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Function of the Text,

Aim and Audience.

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Function of the Text.Aim and Audience

Skopos theory focuses on translation asan activity with an aim or purpose, and on

the intended addressee or audience of thetranslation.

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Descriptors:

To translate means to produce a target textin a target setting for a target purpose and

target addressees in target circumstances.In Skopos theory, the status of the sourcetext is lower than it is in equivalence-basedtheories of translation. The source is an

offer of information, which the translatorturns into an offer of information for thetarget audience.

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The Functional Approach

!aul "ussmaul writes about this theory# the functional approach has a great affinity

with Skopos theory .The function of a translation depends on the

knowledge, expectations, values and norms ofthe target readers, who are again influencedby the situation they are in and by the culture. These factors determine whether the function of the

source text or passages in the source text can bepreserved or have to be modified or even changed.