Main Entry: 1para·phrase
Pronunciation: 'par-&-"frAz
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin paraphrasis, from Greek, from
paraphrazein to paraphrase, from para- + phrazein to point out
1 : a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another
form
2 : the use or process of paraphrasing in studying or teaching composition
Definition #2 we can ignore.
I looked up a few dictionaries on line, and they all gave the same
definition. None of them restricted paraphrase to within a language. Because
sometimes a direct translation comes up gibberish, I noticed that when I
worked as a translator, I always had to restate something in a form other
than a direct translation to give an understandable meaning. I was one of
those translators who does not like deviating from the original text, but
many times I had to in order to make the message contained in the original
understandable to those speaking the target language. That has always been my
understanding of "paraphrase".
Karl W. Randolph.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
> Do you have support for your definition
> from a respected dictionary?
>
> -- Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
>http://www.qaya.org/
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