Eintrag

Titel

Deutsche Modalverben und deren Übersetzung ins Englische: mögen

Personen

Christiane Schmidt

Jahr

2011

Typ

Aufsatz

Periodikum

Lebende Sprachen
Zeitschrift für fremde Sprachen in Wissenschaft und Praxis

Seiten

277 - 319

Band

55

Heft

2

Sprache(n)

Deutsch
Englisch

Schlagwörter

Einzelanalyse
Modalverb
Übersetzung

Objektwörter

mögen

Abstract

This paper explores the possibilities of translating German modals into English. One objective is to provide translators with a guide on translating modals by making them aware of the wide diversity of meanings and nuances of German modals and by helping them find the best translation possible for a given context. This guide is intended to be a dictionary for translators that is more parole-orientated and user-friendly than standard dictionaries. At the same time the paper also presents a yet undiscussed linguistic approach to analyzing one aspect of two languages in the context of translations. The excerpt starts out with theoretical aspects on the topic and continues with displaying the results of the analysis of one German modal, namely mögen. The analysis was conducted by browsing through various dictionaries and translation corpora. In the end, we can see a first attempt of a translator's dictionary. It's also clear to see that German modals are complex words with multiple meanings and facets and that most of the equivalences found are one-to-many equivalences.

https://grammis.ids-mannheim.de/bdg/69564