The Translator as Communicator

efficiency:
see 
effectiveness
ellipsis:
the omission (for reasons of
rhetorically and/or
linguistically motivated
economy) of linguistic
material whose sense is
recoverable from 
> context
or > 
co-text.
evaluativeness:
the comparison or
assessment of concepts,
belief systems, etc. It is the
determining factor in
distinguishing 
>
argumentation
from 
>
exposition.
event process:
see 
transitivity
explication:
in translation, the addition of
extra material with an
explanatory function. For
example, the English word
‘interference’ in the
following sentence used in a
legal text is self-explanatory:
‘Any person engaged in
unauthorized broadcasting
may be prosecuted before the
court of any State where
authorized radio
communication is suffering
interference.’ In Arabic
translation, the concept of
‘interference’ has to be
explicated as follows: […
interference from such
unauthorized broadcasting].
exposition:
a text type in which concepts,
objects or events are
presented in a > 
non-
evaluative
manner. Three
basic forms of exposition
may be distinguished:
description
(focusing on
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objects spatially viewed),
narration
(focusing on
events temporally viewed)
and 
conceptual exposition
(focusing on the detached
analysis of concepts).
expressive:
see 
illocutionary act
face:
in 
the > pragmatic
theory of
> politeness,
face involves
the positive image which one
shows or intends to show of
oneself (positive politeness)
and the desire to be
unimpeded in achieving
one’s goals (negative
politeness).