Lexical Gaps in Romanian From the Perspective of English: The Case of Culinary Verbs

• Authors: Octavian Coste
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper aims at presenting the lexical gaps which occur when translating a text from English into Romanian. In the first part of the paper causes for and types of lexical gaps, common strategies for dealing with lexical gaps in the process of translating are investigated and illustrated. The analysis made in the second part of the paper focuses on English verbs expressing the technique of cooking in water. The verbs which lead to lexical gaps in Romanian are insisted upon and the appropriate solutions to fill in these gaps are offered.

Keywords

EN

culinary verbs; troponymy; lexical gaps; translation difficulties; translation techniques

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 22-29

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2013-02-21

Contributors

author

Octavian Coste

• West University of Timişoara

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10319-012-0003-1