To the translatologist, however, the concept of pragmatics is of utmost importance because it is "texts-in-function" (Schmidt 1973) which are translated—verbal expressions utilized in communication acts.1987, Gideon Toury, Translation Across Cultures, page 48
    • This paper traces in short the history of translation in India from ancient times to modern times and leads into different models adopted by translatologists in India, with a special reference to Hindi.1997, International Journal of Translation, volume 9, page 109

Forms of translatologist

pluraltranslatologists

Origin of translatologist

From translatology + -ist.

Questions about translatologist

What does translatologist mean?
Translatologist means a person engaging in translatology.
What part of speech is translatologist?
Translatologist is a noun.
What is the plural of translatologist?
The plural of translatologist is translatologists.

Words near translatologist in the dictionary

  1. translative case
  2. translative cases
  3. translatively
  4. translatives
  5. translatological
  6. translatologist
  7. translatologists
  8. translatology
  9. translatome
  10. translatomes
  11. translatomic

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