Une traduction égale communique tout sens expressif de la langue source de la même manière dans la langue cible. Notez particulièrement les formes dans le texte source qui communiquent certains types d'émotions et choisissez des formes dans la langue cible qui communiquent les mêmes émotions. Des exemples de certaines de ces formes suivent.
**Description** – Un idiome (expression idiomatique) est un groupe de mots dont le sens n'est pas dérivé des mots qui le composent mais dont l'ensemble porte un sens très précis. C'est l'ensemble des mots ou de la phrase qui est le porteur du sens. Il vous faut donc déterminer le sens des idiomes, proverbes et figures de style et les traduire en expressions qui ont le même sens dans votre langue.Normalement, les expressions idiomatiques ne peuvent pas être traduites littéralement dans une autre langue. Le sens de l’idiome doit être exprimé d’une manière naturelle dans l’autre langue.
Ce sont toutes des accusations de culpabilité. Certaines d'elles utilisent des idiomes avec le mot "sang" ou "perdu", tandis que le troisième est plus direct en utilisant le mot "punit". Pour que votre traduction soit égale, elle doit également exprimer une accusation de manière émotionnelle et peut utiliser un idiome, aussi longtemps que la forme de l'accusation et l'idiome conviennent à la langue et à la culture cibles.
**Description** – A figure of speech is a special way of saying something in order to catch attention or express an emotion about what is said. The meaning of a figure of speech as a whole is different from the normal meaning of the individual words.
It is the real meaning of the whole figure of speech that should be translated into your language, not the meaning of the individual words. Once you understand the real meaning, you can choose an expression in the target language that communicates that same meaning and emotion.
**Description** – Rhetorical questions are another way that the speaker captures the attention of the reader. Rhetorical questions are a type of question that does not expect an answer or ask for information. They usually express some kind of emotion and can be intended as a rebuke, a warning, and expression of surprise, or something else.
Here, no answer is expected. The speaker is not asking for information; he is rebuking his hearers. It does no good to warn these people of God’s wrath because they refuse the only way to escape it: to repent of their sins.
You may need to restate this rhetorical question as a statement when you translate if your language does not use rhetorical questions in this way. But remember, be sure to keep the same purpose and meaning, and communicate the same emotion as the original rhetorical question had. If your language communicates the purpose, meaning, and emotion of a rhetorical question with a different kind of figure of speech, then use that figure of speech.
**Description** – Languages use exclamations to communicate emotion. Sometimes the exclamation word or words do not have meaning other than the expression of emotion, such as the words “alas” or “wow” in English.
The Hebrew word translated as “woe” here expresses strong emotion about something bad that happened. If possible, try to find an exclamation in your language that communicates this same emotion.
**Description** – One of the purposes of poetry is to express emotion about something. Poetry expresses emotion through a variety of ways that can differ from one language to another. These ways can include everything discussed so far, such as figures of speech and exclamations. Poetry might also use grammar differently than ordinary speech, or use wordplays or words with similar sounds or certain rhythms to convey emotion.
This verse of poetry repeats a similar idea in two lines, which is good Hebrew poetic style. Also, there are no verbs in the Hebrew original, which is a different use of grammar than ordinary speech would use. Poetry in your language may have different things that mark it as poetry. When you are translating poetry, try to use the forms of your language that communicate to the reader that this is poetry, and that communicate the same emotions that the source poem is trying to communicate.
Remember: Communicate the feelings and attitudes of the original text. Translate them into forms that communicate in a similar way in your language. Consider how that meaning can best be <u>accurately, clearly, equally, and naturally</u> expressed in the target language.
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