VOL. 53, BOOK 1, PART A, 2015, pp. 370 – 385 Full text (Bg)
Author: Yanka Koeva
Affiliation: St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo
Abstract
The subject of this research is reverse translation, which is most often referred to as „reverse transfer“ in Bulgarian methodological literature: from the target language back to the source or the intermediary language with a modifying effect in the mental sphere of the intermediary language. The research aims at analyzing reverse translation from German (language 3) into Bulgarian (language 1) when writing a commentary. The survey conducted among learners indicates that they could write a commentary in Bulgarian – a text genre that is not taught in Bulgarian schools.
Key words: reverse translation German – Bulgarian, comment, survey
