Abstract
The article by means of extended literature review draws attention to the most common translation inconsistencies that arise in the rendering of word combinations with the concepts education and learning from English into Latvian and vice versa. The novelty and topicality of the article is related to the need to highlight the transformation of the understanding of concepts in connection with the modernization and changes in the field of education. The study was implemented as an interdisciplinary research analysing Latvia’s education policy documents, dissertations, monographs, encyclopaedias, dictionaries and glossaries using induction, deduction and comparison methods. The research findings allow to emphasize the following major translation inconsistencies: superficiality in distinguishing the substantive meaning of the concepts “education” and “learning”, incorporation of the substantive meaning of two terms into one term, direct adoption of Anglicisms into Latvian, lack of equivalents in Latvian language, use of several similar concepts to render one English term into Latvian that embarrasses the perception of the terms’ meaning.
Translated title of the contribution | Translation Inconsistencies of Educational Terms |
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Original language | Latvian |
Title of host publication | Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education |
Subtitle of host publication | starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference |
Editors | Līga Danilāne, Daina Znotiņa |
Place of Publication | Rēzekne |
Publisher | Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija |
Pages | 289-299 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Volume | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2023 |
Event | 17th International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2023 - Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Rēzekne, Latvia Duration: 26 May 2023 → 27 May 2023 Conference number: 17 https://conferences.rta.lv/index.php/BSM/SIE2023/index |
Publication series
Name | Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība |
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ISSN (Print) | 1691-5887 |
Conference
Conference | 17th International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2023 |
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Abbreviated title | SIE2023 |
Country/Territory | Latvia |
City | Rēzekne |
Period | 26/05/23 → 27/05/23 |
Internet address |
Field of Science*
- 5.3 Educational sciences
- 6.2 Languages and Literature
Publication Type*
- 3.2. Articles or chapters in other proceedings other than those included in 3.1., with an ISBN or ISSN code