Skopostheorie

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) The second part is from Theorie

Noun

Skopostheorie (uncountable)

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.

Synonyms

• Skopos theory

Translations

idea that translating and interpreting should take into account function — see Skopos theory