Open AccessThe Use of Loan Translation as a Term-Creation Strategy in Duramazwi reMimhanzi
Author(s) -
Gift Mheta,
Itai Muhwati
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
lexikos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2224-0039
pISSN - 1684-4904
DOI - 10.5788/19-0-187
Subject(s) - terminology , lexicography , loan , term (time) , computer science , linguistics , term loan , philosophy , business , finance , non conforming loan , non performing loan , physics , quantum mechanics
The article presents loan translation as one of the key strategies that lexicographers at the African Languages Research Institute (ALRI) employed in the creation of new terminology during the compila-tion of the music dictionary Duramazwi reMimhanzi. Inspired by the authors' keen interest in lexicography and active involvement in the compilation of Duramazwi reMimhanzi, it discusses the advantages and disad-vantages of loan translation. Analysis of this term-creation strategy is done using Chimhundu's (1996) trans-lation and terminology development theory known as the scan and balance theory