Loan Translations in Romanian Biblical Phytonomy
Starting from the theoretical framework of translation theory, this study aims at highlighting the role of loan translations in finding an equivalent to the phytonomic terms in certain sacred texts that are an integral part to the Romanian Biblical tradition. The precariousness of the language doubled by the limited alternatives available to those who undertook this endeavor as well as the formal limitations that the translation of such texts attract and the difficulties caused by the various realities that these terms imply on terminological level in the two involved cultures (source culture and target culture) justify the significant presence of loan translations in the Romanian Biblical phytonomy. Moreover, this research has also outlined the causes and the conditions that determined the use of this strategy in the translations, recording therewith the concordances and discrepancy occurred in comparison with the used originals.
Keywords: sacred text, match, loan translation, form, content, phytonomy, translation strategy, concordance, discrepancy.