’n Funksionalistiese benadering tot mediese vertaling in Suid-Afrika

The original emphasis of this study was on the translation of medical texts for professional and academic purposes. This was extended to include informative medical texts for lay people when the government introduced a free primary health care system. Source-oriented translation no longer meets this new requirement and the functionalist model of Christiane Nord is proposed to meet the challenge of translating various medical texts in South Africa. A leaflet on AIDS for lay people; a textbook for students and specialists, and a package insert for medication are used as illustrations. Each requires not only a specific translation method on the macrostructural level but also the use of distinctive translation strategies on the microstructural level in order to fulfil its intended function in the target culture.

Sethathong ho ne ho shebilwe haholo phetolelo ya dingodilweng tsa bongaka bakeng sa baprofeshenale le tse amanang le thuto. Hona ho ile ha kenyeletsa dingodilweng tsa tlhahisoleseding bakeng sa batho feela, ha mmuso o ne o theha ditshebeletso tsa kalafo tsa mathomo, tse sa lefellweng. Phetolelo e ikamahantseng le mehlodi ya sengodilweng ha e sa kenyeletsa tlhoko tsena tse ntjha, ka hoo mokgwa wa Christiane Nord o sebedisehang ke ona o kgothaletswang bakeng sa ho fetolela dingodilweng ka tsa bophelo, tse fapakaneng, ka hara Afrika Borwa. Pampitshana e buwang ka AIDS bakeng sa batho feela; buka e ngoletsweng baithuti le ditsebi; le sephephetjhana sa ditaelo se tlang le moriana, di sebediswa e le mehlala. E nngwe le e nngwe ya tsona e hloka, e seng feela tsela e itseng ya phetolelo ka kakaretso, empa le tshebediso ya maqheka a itseng boemong ba sebopehopuo, hore sepheo se rerilweng se phethahale ho ba se ba reretsweng.