[2]Mark Twain, The Jumping Frog: In English, Then in French, and Then Clawed Back into a Civilized Language Once More by Patient, Unremunerated Toil, illustrated by F. Strothman, New York and London, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, MCMIII [1903].
Except in the case of the modern Dutch equivalent, "vertaling"—a "re-language-ing": ver + talen = "to change the language". The earlier Dutch overzetting (noun) and overzetten (verb) in the sense of "translation" and "to translate", respectively, are considered archaic. While omzetting may still be found in early modern literary works, it has been replaced entirely in modern Dutch by vertaling. See "overzetting" in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, IvdNT.
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A greater problem, however, is translating terms relating to cultural concepts that have no equivalent in the target language. Some examples of this are described in the article, "Translating the 17th of May into English and other horror stories" [1], retrieved 2010-04-15. For full comprehension, such situations require the provision of a gloss.
Except in the case of the modern Dutch equivalent, "vertaling"—a "re-language-ing": ver + talen = "to change the language". The earlier Dutch overzetting (noun) and overzetten (verb) in the sense of "translation" and "to translate", respectively, are considered archaic. While omzetting may still be found in early modern literary works, it has been replaced entirely in modern Dutch by vertaling. See "overzetting" in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, IvdNT.
