English

Noun

Skopostheorie ‎(plural Skopostheories)

1. (translation studies) The idea that translating and interpreting should primarily take into account the function of both the source and target text.
   • 2008, Candace Séguinot, Translator and Interpreter Training: Issues, Methods and Debates, edited by John Kearns, Continuum International Publishing Group, p. 8-9:

     [T]he concept of loyalty suggested by Christiane Nord... to correct the client-subservient potential of Skopostheorie has both an inherent asymmetry and a value judgement attached to it.

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Synonyms

• Skopos theory